Spotify In The News

Spotify’s Head of Music in Germany is leaving

Pallasch joined Spotify in 2017

How many artists are generating $50k+ a year on Spotify? Over 13,000.

New Loud & Clear site sees Spotify pull back the curtain on the truth about streaming economics

EMPIRE hires Elliott Peters as VP of Global Business Development, promotes Mike Gallegus to VP of Business and Legal Affairs

Peters has previously worked for SoundCloud, Apple and Warner Music

Another nine-figure music industry acquisition is coming… and it’s Brazilian

MBW understands that Som Livre is attracting interest at a $250m-plus valuation

Sentric signs Tom Speight to exclusive songwriting agreement

Singer/songwriter has more than 160m streams across all DSPs

Universal and music streaming service Boomplay expand license to cover 47 countries across Africa

New markets include South Africa, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Senegal

Spotify is testing price increases in the UK

Test prices for Premium Individual, Duo and Family plans are £10.99, £14.99 and £19.99, respectively

Epidemic Sound valued at $1.4bn as Blackstone joins $450m investment round in Swedish company

Controversial Swedish music company achieves the $1bn-plus valuation it was looking for