Music Business News: Sweden

Sony/ATV: New Spotify EU deal ‘fairly compensates songwriters’

Martin Bandier gives thumbs up to new agreement

Swedish songwriters petition for bigger slice of streaming cash

EagleEye Cherry amongst more than 100 signatories

Todd Terje, Neneh Cherry amongst 12 nominees for Nordic Music Prize

Mirel Wagner and Pink Street Boys also on the list

Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk is making $100k a week on Spotify

In total, song has now clocked up around $880k

To fight off Apple, Spotify must build on its disruption

'The global challenger has become the global defender'

Streaming is even more popular in Sweden than we thought

Streaming now represents 80% of all revenues in the territory

Sweden’s recorded music market falls as CD sales plummet

Income from CD sales fell by a massive 38%

Music doesn’t feature in The Pirate Bay’s Top 100 most popular torrents

Movies take 50% share of list, TV shows 33%