News Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years SPOT's Sweden-based MD for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the company
Analysis News Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023, with over 26.1bn global streams Spotify has published its year-end charts alongside the launch of its 2023 Wrapped campaign
News beatBread joins Spotify, YouTube, others in IMPALA’s Friends program beatBread says it has paid advances to almost 500 artists and labels since launching in November 2020
News Universal prevails in lawsuit alleging it owed artists $750m in Spotify royalties A US District Court judge has ruled that UMG had 'wide discretion' in negotiating royalty rates with Spotify
News Spotify confirms details of how its royalty model will change in 2024 SPOT to introduce what it calls 'new policies to better support those most dependent on streaming revenues as part of their livelihood'.
News Spotify ‘to phase out its service in Uruguay’ from January 1, 2024 over music copyright law changes Parliament of Uruguay passed a budget bill that includes changes concerning 'equitable remuneration' for performers
News TikTok strikes partnership with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to music streaming services TikTok has launched a new feature called "Add to Music App" that lets its users save songs they discover via TikTok on the streaming services where they listen to their music
News After dropping the biggest jazz album debut in Spotify history, Laufey extends global deal with AWAL The Icelandic-Chinese artist has extended her partnership with AWAL following the massive success of her second album. Bewitched.
News From Spotify’s 1,000 plays threshold to Taylor Swift’s blockbuster 1989 rerecording… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News SiriusXM launches $9.99-a-month Spotify challenger SiriusXM unveils new streaming app and 'Streaming All Access Plan' for $9.99 a month
Analysis News Confirmed: From next year, tracks on Spotify will have to be played 1,000 times before they start earning money Sources close to Spotify's conversations with rightsholders confirm more information about the service's new royalty model
Analysis Talking ‘garbage’: How can Spotify and co sort the dregs of the music business from the hidden treasures? On Sir Lucian Grainge's bluntness, Believe's rebellion, and why a careful balance is required to find a true 'artist-centric' formula
News Jungkook smashes record for fastest song to hit 1bn streams on Spotify with ‘Seven’ Seven smashed the previous record set by Miley Cyrus’ Flowers
News From Spotify changing its royalty model to Universal’s $3bn in Q3… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Daniel Ek just banked $64M selling Spotify shares – three months after he banked $100M doing the same thing Ek offloads 400,000 shares the day after his company's latest quarterly earnings in the US