Daniel Ek In The News

Nearly 40,000 tracks are now being added to Spotify every single day

That's the equivalent of 280,000 songs a week, or around 1.2 million tracks per calendar month.

Hit songwriters tell Spotify’s Daniel Ek they’re ‘hurt and disappointed’ by CRB rate appeal

'You have used us and tried to divide us but we stand together.'

Apple blasts Spotify for ‘suing’ songwriters: ‘A damaging step backwards for the music industry’

'Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work.'

Spotify: We’ll be forced to raise our prices if Apple 30% ‘app tax’ continues

Ek warns of price increase in interview with the Financial Times

Spotify backed by rival music streaming platforms in Apple ‘app tax’ row

"We support Spotify in wanting a level playing field so that companies have to compete through innovation, content and customer focus."

Spotify files anti-trust complaint against Apple over ‘app tax’ in EU

'After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we’re now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition.'

If Spotify thinks songwriters deserve more money, why is it trying to to cut their pay?

'We can expect Spotify to attack songwriters to cut what it pays them, and then try to deceive you about what it is doing.'

Jonathan Prince exits Spotify after more than 4 years with Daniel Ek’s company

Exec is joining work-flow platform Slack