News Apple Music For Artists launches, rivalling Spotify’s analytics tools Unsurprisingly, Apple is putting Shazam data front and center within its app
News Spotify has acquired three podcast companies this year. Total cost: $404m. Full extent of expenditure revealed within new SEC filing
News After Apple’s Verizon deal, free Spotify subscriptions offered to customers of rival AT&T AT&T Unlimited & More Premium customers can select a Spotify Premium subscription from one of seven premium entertainment options for free
News Who are the two ‘major labels’ that have signed new deals with Spotify? Clue: not Universal or Warner. Sony and Merlin both have active deals in place with Daniel Ek's company, MBW understands
News Spotify’s subscriber base grows to 108m, as total Monthly Active User count hits 232m Latest figures show growth both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year
News Official: Mike Biggane leaves Spotify to join Universal Music Group as EVP, Music Strategies and Tactics Creator of Spotify's New Music Fridays moves label-side in Santa Monica
News Spotify appoints Sulinna Ong as Head of Music in the UK and Ireland "Sulinna joined us three months ago and in that time has shown great leadership, bringing 16 years’ experience pioneering global marketing strategies in the music industry, leading editorial teams as well as directly managing major artists.”
News Beggars Group paid artists 44% of its Spotify share money; indie’s own revenues hit $100m in 2018 "After allowing for recoupment on advances, 44% [of the total Spotify proceeds were] paid out in cash."
News Former Spotify Global Head of Songwriter Relations Tiffany Kumar enters JV with Pulse Music Group Kumar's music agency Beat House has signed a JV and global co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group
News Spotify’s Chief Economist, Will Page, is leaving the company Respected exec has been offered a book deal with Simon and Schuster
News Apple Music takes on Spotify’s influential RapCaviar brand with Rap Life playlist and weekly show Playlist was formerly known as The A-List: Hip-Hop
News Spotify and Apple go big on independent artist Aaron Smith… and get major record labels talking Scottish songwriter lands enviable support from streamers
Analysis Spotify is investing $500m in podcasts. But it’s U-turned on content investments before. Anyone remember Spotify apps? Or 'Trading Playlists'?
News Spotify partners with Disney to launch Disney Hub featuring movie soundtracks and playlists Hub is available in the US, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
News Close to a third of Spotify’s 217m users are playing Ed Sheeran following release of his new album Over 69 million people have played the star's music in the past 28 days