Universal Music Group Bosses Finally Push Back on Spotify’s Bundling Shenanigans — Now There’s a Direct Deal with UMPG Dealing With the Royalty Loophole Since early 2024,…
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Daniel Ek’s Aggressive Spotify Stock Selloff Isn’t Finished — Early 2025 Cash-Outs Move One-Year Sales Total Past $433 Million What better way to kick off 2025 than…
Spotify Mechanical Royalties Drop 30-40% In January for Multiple US-Based Publishers — What’s Going On? Maybe it’s just an accounting slip — or maybe it’s a serious…
Spotify Cancels All Grammy Parties and Events Spotify has announced the cancellation of all of its Grammy parties and events in the wake of the Los Angeles…
Spotify Officially Launches Podcast Partner Program, Says Over ‘65% of Eligible Shows and Networks Have Already Enrolled’ Seven weeks after announcing its Partner Program, Spotify has officially…
Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator With Legal Threats Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has been busy selling stock this year, becoming a multi-billionaire worth around $7.3…
Spotify Stock (NYSE: SPOT) Cools After Surging Past $500 Per Share and a $100 Billion Valuation — As Execs Continue Their Multimillion-Dollar Selloff Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT)…
Spotify Pauses Gambling Ads In Australia After Spots Surface Between Children’s Songs Australian gambling agency Sportsbet pauses advertising with Spotify after its ads were allegedly played between…
Spotify Tightens API Access, Removes Several Data Points for Developers Spotify is cracking down on the information developers can access through its API, joining other tech companies…
After Pushing ‘Video Podcasts,’ Spotify is Now Adding Video Content to Audiobooks Spotify is testing a video feature for audiobooks as it continues ramping up video expansion,…
DMN Pro Weekly Report: Spotify Isn’t the Biggest Podcasting Platform Anymore — So What Happened? Spotify bet the farm on podcasts by dumping hundreds of millions of…
Spotify Playlists and Podcasts Are Being Abused by Spammers to Link to Pirate Websites — Here’s a Look at How the Scam Works Spotify’s playlists and podcast…
Spotify Insiders Just Sold Over $550 Million Worth of Company Stock — Including a Close to $400 Million Sale from Co-Founder Martin Lorentzon It’s good to be…
Spotify Unveils Video Podcast Monetization Program, Short-Form Support, and Other Video Expansions Following a number of video investments – including several noteworthy expansions in 2024 – Spotify…
Spotify Reports $100 Million In Royalty Savings Since Rolling Out Bundled Offerings Since March Spotify’s bundling pays off, but not for songwriters and publishers. The bundle move…
Spotify Stock Cracks $400 for the First Time — Multiple Analysts Up SPOT Targets Ahead of Q3 Earnings Release Spotify shares (NYSE: SPOT) have officially cracked a…
Spotify and Apple Music Roll Out ‘Share to TikTok’ Feature, Enabling Users to Link Directly to Songs, Audiobooks, and More It just got even easier for fans…
Spotify Is Reportedly Building Its Own Ad Exchange — With An Initial Focus on Video Spotify is reportedly building its own automated ad exchange, with an initial…
Spotify Launches Audiobooks in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, & Luxembourg After launching audiobooks in the United States, Canda, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand, Spotify is ready…
Spotify Hikes Prices in Canada — Including An Over 15% Increase for Individual — Amid Streaming Tax Battle Another day, another round of Spotify price increases, which…
TikTok’s Streaming Loss Is Spotify’s Gain — SPOT Cracks a Record High Following TikTok Music Shutdown Announcement TikTok’s music streaming loss is evidently Spotify’s gain, as the…
Spotify Stock (NYSE: SPOT) Cracks Another Record High — And Some Analysts Are Banking on Even More Growth Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has officially hit yet another…
MLC Fires Back Against Spotify Dismissal Push in Unpaid-Royalties Lawsuit, Doubles Down on Anti-Bundling Arguments At August’s end, Spotify moved to dismiss the “nonsensical” unpaid-royalties lawsuit filed…
More Rumblings of a Major Spotify Video Buildout — Creators Reportedly Receive Seven-Figure Non-Exclusive Offers to Upload Content Less than two months after Digital Music News was…