Spotify has pledged up to $10m to help artists impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The streaming giant has partnered with the music organisations MusiCares, PRS Foundation and Help Musicians.

On top of an initial financial pledge to those bodies, Spotify will match each donation made by the public through its Covid-19 Music Relief page, up to a combined total of $10m.

Spotify also plans to launch a tool that will allow artists to link out of the app to their own donation pages, or a donation page of their choice.

The service is also making a variety of its creator tool features free. SoundBetter is temporarily waiving its revenue share, cloud-based recording platform Soundtrap is offering free trials for educators, and Anchor is waiving

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