Spotify Paid Over $4.5 Billion to Music Publishers Over the Last Two Years, So Why Are Songwriters Struggling?
Spotify paid $10 billion to the music industry last year, with $4.5 billion to publishers across 2023-24. So why are ...
Half of Spotify's Royalties Are Going to Indie Artists
Spotify updated its annual Loud and Clear report on Wednesday, confirming that for a second consecutive year, the streaming ...
Spotify Wrapped success story unpacked: What are the takeaways?
Wrapped spotlights Spotify’s advanced user behaviour statistics and drives consumers into unintentional platform boosters.
Spotify Posts First Full-Year Profit for 2024, CEO Says Streamer Will ‘Double Down’ on Music in 2025
Spotify reported solid Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings, with the streamer turning in its first annual net profit since it was founded in 2006.
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Mood Machine — how Spotify detached music from the makers
Like many digital start-ups, Spotify, which was founded in Sweden in 2006 by tech entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, purported to be revolutionising an industry when really it was just ...