Spotify In The News

Despacito storms past 5bn streams milestone as Latin America takes flight

Analyst Mark Mulligan explains why record-breaking single may be 'the new normal'

‘There are an immense number of songwriters not making enough money to live on’

Wixen Music boss Randall Wixen on the value of music and the future for publishing

Forget about fake artists – it’s time to talk about fake streams.

We just bought 10,000 Spotify plays on the internet. It was easy.

Can Lyor Cohen bridge the Google ‘value gap’ at YouTube?

Can the experienced record exec bring together Google Play and YouTube for the good of everybody?

Despacito breaks all-time streaming records with 4.6bn plays in 6 months

Tracks has already scored more than 3bn plays on YouTube across official channels

Here’s Spotify’s biggest problem – in a Netflix-shaped nutshell

Spotify's average subscriber used to spend more than Netflix's. Things have changed.

Believe: We’re not selling to Sony (but we are raising money)

Denis Ladegaillerie tells MBW that Paris-based company has two acquisition targets in mind

Sony is buying Believe Digital for up to $444m, says report (updated)

MBW first reported the news last month