Google Doesn’t Want to Talk About Its Payment Deal with Spotify In the Google v. Epic games case, it appears Google doesn’t want the world to know…
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Is Spotify’s 1,000-Stream Payment Threshold Legal? Songwriter Calls on CRB To Block ‘Unreasonable, Discriminatory, and Anticompetitive’ Model Amid continued debate about (and criticism of) Spotify’s reported plan…
What’s Wrong With Spotify’s New Royalty Payout Changes? Not Much .Spotify is implementing a royalty-payment threshold of 1,000 streams per year, according to preliminary details now surfacing.…
Spotify Will Cease Paying Royalties for an Estimated Two-Thirds of Its Catalog Under Reported Q1 2024 Changes A prominent distributor has provided new information about Spotify’s…
Spotify is changing artist payouts. Uneasiness required. But these policy changes also raise some really important ethical questions. One that immediately comes to mind is, who gets…
Is Spotify Implementing a ‘Two-Tier’ Royalty System? Reports Suggest Quick-Approaching Q1 2024 Rollout As Deezer and Universal Music Group (UMG) prepare to roll out their much-debated “artist-centric” model in…
Daniel Ek Says He Couldn’t Have Launched Spotify in 2023 Because of Apple Spotify founder Daniel Ek says he doesn’t believe he could launch a service like…
Spotify Stock Surges As Q3 2023 Delivers Six Million New Subs, $34 Million Operating Profit: ‘We Will Consistently Be in the Black Moving Forward’ Spotify stock (NYSE:…
Will Spotify Pay Another $200 Million to Keep Joe Rogan Exclusive? Joe Rogan helped cement Spotify’s place of dominance in the world of podcasting. Will the audio…
It’s Jungkook vs Jungkook for Spotify Global Chart Supremacy as ‘3D’ Battles ‘Seven’ After his worldwide success earlier this year with the debut solo single ‘Seven,’ Jungkook…
Spotify Threatens Uruguay Exit As Lawmakers Consider Copyright Overhaul: ‘No Choice But To Suspend the Service’ Spotify is reportedly threatening a full-scale exit from Uruguay as the…
Top Investment Firm Says Spotify’s ‘Darkest Days Are Ahead’ — ‘Competition Is Fierce, Margins Thin’ Spotify stock (SPOT) may see its ‘darkest days ahead,’ according to analysts…
Daniel Ek Confirms Spotify Won’t Ban AI Music Outright, Doubles Down on Soundalike-Track Restrictions Spotify head Daniel Ek has officially confirmed that his streaming platform won’t ban…
Spotify’s Rumored ‘Supremium’ Tier Will Cost $19.99 Per Month, Include HiFi, and Offer ‘Advanced Mixing Tools,’ Code Suggests Back in June, reports indicated that Spotify was prepping…
Decoding perceptions of the past with Spotify: What makes a song a timeless classic? Writing a hit doesn't guarantee that a song will be listened to for…
Spotify Continues Its Fight Against Apple’s App Store Monopoly Spotify says ‘the future of the internet economy depends on’ limiting Apple’s App Store dominance. The Story Continues…
Spotify Introduces Songwriter Promo Cards Spotify introduces Songwriter Promo Cards, a promotional tool to enable songwriters to highlight their songs and get discovered by new listeners and…
Spotify Paid-Promotion Frenzy Continues With ‘Showcase’ — Pay-Per-Click Banner Ads Plastered Directly on the App’s Homepage Another day, another step on Spotify’s journey towards $100 billion in…
Are 10% of Spotify Streams Really ‘Fake’? — New Report Prompts Fresh Industry Conjecture Are 10% of Spotify streams really ‘fake’? The latest report from the Financial…
Spotify Is Cracking Down on White Noise Creators, Removing Them From Its Lucrative ‘Ambassador Ads’ Program On Spotify, white noise creators can make up to $18,000 per…
Jungkook Smashes Another Spotify Record with ‘Seven’ Featuring Latto Jungkook smashes another Spotify record with ‘Seven’ featuring Latto, becoming the first Korean artist to top Spotify’s global…
Months-Long Spotify Union Negotiations Reportedly Break Down in Sweden: ‘Our Plan Remains To Continue Offering Our Employees First-Class Wages and Benefits’ Spotify has reportedly withdrawn from collective…
Spotify Adds Patreon Integration for Paid Podcast Content Spotify is streamlining how it presents podcasts with a new way for creators to grant patrons access to paid…
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Dumps $100 Million in Spotify Shares Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has dumped 675,000 Spotify shares worth around $100 million, according to SEC filings…