News Music publishers threaten Spotify with legal action over lyrics, podcasts, music videos NMPA letter obtained by MBW accuses Spotify of not obtaining licenses for the use of lyrics on its platform
Analysis Spotify is playing a dangerous game… This article originally appeared within the latest MBW+ Monthly Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News Streams of Música Mexicana soared by 440% in five years on Spotify, platform says The trend is most pronounced in Latin America, the music streaming service says in a new report
News Spotify quietly locks lyrics behind paywall in bid to convert free users to paying subs (Report) The move appears to be part of an effort to nudge more ad-supported users to switch to a paid subscription
Interviews Spotify vs. Songwriters (again): NMPA says SPOT’s latest move to lower royalty rates is ‘likely to end up in a legal conflict’ David Israelite on his problems with Spotify's 'bundle' switch, and whether the NMPA will sue
News Amid controversy over Spotify’s songwriter payments, Daniel Ek cashes out $118.8 million in company shares Ek's move on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid criticism for Spotify for reducing the royalty rate via which it pays songwriters in the US
Analysis News A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Spotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service
News Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has already racked up over 1bn streams on Spotify – the first album to do so in less than a week The Tortured Poets Department has broken more Spotify records
Analysis News Spotify subscriber base grew by 3m to 239m in Q1, as company posts biggest ever quarterly profit Spotify posted a "quarterly high" operating income of €168 million ($182.41m)
News Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ becomes first album to cross 300m Spotify streams in a single day The Tortured Poets Department broke multiple Spotify records in less than 24 Hours
Analysis News From the NMPA’s criticism of Spotify’s bundling plans to Concord’s bid for Hipgnosis assets… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News NMPA accuses Spotify of ‘attacking songwriters’ as streaming service changes how it pays out mechanical royalties in the US SPOT now considers its Premium plans to be 'bundles' – because they combine audiobooks and music
Analysis News From Taylor Swift’s return to TikTok to Spotify’s move on manipulated audio… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Spotify plans to let subscribers speed up songs – and pay rightsholders when those modified tracks are streamed (report) Spotify is working on new features to let its subcribers speed up and slow down songs, according to a report from the WSJ
News Spotify leans further into artificial intelligence with new ‘AI Playlist’ generator, which turns text prompts into personalized song suggestions Spotify's Daniel Ek has said AI holds out the promise of improving the user experience and the company's efficiency