News Spotify mulls price hike in US following Apple, YouTube’s lead 'When our competitors are increasing their prices, that's really good for us,' said CEO Daniel Ek on SPOT earnings call
News Spotify added 7m premium subscribers in Q3 – and has added 15m in 2022 to date Spotify now expects to top 200 million subscribers by the end of 2022
Analysis News Apple Music just raised its subscription price to $10.99 in the US. Will Spotify be next? In the US, starting from Monday (October 24), an individual Apple Music subscription will go up by $1 per month
News Is Spotify readying a $20-a-month ‘Platinum’ tier that includes HiFi audio? The 'Platinum' level service will reportedly include HiFi audio, a "Headphone Tuner" and more
News The exec who built Spotify For Artists just launched… SoundCloud For Artists Repost artist services platform renamed 'SoundCloud for Artists'
News Spotify, BandLab, YouTube Music and more to speak at Music Tectonics conference in Los Angeles later this month Fourth annual edition of Santa Monica-based conference kicks off on October 25
Analysis News It’s happened: 100,000 tracks are now being uploaded to streaming services like Spotify each day Figure confirmed by both Universal and Warner bosses – but who, exactly, is it benefitting?
Analysis News Watch out Spotify: Multiple verified ‘TikTok Music’ Twitter accounts hint at pending global launch At least six verified Twitter accounts for ‘TikTok Music’ have popped up for multiple global markets
News Spotify acquires Dublin-based content moderation startup Kinzen Acquisition comes three months after Spotify launched its 'Safety Advisory Council'
News Apple Music reaches 100m song milestone. Rival Spotify has ‘over 80m’ on its own platform 'We’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music,' says Apple Music’s Global Head of Editorial Rachel Newman
News Soulwax’s classic 2ManyDJs album is finally coming to Spotify – kicking off the 40th anniversary celebrations of [PIAS] Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot launched [PIAS] in 1982
News Get ready for Netflix series about Spotify, a ‘fictionalized account’ of the streaming platform’s rise Series to be released on Netflix on October 13
Analysis News Could Spotify’s locked audiobooks model be a new way for artists to make money on its platform? Could Spotify's locked play button model used for audiobooks be applied to artist content?
News Spotify sponsors Contemporary Black Music award at A&R Awards 2022 Streaming giant backs Contemporary Black Music award at UK music industry's big night
News Can you feel the love tonight? Spotify and fellow music streamers strike agreement with publishers for 15.35% go-forward royalty rate in the US. NMPA, DiMA and songwriter group NSAI send joint proposal to CRB – and avoid a costly legal war