Spotify Names New Chief Content Officer
• Spotify has named Dawn Ostroff as its new Chief Content Officer, effective August 1. She replaces Stefan Blom, who exited in January.
Ostroff (left) will be based at Spotify’s New York office and lead all aspects of its content partnerships across music, audio and video. Specifically, she will oversee the company’s Shows & Editorial, Studios & Video, Creator Services, Creator Marketplace and Content Operations departments.
“I’m excited to welcome Dawn Ostroff to the band!,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tweeted on Tuesday.
Since 2011 Ostroff has served as President of Entertainment at Condé Nast, where she was tasked with developing film, TV and digital products from its brands, which included such magazines as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Details and others. Ostroff previously served as Entertainment President of The CW network and from 2002 to 2006 was President of the now defunct UPN Network, where she developed the reality series America’s Next Top Model. She headed programming at Lifetime from 1996-2002.
According to Bloomberg‘s coverage, Troy Carter, who serves as Spotify’s liaison to artists, will now report to Ostroff.
