Spotify In The News

TikTok’s partner for its new SoundOn distribution service is… TuneCore

TikTok confirms that Believe's service has been signed up

Jonathan Abon and Jordan Gremli join Utopia Music in VP Product roles

Jordan Gremli has also been hired as VP Product, Creator Services, at the Switzerland-based company

From the United States’ $15bn revenue to Downtown’s $200m indie artist fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

Kobalt and Downtown cut ties with Russia; Believe continues to operate in market but is ‘monitoring the situation very closely’

Will CISAC suspend Russian PRO from its global membership?

Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it.

Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022

Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free.

Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.

Spotify is no longer earning any money from Russia, as it de-monetizes ads and subscriptions in market (update)

Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel reveals news on the platform's position in Russia

Downtown launches $200m fund to invest in independent artists and entrepreneurs

Fund is supported by a new credit facility with Bank of America