Analysis News SoundCloud, with more than 200m tracks on its platform, saw 12-monthly revenues top $200m last yearCompany gives update on 2019 as 2018 results are laid bare
News War Is Over: Spotify and Warner Chappell sign global licensing deal – including IndiaLandmark case ends in a fresh deal between Spotify and Warner Chappell
News Spotify’s Global Marketing Lead joins Twitch as Director of Marketing, EMEAExec exits as SPOT hires for Head of Global Marketing Strategy role in New York
News Spotify launches ‘Streaming Ad Insertion’ tool for podcast advertisingSAI 'leverages streaming to deliver Spotify’s full digital suite of planning, reporting, and measurement capabilities'
Music Business Jobs SPOTIFY Spotify – Global Marketing Strategy Lead (US)At least 8-10 years of international marketing and/or strategy consulting work experience requiredJob type: Marketing/Digital MarketingLocation: New York, United StatesApplication deadline: February 7, 2020
Music Business Jobs SPOTIFY Spotify – Editor, US Latin (US)At least 5+ years of experience in the US Latin music industry, editorial/programming music for radio requiredJob type: A&R/CreativeLocation: New York, United StatesApplication deadline: February 29, 2020
Analysis News How podcasts are damaging the potential growth of the recorded music businessMusic streaming services – particularly Spotify – are morphing into something else entirely
Blog Spotify end of year stats…there’s a lot to unwrapThis MBW blog comes from Matt Brinkworth, who is an artist manager and Head of Digital at Omnian Music Group
Analysis News Is it time for Spotify and other streaming services to increase their prices?Survey finds that more than half of respondents would pay more than $9.99 for a subscription
News Spotify recommends labels spend at least $5k on its new pop-up adsTargeted pop-up visual ads were announced in October
News Spotify now has an actual Head of Hits, as Ned Monahan joins from InterscopeMonahan appears to be essentially succeeding Mike Biggane at streaming firm
News Are TikTok and Bytedance about to become a real problem for Spotify?Three reasons why Bytedance's new service may pose a real threat to the world's No.1 audio streaming platform
News A Spotify subscription in India now costs less than $1 per month, thanks to new annual offerNews comes as industry awaits decision in Spotify vs. Warner Chappell case
News Spotify overtakes Deezer’s subscriber base in France – but, says Deezer, SPOT can’t match its payoutsWhat's a 'market leader'? Interesting question...