Music Business News: Sweden
News Diego Farias's company adds important financial service to offering Analysis Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies News What music fans are spending money on every month – and how it's going to evolve Analysis News Monthly active users jumped 43m in 2018 – but subscriber growth is more complicated News Spotify has seen more than $15bn wiped off its valuation since its peak ($35bn) in late July Analysis News Is the 'pro rata' system of payment fit for the modern era? News The joint initiative has led to the creation of a 'performer verification mechanism' Analysis Sony and Universal still own around 6% of Spotify – and won't want to see the company's value crumble