Merlin In The News

Windowing on Spotify is finally happening – but is it worth it for the labels?

Spotify gained over $300m from its new deals with labels last year

The exec who took Netflix public just gave a storming defence of Spotify’s future business plan

CFO Barry McCarthy explains why Daniel Ek's company believes it will beat its rivals "like a drum"

Nick Huggett named Chief Creative Officer at Because Music in the UK

Huggett has signed the likes of Adele, Rizzle Kicks and M.I.A during his career

Indie labels sign landmark deal in China – and, unlike majors, they’re not going exclusive with Tencent

Merlin inks non-exclusive deals with Alibaba, Tencent and NetEase Cloud Music

Official: Spotify will go public on April 3

Company confirms long-awaited date that shares will be listed on NYSE

Independent labels set for $60m payout from Latin American streaming services in 2018

Merlin members' earnings from Latin America increase five fold in three years thanks to streaming

Universal: We WILL share Spotify money with artists when we sell our stock in streaming platform

“Consistent with UMG’s approach to artist compensation, artists would share in the proceeds of a [Spotify] equity sale.”

Martin Mills named non-exec Chair at the Worldwide Independent Network

Mills recently stepped down from the Chair’s position at Merlin