Spotify In The News

Create Music Group acquires India-based distribution and rights management firm Nirvana Digital

Nirvana Digital says that it serves over 20 billion minutes of video each month

Nas says in-game audio ads are a ‘dope medium’ for promoting music. How important could they become for artists?

AudioMob co-founders Christian Facey and Wilfrid Obeng talk MBW through the potential of a growing ad platform

Apple Music launches on PS5 gaming console

PS5 is first console to introduce an 'integrated Apple Music experience'

Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s first statement to investors as the CEO of a publicly-traded Universal Music Group

UMG boss outlines "long-term, career-oriented" vision for the future

Six reasons why regionality still matters for the global music streaming business

This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music.

Spotify offloads two thirds of its stake in DistroKid for $167m

Spotify made a minority investment in DistroKid back in 2018

Spotify subscriptions reached 172m in Q3, up by 7m on the previous quarter

Spotify has published its financial results for Q3 2021

Here’s exactly what Spotify, Apple and other streaming services want to pay songwriters from 2023 onwards.

MBW rifles through the filings of Big Tech to see what the likes of Google and Spotify are proposing