Music Business News: Denmark News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo hits 37.8m monthly active users, as paid subscription revenue jumps 112% in local currency terms The company reported a revenue decline in fiscal 2023/24, amid weakness in African currencies News Joakim Johansson promoted to President, Nordics at Universal Music Central Europe UMG credits Johansson with Universal Music Sweden's reclamation of its position as market leader in the country Analysis News Three quarters of all royalties generated by UK artists on Spotify in 2023 came from listeners outside of the UK Spotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe News Streaming fraud leads to prison sentence for Danish man in case called ‘historic’ by artists’ groups Streaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in music today, and a criminal case shows how the two go hand in hand Analysis Big European countries are the winners in the latest music ‘glocalisation’ trends Will Page updates the data surrounding how local music artists are streaming in their home territories News Africa-focused music streaming service Mdundo hits 30.8M monthly active users The company reported a steep drop in ad revenue, but large growth in paid subscribers News Karen Vincent elevated to General Manager of Warner Music Denmark The 25-year veteran of the music industry most recently served as Warner Music Denmark's Marketing Director News Tim Braüner appointed Director of International A&R at Warner Music Nordics and Denmark Exec will be returning to Denmark after recently serving in New York as Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records1 2 … 6 Next
News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo hits 37.8m monthly active users, as paid subscription revenue jumps 112% in local currency terms The company reported a revenue decline in fiscal 2023/24, amid weakness in African currencies
News Joakim Johansson promoted to President, Nordics at Universal Music Central Europe UMG credits Johansson with Universal Music Sweden's reclamation of its position as market leader in the country
Analysis News Three quarters of all royalties generated by UK artists on Spotify in 2023 came from listeners outside of the UK Spotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe
News Streaming fraud leads to prison sentence for Danish man in case called ‘historic’ by artists’ groups Streaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in music today, and a criminal case shows how the two go hand in hand
Analysis Big European countries are the winners in the latest music ‘glocalisation’ trends Will Page updates the data surrounding how local music artists are streaming in their home territories
News Africa-focused music streaming service Mdundo hits 30.8M monthly active users The company reported a steep drop in ad revenue, but large growth in paid subscribers
News Karen Vincent elevated to General Manager of Warner Music Denmark The 25-year veteran of the music industry most recently served as Warner Music Denmark's Marketing Director
News Tim Braüner appointed Director of International A&R at Warner Music Nordics and Denmark Exec will be returning to Denmark after recently serving in New York as Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records