Spotify In The News

Where is the accountability in a ‘label services’ deal?

Label services deals offer a lot of freedom - but is a sustainable business model sometimes forgotten?

Merlin has paid out $1bn to independent labels in less than 10 years

Organization distributed $353m in the 12 months to end of March

Taylor Swift breaks all-time day one Spotify record with Look What You Made Me Do

Comeback single beats milestone set by Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You (one of them, anyway)

Entertainment One launches Latin label with La Commission

Bryant Myers is first signing to JV

Spotify and Warner sign renewed licensing deal

Deal comes after Universal and Sony

Spotify launches in Thailand with subscription price of less than $4 a month

Move means streaming service is now available in 61 markets worldwide

‘The digital revolution has strengthened many labels – especially in the independent sector’

What does recent consolidation mean for the label services and distribution market? We chat to FUGA CEO Pieter van Rijn.

Irving Azoff: ‘Who do YouTube and Lyor Cohen think they’re bullsh*tting?’

Bad blood runs deep as YouTube and music business accuse each other of lack of transparency