News Former Def Jam and Warner Bros exec makes shock announcement News Popular exec has been at video platform for over five years News Exec has handled negotiations with Apple, YouTube and Amazon Blog The things independent artists must consider about their online presence News New York-based exec joined streaming company from AOL in 2011 News SoundCloud lost $44m in 2014 on revenues of $19m Analysis Pandora, Amazon, Vevo and others keen to launch new features over the coming months News Spotify is currently paying 55% of revenue to labels. It wants to reduce it.