Spotify In The News

Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars join anti-DMCA crusade

"The future is streaming. The future is also contingent on paying artists and writers fairly."

Spotify has a new merch sales partner as it inks deal with Merchbar

News comes four months after Bandpage was acquired by YouTube

Music data company Soundcharts raises $360k in seed funding

Data analytics company now has 6,000 users including the major labels

After artists slam DMCA, now YouTube faces Safe Harbour heat in Europe

European Parliamentarians demand clarification; International Artist Organisation (IAO) demands transparency

Spotify tops 100m active users – but can it keep up its conversion rate?

End of year figures for 2015 showed a 31.5% conversion rate into premium

The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs

Alison Lamb's blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platforms

SoundExchange payouts are still growing – but not like they used to…

Michael Huppe reveals forecast of 7% growth in 2016

Merlin on course to pay independent labels $500m a year by 2018

Independent body pays out $232m in past year from streaming services alone