News IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok
News Christian Luiga, veteran of defense firm Saab, named new CFO of Spotify Luiga will start his new gig at Spotify in October, the company said in a statement Thursday
News Spotify to hike prices again, introduce new subscription tier (report) The streaming service is also reportedly planning a new "basic" that doesn't include access to audiobooks as part of the monthly subscription cost
News Changes to Spotify’s royalty model, including the 1,000 annual streams royalty policy, are officially live as of April 1 Changes to the way Spotify calculates recorded royalties go live on the platform as of Monday, April 1
Analysis News As Universal’s standoff with TikTok rolls on, UMG inks new deal with Spotify including ‘social tools’, video elements According to the companies, they will collaborate on "new promotional and social tools" for UMG artists on the Spotify platform.
News Spotify launches video courses on production, songwriting, how to ‘make hit records’ and more The platform has teamed up with various ed tech services
News Joni Mitchell’s music is back on Spotify, a week after Neil Young’s music returned to the platform Move comes more than two years after both artists removed their catalogs from Spotify
Analysis News Over half of the artists who generated at least $10,000 on Spotify last year are from countries where English is not the first language "The music industry today is a more diverse and accurate reflection of the world we live in"
Analysis News This ‘secret’ composer is behind 650 fake artists on Spotify. His music has been streamed 15bn times on the platform (report) Revealed in a Dagens Nyheter expose: the musician 'behind the world's most listened to network of fake artists on Spotify'
News Neil Young’s music to return to Spotify Legendary rocker suggested his boycott makes little sense now that the Joe Rogan podcast is available on other streaming services as well
News Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 markets The 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.
Analysis News Global consumption of music from India soared 2,000% in 5 years on Spotify Spotify has been operating in India for five years
News TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature expands to Brazil and Indonesia, where its Spotify rival TikTok Music is available Rollout marks the first time the tool has launched in a country where TikTok Music is available
Analysis News This d4vd track recorded on BandLab’s free app just surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify Track has been streamed over 43.3 million times on Spotify in the past month
News Spotify to increase subscription prices in France to ‘offset’ new music streaming tax Price hike to make Spotify subscriptions in France the highest among European Union member states, according to the company