News If Spotify thinks songwriters deserve more money, why is it trying to to cut their pay? 'We can expect Spotify to attack songwriters to cut what it pays them, and then try to deceive you about what it is doing.'
News Spotify Premium subscribers in the US now get Hulu for free Streaming company is bolting the ad-supported version of Hulu on to Premium subscriptions
Analysis News How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
News Songwriters of North America hit back at Spotify CRB appeal Songwriter advocacy group pledges loud public campaign
News Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US "They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not."
News Spotify vs. songwriters: Irving Azoff, Justin Tranter and other leading music biz figures slam streaming company’s royalty rise appeal "Apple understands they’re in the artist business. Clearly, Google, Pandora, Spotify and Amazon don’t."
Interviews News Wait… Spotify is ‘suing songwriters’? What the heck is going on? "Spotify and Amazon are the bad actors - they drove the decision to appeal the [ruling]."
News Jonathan Prince exits Spotify after more than 4 years with Daniel Ek’s company Exec is joining work-flow platform Slack
News Spotify will come pre-installed on millions of new Samsung devices Eligible Samsung device owners in the US can also get six months of free Spotify Premium
News Spotify and Amazon ‘sue songwriters’ with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States "These big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible."
News Warner/Chappell vs. Spotify: Music rights company backed by fellow publishers in India licensing dispute "ICMP and its members express their full support of Warner/Chappell Music in its actions."
Interviews Why Anghami, with over 1m paying users, doesn’t feel threatened by Spotify in the Middle East Elie Habib, Co-Founder of Anghami, on why the Lebanon-based music streaming company is the leading service in MENA
News Spotify now reaches 0.07% of India’s population (also known as a million people) A good start for Daniel Ek's company - with a long way to go
News TV exec Liz Gateley appointed Head of Creative Development at Spotify to drive podcasting expansion Exec was previously EVP Head of Programming at Lifetime Television
News Has Spotify’s Warner bust-up spooked Wall Street? Spotify's market cap has fallen by around $2bn since the start of this week