Daniel Ek In The News

Warner Music poaches Spotify’s US head of catalog… as catalog’s dominance of streaming keeps growing

Los Angeles-based Andre Torres named in new SVP role within Warner's catalog team

From Vivendi selling 2.9% of UMG to ABBA’s new album: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

3 things we learned from Daniel Ek on Spotify’s Q2 investor call

A wobble in active users, an ambitious plan for total creators on the platform... and a bullish attitude to ads

From Universal’s massive Q2 to Spotify outpacing Netflix: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Spotify subscriptions grew to 165m in Q2, up by 7m on the previous quarter

Spotify published its financial results for Q2 2021 today (July 28)

Indie labels loathe Spotify’s Discovery Mode – but DIY giants are loving it

Believe and TuneCore have been testing Spotify's Discovery Mode tool

Loss-making Spotify commits to paying out yet more money to a new type of ‘Creator’

The Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund will pay creators on its Clubhouse rival app Greenroom

Daniel Ek to launch new Arsenal bid worth over $2.8bn (report)

Ek's first bid of around $2.5bn was rejected