Music Business News: Sweden Analysis Daniel Ek talks new Spotify ‘deluxe’ tier, the company’s relationship with the music business and more on Q2 earnings callSpotify's Daniel Ek says his business aims to improve the wellbeing of the entire music industry News Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance Analysis News Spotify subscriber base grew by 7m to 246m in Q2, as streaming company posts ‘record high’ quarterly profitSpotify posted an operating income of €266 million (USD $286.402m ) in Q2 News Meet ‘Livi,’ the new Spanish-speaking voice of Spotify’s AI DJOlivia Quiroz Roa is the voice of "Livi," Spotify's new Spanish-speaking version of its AI-driven DJ feature News Spotify is introducing comments to its podcasts. Are music tracks next?Spotify could follow YouTube, SoundCloud and China's streaming services in upping interactivity on its platform News Amuse launches ‘Stream Check’ feature to let artists know if their music is being used in streaming fraudArtists may be unaware that their music is the target of streaming fraud until it's pulled down from DSPs News There are 8bn user-curated playlists on Spotify, 725m created this year alone, Daniel Ek saysThe streaming service has been working to make playlisting a more attractive feature for its subscribers News 25% of music producers are now using AI, survey says – but a majority shows strong resistanceA majority of producers indicated they have concerns about losing control of their music.1 2 … 65 Next
Analysis Daniel Ek talks new Spotify ‘deluxe’ tier, the company’s relationship with the music business and more on Q2 earnings callSpotify's Daniel Ek says his business aims to improve the wellbeing of the entire music industry
News Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance
Analysis News Spotify subscriber base grew by 7m to 246m in Q2, as streaming company posts ‘record high’ quarterly profitSpotify posted an operating income of €266 million (USD $286.402m ) in Q2
News Meet ‘Livi,’ the new Spanish-speaking voice of Spotify’s AI DJOlivia Quiroz Roa is the voice of "Livi," Spotify's new Spanish-speaking version of its AI-driven DJ feature
News Spotify is introducing comments to its podcasts. Are music tracks next?Spotify could follow YouTube, SoundCloud and China's streaming services in upping interactivity on its platform
News Amuse launches ‘Stream Check’ feature to let artists know if their music is being used in streaming fraudArtists may be unaware that their music is the target of streaming fraud until it's pulled down from DSPs
News There are 8bn user-curated playlists on Spotify, 725m created this year alone, Daniel Ek saysThe streaming service has been working to make playlisting a more attractive feature for its subscribers
News 25% of music producers are now using AI, survey says – but a majority shows strong resistanceA majority of producers indicated they have concerns about losing control of their music.