Music Business News: United States

Daniel Ek responds to Neil Young’s Joe Rogan protest – but Spotify won’t delete controversial podcast episode

Open letter from Daniel Ek commits to launching new content advisories

Like Neil Young, David Crosby wants to remove his music catalog from Spotify. Trouble is, he’s lost control of it.

Why David Crosby's story over the past two years tells us much about streaming, the current catalog frenzy, and acting on principle

Now Joni Mitchell pulls classic albums from Spotify: ‘I stand with Neil Young.’

Blue, Court And Spark and other classic albums have been pulled from Spotify

From Sony buying Bob Dylan’s catalog to Warner buying land in the metaverse: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Neil Young’s Spotify exodus is a test case for artists who dare question music industry dogma.

Crack by crack, Neil Young's protest could cause an earthquake at the center of Spotify's business

300 Entertainment launches content and film division, 300 Studios

300 Studios will develop multi-format, feature, and episodic content through a 'cultural point of view'

Lucas Thomashow promoted to Senior Vice President at AVEX USA

Thomashow will head overall strategy and operations at AVEX USA

Spotify was hit by a strange outage today, with hits by Taylor Swift, Adele, Dua Lipa suddenly left unavailable to play

MBW has confirmed with friends in the industry that the outage hit Spotify in both the US and the UK, as well as European territories such as Germany and France.