News Songwriters fight Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora over streaming rates Nearly 2,000 songwriters sign NMPA petition
News Spotify acquires UK startup Sonalytic to help improve publishing data New products on the way based on Sonalytic's identification tech
News Ed Sheeran obliterates Spotify records with 68.7m streams in a day Divide draws over 56.7m plays alone in first 24 hours on the service
News Star lawyer Petra Hansson quits Spotify after 10 years General Counsel worked at Spotify for more than a decade
News Ed Sheeran is now officially the biggest artist on Spotify worldwide The Warner-signed British artist has over 42m monthly listeners
News Spotify turns the tide for Katy Perry as she clocks up 18.5m streams Chained to the Rhythm is currently No.6 on Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart
News Spotify creating 1,000 jobs in New York as it moves to Four World Trade Center Company looks to be doubling office space in city
News Pandora slates Spotify and Apple Music – as its losses double to $343m Tim Westergren targets subscription growth of 9m this year
News Spotify Premium, marching towards 50m subs, goes free… in New York Times bundle deal Promotion mirrors similar deal run with The Times (UK) in 2014
Analysis If Spotify delays its IPO into 2018, it faces some serious financial pain How much has Daniel Ek's company promised in terms to secure a $1bn loan intake?
Interviews Spotify and Apple Music will struggle in China. Meet the reason why… Tencent's Andy Ng gives his view on the global market exclusively to MBW
Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
Analysis Why Netflix’s growing profits will have left Spotify sweating Film and TV company's gross margins tower above those of Daniel Ek's company