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
News Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users globally Feature has been launched in partnership with Lyrics provider Musixmatch
News Spotify acquires Findaway to ‘revolutionize the audiobook space’ Findaway will continue to be led by Founder & CEO Mitch Kroll
News Spotify offloads two thirds of its stake in DistroKid for $167m Spotify made a minority investment in DistroKid back in 2018
News Spotify subscriptions reached 172m in Q3, up by 7m on the previous quarter Spotify has published its financial results for Q3 2021
News Here’s exactly what Spotify, Apple and other streaming services want to pay songwriters from 2023 onwards. MBW rifles through the filings of Big Tech to see what the likes of Google and Spotify are proposing