News Spotify is giving podcasters perks that will make independent music artists very jealous US podcasters can now charge subscriptions and download a database of email addresses
News From Spotify’s $1bn share buyback to Downtown’s big change: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music biz headlines of the week - and why they matter
News Spotify is ready to buy back $1bn in stock from shareholders Does Spotify think the market is currently undervaluing its stock?
News Spotify rival Anghami to launch entertainment venues in Dubai, London, L.A. and more cities worldwide The first Anghami Lab venue will open in Dubai in early 2022
News 3 things we learned from Daniel Ek on Spotify’s Q2 investor call A wobble in active users, an ambitious plan for total creators on the platform... and a bullish attitude to ads
Analysis News From Universal’s massive Q2 to Spotify outpacing Netflix: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Analysis News Spotify subscriptions grew to 165m in Q2, up by 7m on the previous quarter Spotify published its financial results for Q2 2021 today (July 28)
News Maneskin end Olivia Rodrigo’s 7 week run at No.1 on Spotify’s Weekly Global Top 200 chart The band's Four Seasons cover Beggin' hit No.1 on Spotify's Weekly Top 200 Global Chart
News Spotify launches free Premium offer for TikTok users in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Turkey Eligible TikTok users can get three or four months free Spotify Premium, depending on the market
News Finneas O’Connell was the world’s No.1 songwriter on Spotify last year, says report Thomas Hull aka Kid Harpoon also did well on charts
News Hipgnosis has 36 songs in Spotify’s billion-plus streaming club… and more stats from the firm’s annual report Merck Mercuriadis states that, "Music has gone from being a discretionary or luxury purchase to very much being a utility."
News Indie labels loathe Spotify’s Discovery Mode – but DIY giants are loving it Believe and TuneCore have been testing Spotify's Discovery Mode tool
News Tencent ups investment in Spotify rival Gaana, as music streaming service raises $40m in new debt financing News follows previous raise from Tencent in September 2020
News Loss-making Spotify commits to paying out yet more money to a new type of ‘Creator’ The Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund will pay creators on its Clubhouse rival app Greenroom
News House Judiciary Committee questions Spotify about its discovery mode tool Spotify launched the promotion tool in November 2020