News 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.
News Three judges decide what Spotify, Apple, and YouTube Music pay songwriters in the US. One of those roles is now up for grabs. Successful applicant will succeed Chief Judge Jesse Feder who stepped down in November
Analysis News Inflation is skyrocketing. Surely Spotify must finally put up its $9.99 monthly price. MBW Reacts: Our team's music biz-centric take on soaring inflation in the US
Analysis News Netflix raises prices in the US (again). Will Spotify refuse to follow (again)? Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.
News Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but it’s losing market share New stats from Midia show that Spotify had a 31% share of the subscription market at the end of Q2 2021
News Spotify is searching for a new Head of Global Hits… as SoundCloud seeks a new Global Head Of Music The companies are hiring for two significantly influential global roles
News As Spotify continues fight to lower songwriter pay, its top lawyer, Horacio Gutierrez, exits for Disney Gutierrez joined Spotify in 2016 and was promoted to Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer in 2019
News Sony Music Middle East and Spotify rival Anghami launch JV record label, Vibe Music Arabia Rami Zeidan will be leading Vibe Music Arabia as General Manager
Analysis News From Live Nation’s $416m acquisition to Spotify’s comedy battle: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Analysis News Could Spotify face $100 million-plus lawsuits over its comedy album faux pas? MBW's Talking Trends looks into a growing dispute on Daniel Ek's platform
News Spotify for Artists platform made available in 16 additional languages The platform is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, European French and more
Analysis News Universal vs Spotify: Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021? It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians
Analysis News Major record companies are losing market share on Spotify. But Spotify is gaining market share in Warner’s own revenues. Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group's annual revenues in FY2021 between them
News Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2021… and he didn’t even release a new album Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license was the most-streamed song of 2021 globally on Spotify with over 1.1 billion streams
News Spotify expands into six new countries, including Venezuela and Iraq Spotify is now available in 184 markets