Spotify In The News

Daniel Ek cashes out another $37m in Spotify stock, bringing total value of shares sold this year to nearly $320m

Spotify's market capitalization is more than double that of the world's largest music company, Universal

Downtown expands Música Mexicana reach with Josa Records distro deal for Netón Vega

Downtown will provide worldwide distribution for Vega's existing music catalog and his upcoming debut album

TikTok reveals its top songs of 2024; says that 13 of 16 No.1 hits in the US this year are linked to trends on its platform

TikTok has published its Year-End Music Report for 2024. Gata Only by Chilean artists FloyyMenor and Cris Mj was revealed as the platform's top track globally.

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Taylor Swift claims title of Spotify’s most-streamed artist for second straight year, with more than 26.6bn streams in 2024

Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish have topped Spotify's most-streamed artists list for 2024

Interviews

Jay Mehta talks Warner Music’s M&A strategy in South Asia and how India will produce ‘the next big global wave for music.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Jay Mehta, Managing Director, Warner Music South Asia

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Are Spotify’s changes to third-party developer access meant to combat AI scraping?

Third-party app developers have been cut off from numerous data points within Spotify's platform

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Fortnite’s ‘Remix: The Finale’ concert draws over 14M players, breaking records

Fortnite has set a new milestone, drawing 14.3 million concurrent players for its 'Remix: The Finale' virtual concert on November 30

Analysis News

From Drake’s legal action to Spotify execs’ big cash-out… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…