News Tencent, set to control 10% of Universal, also owns 9.1% of Spotify – but Daniel Ek has the final say on firm’s stake Spotify's founder and CEO has control of voting shares linked to Tencent's stake in his company
Analysis Daniel Ek talks paid-for promotion, podcasts and Spotify’s mission to become ‘the world’s No.1 audio platform’ What does Spotify's CEO have to say on key issues facing the company in 2020?
News Spotify now has 124m Premium subscribers, growing by over 3m per month The average paying Spotify subscriber across the world (ARPU) in Q4 2019 paid €4.65 per month
News After suing Spotify for mistreatment, independent music company files 10 copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube, Apple and others Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, SoundCloud, Pandora, Deezer, 7digital, iHeartradio and Rhapsody named as defendants
News Spotify is testing a Stories feature for influencer playlists YouTube star Summer Mckeen is the first influencer to test the feature
News Spotify in talks to acquire sports media outlet the Ringer (report) WSJ reports that 'discussions are early'
News Universal poaches Spotify’s head in Japan to run Digital Strategy in market Streaming now claims over 12% of Japan's recorded music market
News Even Justin Bieber’s Spotify-gaming fans can’t unseat Dance Monkey as the world’s favorite song Smash hit single is on course to top a billion Spotify streams in the next three weeks
News War Is Over: Spotify and Warner Chappell sign global licensing deal – including India Landmark case ends in a fresh deal between Spotify and Warner Chappell
News Spotify’s Global Marketing Lead joins Twitch as Director of Marketing, EMEA Exec exits as SPOT hires for Head of Global Marketing Strategy role in New York
News Justin Bieber in Spotify stream-gaming controversy as he directs fans to play new single on repeat Artist reposts (now-deleted) guide telling fans to "create a playlist with Yummy on repeat and stream it"
News Spotify launches ‘Streaming Ad Insertion’ tool for podcast advertising SAI 'leverages streaming to deliver Spotify’s full digital suite of planning, reporting, and measurement capabilities'
Blog Spotify end of year stats…there’s a lot to unwrap This MBW blog comes from Matt Brinkworth, who is an artist manager and Head of Digital at Omnian Music Group