Spotify In The News

Milk & Honey signs trio of new clients, all songwriter/producers behind chart hits: JHart, The Elements, and Alexis Kesselman

M&H founder, Lucas Keller, calls JHart "one of the greatest songwriters and voices in the business"

Universal Music Group generated more than $1bn per quarter, on average, from recorded music subscription streaming in 2022

UMG posts double-digit YoY growth (just!) in its recorded music subscription streaming revenues

Scooter Braun and HYBE want to build a ‘major’ music label. How will their $300m bet on Quality Control play into that aim?

An in-depth look at the biggest music industry deal of 2023 so far

Tuned Global acquires AI-powered music tech and DJ app company Pacemaker

Pacemaker holds several patents for its proprietary AI technology

Deezer generated over $470m in 2022, with a $175m operating loss, and just named Stu Bergen as a Director on its Board

Deezer posts 10.6% YoY rise in overall revenues for 2022 at constant currency

Spotify rival Anghami sued by PopArabia, Reservoir over allegedly streaming unlicensed songs

Lawsuit was filed in December

Spotify dips a toe in NFT space, via token-gated playlists starting with Universal’s virtual band Kingship

KINGSHIP revealed via Twitter that it's teaming up with Spotify on a token-enabled playlist

Spotify just launched a personalized ‘DJ’ powered by Generative and Voice AI

SPOT uses 'dynamic AI voice platform' from its acquisition of London-based Voice startup Sonantic