News The partnership aims to bridge the gap between aspiring musicians and the resources typically only available to artists with large marketing teams Analysis Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… Analysis Could any of the three majors, looking for a swift market share boost, execute a humdinger of an acquisition in the rest of 2024? News BMG is planning to increase investment in its US record labels News By offering subscriptions to individual artists, the platform aims to be the Patreon or Substack of music News Spotify appears to have revealed this information in a blog post News The layoffs come despite strong revenue growth and ambitious plans at the social media company