Daniel Ek In The News

Spotify’s audiobook bundling move will swipe 1% of Reservoir’s FY 2025 annual revenue, estimates company

The acquisitive music rights company has set its sights on a potential windfall from a new Spotify "Super-Premium" tier

HYBE leans further into superfan business, adding subscription-based memberships to its Weverse fan app

'Superfans [are] a new growth engine in the global music market.'

As Spotify readies $18 per month ‘deluxe’ tier, do consumers care about high quality audio?

Luminate study sheds light on what consumers really want from streaming

From Universal Music’s Q2 results to Spotify’s new ‘deluxe’ tier… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Spotify co-founder cashes out $85.8m in stock after streamer posts record profit… as songwriters brace for $150m royalty cut this year

Spotify exec shareholders have wasted little time cashing out stock following the company's share price bounce

Why UMG’s slowdown in streaming revenue growth is (partly) an illusion… and 4 other things we learned from Universal’s latest earnings call

UMG's leadership team isn't worried about one quarter's worth of results, and says they're looking at the long term

Daniel Ek talks new Spotify ‘deluxe’ tier, the company’s relationship with the music business and more on Q2 earnings call

Spotify's Daniel Ek says his business aims to improve the wellbeing of the entire music industry

Spotify subscriber base grew by 7m to 246m in Q2, as streaming company posts ‘record high’ quarterly profit

Spotify posted an operating income of €266 million (USD $286.402m ) in Q2