Music Business News: Sweden

Former Spotify Australia boss Kate Vale joins Epidemic Sound as MD, North America

Exec was also the first employee at Google in Australia and New Zealand

Spotify Needs To Make A Decision About Its Future, Based On Whether It Actually Believes Its Own Mission Statement

The streaming company's acquisitions may have to change shape, argues Cherie Hu

Spotify is banking on the idea that you want it to recommend podcasts… just like it recommends new music

"We know that discovery is one of the core benefits that we provide to people."

Daniel Ek: 3 things we learned from the Spotify boss in his latest interview

Exec covers exclusives, scale and Netflix comparisons in wide-ranging interview

Spotify hits 113m subscribers, up 5m in three months

Company reveals subscriber and user growth for Q3 in latest financial update

Space, a large-scale music, gaming & content creation venue will launch in Stockholm in 2021 with backing from ABBA branding company Pop House

Space was founded by industry veterans Gustav Käll, Per Sundin and Lars Blomberg

The major labels are starting to find life tougher in Sweden. Is this a wake-up call for the future?

Independent artists continue to rise – as first-party playlists take control in crucial market

Instrumental enters global artist discovery partnership with Corite, the new Stockholm-based platform that allows fans to invest in artists

Corite will leverage Instrumental’s TalentAI platform to identify emerging musicians on its platform