Music Business News: Europe
News 'When our competitors are increasing their prices, that's really good for us,' said CEO Daniel Ek on SPOT earnings call
News Spotify now expects to top 200 million subscribers by the end of 2022
Interviews Dominique Casimir was upped to CCO at BMG earlier this year, taking control of the firm’s publishing and recorded music repertoire in all markets outside of North America – including the UK. She has some questions about the industry’s hits/charts obsession.
News Hacker illegally accessed cloud-based accounts of 89 artists, including Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert
News Report comes two months after the company fell into adminsitration
Analysis News In the US, starting from Monday (October 24), an individual Apple Music subscription will go up by $1 per month
Analysis Stef Van Vugt, founder and CEO of Fruits Music, suggests some changes to the way royalties are earned – and paid out
News Rikard Herlitz appointed Chief Technology Officer and Julian Persaud named Chief Commercial Officer