News Daniel Ek pockets another $27.6m from selling Spotify shares – cashing out over $750m since 2023 The Spotify CEO has so far sold $751.6 million worth of Spotify shares since mid-2023
News Spotify expands video creator monetization program to nine new markets The Spotify Partner Program is expanding to eligible creators in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Interviews 22,100 artists generated over $50k on Spotify last year. The company argues that ‘way more artists are generating meaningful money now than in any previous era of the music industry’. MBW interviews Charlie Hellman, Spotify's Global Head of Music Vertical
Analysis The best argument why Spotify (and other music streaming platforms) need to increase their prices in 2025. Why the oft-ignored metric of ARPCH gives the music industry a fresh perspective – and fresh insights – on streaming's pricing model
News Brazilian authorities make arrest in uploading of 400 fake tracks to Spotify that were streamed 28m times The accused has also been charged with stealing from composers via promotional WhatsApp groups
News Daniel Ek has made $724m so far from selling Spotify shares with latest $28.5m cash-out As of Thursday, Ek ranked 384th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $7.95 billion
Analysis News US music trade revenue growth slumped last year… but don’t blame Spotify. Spotify confirms to MBW that its recorded music royalty payouts in the US last year grew by double-digits
News Chris Whiteley appointed Managing Director of Northern Europe at Spotify Whiteley served at Netflix for nearly a decade, including most recently as Managing Director, Business Development in the UK
News 12m artists uploaded music to Spotify last year. Less than 0.6% generated $10,000 or more in royalties. Spotify has published the latest edition of its annual Loud & Clear music economics report
Analysis Robert Kyncl talks Spotify deal, Warner Music’s distribution strategy at Morgan Stanley event Warner Music Group CEO opens up on strategy, interviewed by Ben Swinburne
News No, Spotify hasn’t gone down – unless you were pirating the Premium service Many listeners who were using a 'crack' to listen to Spotify Premium for free have been locked out of the service
News Daniel Ek bags another $29m from Spotify share sale, cashing out close to $700m since 2023 The Spotify CEO has sold $695.3 million of company stock since July 2023, regulatory filings show
News Snoop Dogg says he’s ditching Spotify for Web3 platform Tune.FM The rapper recently criticized Spotify, claiming he received less than $45,000 for over one billion streams on the platform
News Michael Rapino confirms Live Nation ticketing talks with Spotify, Apple and Amazon for superfan tiers "We've been working with all three of them, trying to find a model that may work for us and them," said Live Nation boss on Q4 earnings call
News Daniel Ek has now cashed out $666M in Spotify stock, with his latest transaction banking $31.5M Latest transaction comes just days after Spotify's stock hit a new all-time high