Analysis News Netflix is launching a password-sharing crackdown in the next few weeks in the US. Could Spotify follow? Netflix first announced its intention to start charging its users to share passwords around a year ago
News AI ‘fake Drake’ track deleted on Spotify, YouTube, TikTok after Universal Music Group copyright claim The holding page of ghostwriter's now-defunct YouTube upload reads: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Universal Music Group.
News Spotify develops new tool for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts Broadcast-to-Podcast tool is now available for any publisher with an account on Megaphone
News This AI Drake rip-off already has 250,000 plays on Spotify. How will the music industry respond? Ghostwriter's heart on my sleeve is bound to ignite intra-industry music biz tensions this week
News Spotify to shutter music trivia game Heardle – less than a year after acquiring it Heardle lets players guess a song based on its opening notes
News Fitness app Strava integrates Spotify to let users stream songs, podcasts while tracking workouts Strava's users can now play, pause, resume, skip, and browse Spotify from within its app
Analysis News Sony Music and Ultra Records sue dance label over ‘unauthorized’ version of 2014 hit Dancin, which has over 200m streams on Spotify Suit was filed in Colorado on Monday (April 10)
News YouTube Music rolls out Spotify-like real-time lyrics on mobile The update was spotted by multiple Reddit users, who report that the lyrics are being powered by Musixmatch
News Spotify shuts down Spotify Live after two years of ‘experimentation’ Daniel Ek's firm capitalized on the Clubhouse boom. Then the Clubhouse boom ended.
Analysis As major label market share falls on Spotify, can we expect even more indie investment from the ‘Big Three’? As industry dynamics shift, are we going to see artist and label services divisions grow in importance for the majors?
News Kakao launched a new virtual K-Pop group called MAVE, and the first single has already generated 20m streams on Spotify Virtual group also 172,000 subscribers on YouTube
Analysis 38 million tracks on music streaming services were played ZERO times in 2022. (Or: why Spotify should take a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book.) Should Spotify, in a quest to improve its margin, start playing hardball with its least successful artists?
Analysis News Fewer DIY artists generated over $10k on Spotify in 2022 than they did in 2021 (according to Spotify’s own figures – update). MBW founder Tim Ingham takes a hard look at Spotify's latest figures regarding independent artists and what they're paid on the platform
News Spotify removes catalog of Zee Music, one of India’s largest domestic labels, due to licensing dispute Zee has 93.6 million YouTube subscribers
Analysis News Why is Spotify copying TikTok? To cling on to power. MBW founder, Tim Ingham delves behind a major recent entertainment industry headline to explain what's really going on