Daniel Ek In The News

Music piracy hasn’t gone away – it’s just changed shape

New PRS report shows explosion in stream-ripping activity in market in past three years

New Spotify patent sheds more light on potential karaoke mode – including auto-tuned vocals

"Users sometimes desire to sing along with the media being played," says patent which was granted earlier this month

Amazon Music is a livestreaming platform now, thanks to Twitch tie-up

'This new feature couldn’t arrive at a more crucial time in the industry.'

Universal inks global licensing deal with B2B music streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand

Company works with brands such as McDonald’s, Lululemon, J Crew and others

Songwriters dealt blow in Spotify royalty rate battle as streaming platforms are granted ‘procedural victory’ in US Appeals Court

But that doesn't mean new rates have been rejected or amended (yet, anyway)

Spotify’s busy with podcasts – but it hasn’t given up on launching hardware

Company is hiring for a Head of Hardware Commercial Development

Spotify thinks the Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results)

What we learned about Premium subs around the world, that Universal deal and SPOT's advertising woes

Remember when Spotify called Universal ‘music’s most innovative company’?

It's the claim all of Universal's rivals simply love