Spotify In The News

Daniel Ek poured €100m into Helsing AI last year. The startup just partnered with a European arms manufacturer

Daniel Ek-backed company strikes strategic partnership with Germany-based automotive and arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall

Steve Cooper: Warner Music is becoming less financially dependent on superstar artists – and wants to see ‘regular’ streaming price rises

Outgoing Warner boss tackled streaming price rises and more at Goldman Sachs event this week

Utopia buys UK physical music distributor Cinram Novum

Utopia says the deal saves the UK company from insolvency and secures 300 jobs

Peloton co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi exit; Karen Boone named as new Chairperson of the Board

'Their impact will resonate long after their departure,' Boone said

Podcast subscription service Podimo raises $58.7m in fresh funding

Latest raise follows Podimo's $78 million Series B round in November

YouTube says it paid the music industry over $6bn in the past year – with around $2bn coming from UGC

Right now, YouTube and Spotify appear to be keeping pace with one another

Sir Lucian Grainge on streaming growth, catalog deals and the balance of power between labels vs. DSPs

Universal's Chairman and CEO participated in a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference

‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent.’

West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm's origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company licenses its music