Pandora In The News

What would happen if Spotify started charging a ‘modest fee’ for its ad-funded tier… or shut it down entirely?

Music Business Worldwide runs the hypothetical numbers following Rob Stringer's suggestion of a modest fee on Spotify's ad tier

Merlin launches ‘Merlin Connect’ to provide tech platforms with licensed indie music

Merlin developed the new tool in response to growing concerns about artificial intelligence and its impact on artistic creation

Rick Gleave quietly leaves Tuned Global, forms Music Foundry consultancy with two other music execs

The consultancy aims to meet the growing demand for business advisory support from the expanding music technology sector

Pandora quietly raises prices amid continuing decline in paying subscribers

The music streaming service's owner, SiriusXM, is still seeing growing ad revenue in its Pandora segment

From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

Spotify’s battle with songwriters and music publishers is getting complicated. Here’s a recap.

MBW Explains what's happened, who has said what so far, and what could happen next...

Streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us and Euphoria are still soaring on Spotify… and the tracks have been blowing up on other platforms too.

Not Like Us reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week

Latin music generated $1.4 billion in US recorded music revenues last year – up 16% YoY

The RIAA has published its Year-end Latin Music Report