DIY and Non-Major/Merlin music now accounts for a quarter of Spotify streams In 2017 the majors and Merlin accounted for 87% of Spotify’s total streams, but that…
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Spotify Launches a Morgan Wallen Promotion Just One Year After Shadowbanning Him Just a year after shadowbanning him from its platform, Spotify is promoting a concert at…
Spotify Responds to European Commission’s Apple Inquiry Update: ‘Consumers Are the Ultimate Victims’ Yesterday, the EU’s European Commission revealed that it had narrowed its Apple antitrust inquiry…
Spotify Is Officially Testing Exclusive 'Token-Enabled' Playlists From Kingship and Others: 'This Is a Special Moment' About nine months after it began allowing select artists to sell…
Major label market share on Spotify falls 12% in 2022 as indie tracks flooded the service The four ‘major’ recorded music companies – which in this instance…
Why Isn’t Spotify Raising Prices? — ‘Competitive Weakness’ Might Be the Answer With music streaming prices going up, why isn’t Spotify raising prices? One analyst says it’s…
Drake Proposes Spotify Offer Bonuses to Artists for Streaming Thresholds Drake is the first artist to reach 75 billion streams on Spotify. Now the rapper says the…
Spotify Stock (NYSE: SPOT) Has Surged by 22% This Week Despite Huge Q4 Loss Although Spotify reported a €231 million Q4 2022 operating loss earlier this week,…
Spotify’s ‘Preferred Distributor’ List Now Includes 23 Companies Spotify’s ‘Preferred Distributor’ List now includes 23 companies — up from only five just a few years ago. The…
Meet the Company Blowing Up Catalog Tracks on Spotify More catalog tracks are charting on Spotify than ever before. So Playlist Push has shifted its focus —…
Spotify Stock Rebounds Past $100 Per Share Following Layoffs Announcement The per-share price of Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has rebounded past $100 for the first time since…
Spotify Layoffs Encompass 6% of Workforce – Here’s Daniel Ek’s Letter Spotify plans to lay off around 6% of its workforce, adding to other massive layoffs in…
Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Sets Spotify Record for Most Streams in a Single Week — 101 Million Plays and Counting Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” has set a Spotify record…
Spotify and Deezer Urge the European Commission To Take Swift Regulatory Action Against Apple: ‘Consumer Harm Will Continue Until a Remedy Is Enforced’ After providing fake-stream data…
Morgan Stanley Once Again Reduces Spotify Stock (SPOT) Target Price, This Time to $105 Per Share Morgan Stanley has once again sliced its Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT)…
Spotify Axes Multiple Live Audio Shows Following Podcast Cancellations, Layoffs After canceling a number of original podcasts and making related layoffs, Spotify has officially cut several live…
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Renews Apple Criticism, Regulatory Push: ‘Talk Is Helpful But We Need Action’ Amid Twitter owner Elon Musk’s much-publicized spat with Apple, Spotify CEO…
Spotify Expands Audiobooks Into the UK – Catalog Tops 300,000 Titles Spotify expands audiobooks into the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, with a catalog of more…
Spotify Officially Begins ‘User Choice Billing’ Pilot Amid Long-Running App Store Dispute Back in March, Google and Spotify announced a “groundbreaking” deal for “user choice billing,” which…
Spotify Triggers Recruiting Layoffs as Shares Slip Beneath $70 for the First Time One month after commencing another round of podcasting-focused layoffs, this time within Parcast and…
Spotify Stock (SPOT) Threatens to Sink Below $70 Per Share for the First Time — Will a Price Increase Turn Things Around? Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) is…
Spotify Reportedly Explores Anghami Buyout Amid Rapid MENA Music Industry Growth Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is reportedly exploring a potential acquisition of Middle Eastern streaming service Anghami (NASDAQ: ANGH). The…
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Confirms 2023 Price Increase Plans Following Apple Music Raises Days after Apple Music raised the cost of its individual plan in markets including the U.S., Spotify CEO…
Spotify Shares Drop Despite Double-Digit Subscriber Gains — And a Possible Price Hike Ahead Spotify subscribers, monthly average users, and revenues all headed north during the latest…