Music Business News: Europe

Spotify gives Premium subscribers access to 150,000+ audiobooks, and 15 hours free listening per month

New offer to launch in the UK and Australia on October 4, with a later rollout in the US

After Kylie Minogue album hits No.1 in the UK and Australia, artist’s global streams may be the bigger story for BMG

Tension already has more than 170 million streams worldwide, says BMG

YouTube Shorts sponsors Manager of the Year category at A&R Awards

Short-form video platform backs management showdown at UK industry's elite awards night

Spotify has patented a ‘digital mixtape’ generator that compiles users’ voice recordings with songs

New patent issued to Spotify describes 'a system for generating and distributing a digital mixtape'.

Indie music company Wagram joins Deezer’s artist-centric payment system, following streaming platform’s deal with Universal

France-headquartered indie music company Wagram Music has signed an artist-centric agreement with Deezer

Ramona Forsström promoted to Managing Director of Warner Music Finland; Niko Nordström to exit company

Exec to succeed Niko Nordström, who is exiting Warner Music after 16 years

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Chair, Andrew Sutch, to step down; all-important ‘continuation vote’ looks likely to happen on October 26

Shareholders will vote on whether to keep Hipgnosis Songs Fund as a close-ended investment entity next month

Do Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones plan to sell their catalog? No – but it could be donated to charity.

Jagger told the WSJ that “the children don’t need $500 million to live well. Come on.”