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Spotify‘s next round of licensing negotiations with the major music companies will be an interesting moment for the modern business. As MBW recently reported, Spotify is on course to post its first-ever annual operating profit this year—and it’s not a small sum. Led by CEO Daniel Ek, Spotify is expecting to record FY operating income […]
Rapper Drake’s company Frozen Moments filed a petition in a New York court Monday accusing the streaming service Spotify and Universal Music Group of conspiring to inflate the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.” “Not Like Us,” the result of Lamar and Drake’s weekslong beef, broke records on the Billboard rap […]
Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has issued a new legal filing in Manhattan court, accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of “illegally” boosting streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated diss track “Not Like Us” by allegedly using bots, undisclosed payments, and biased recommendations, according to court documents viewed by Pitchfork. “UMG did not rely on chance, or […]
There’s much more than music on Spotify. The streaming service continues to grow with audiobooks and podcasts. And a new update is making it even easier to see what you’ve been enjoying. Say Hello to the Recents Page Spotify The Recents page will show everything you have listened to in the last 90 days, including […]
November 25, 2024 Published by Dave Zolotusky, Principal Engineer TL;DR The Spotify FOSS Fund is back again! We created the Spotify FOSS Fund in 2022 to help support the open source ecosystem, and to lend a monetary hand to those projects we use most at Spotify. This year, we’ve selected five […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Spotify’s Top Artist from 2014 to 2023 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. How we listen to music has evolved and changed […]
Black Friday is almost here, and while we’ve been hard at work searching for the best Black Friday deals, we’ve still had time to cover all of the week’s biggest tech news stories. If you’ve not had time to stay up to date, then fret not; we’ve gathered the seven most important stories here for […]
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. The business of streaming dominated developments in the music […]
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news stories. Only MBW+ subscribers have unlimited access to these articles. Boyd Muir, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Universal Music Group, expects “super-premium” subscription tiers to start appearing in 2025 – […]
Key Takeaways YouTube Music Recap 2024 is now available for users in a story-like format. The Recap includes top songs, artists, musical moods, a music character, and podcast listening stats. Users can easily share their Recap on social media and save it as a playlist for later listening. Every year, streaming services like Spotify and […]