From Warner’s Spotify and Amazon deals to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines ...
Tag: Spotify
Spotify slams the NMPA’s takedown action over alleged unlicensed songs in podcasts: ‘This is a press stunt.’
This morning, The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced that it had launched a takedown initiative against Spotify over the ...
Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft
Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subscriptions first emerged in September of 2024, part of a broader slowdown in ...
Spotify Wins Big Against the MLC. But Will They Win This War?
Photo Credit: Ri YaHere’s a music industry newsflash: everybody hates Spotify’s cut-rate ‘bundled’ royalty payments — except for Spotify. Six-year-olds ...
In the wake of new Spotify deal, Universal Music Group adds $3.4 billion to its market cap; Warner Music Group shares up 4.7%
Yesterday (January 26) was a busy day for the music trade media.First, MBW broke the story that Universal Music Group ...
Bruno Mars breaks own record, hitting 150M monthly Spotify listeners
Bruno Mars continues to shatter records, this time becoming the first artist to reach 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify.The ...
Universal Music Group and Spotify ink new multi-year deal that will “advance music monetisation” and “accelerate product innovation”
Universal Music Group and Spotify have inked a new multi-year deal to “advance the next era of streaming innovation”.The new ...
Universal Music Group and Spotify have inked a new licensing deal. It remedies Spotify’s infamous US ‘audiobook bundle’ royalty discount in UMG payouts, say MBW sources
Big news from the land of MBW’s well-connected industry sources: Universal Music Group and Spotify have inked a new licensing ...
Confirmed: Spotify and Universal have a new deal – including a direct agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group in the US
It’s official: as MBW reported earlier, Spotify and Universal Music Group have inked a new multi-year licensing agreement.Both sides of ...
The 95 Rock + Metal Songs With Over One Billion Spotify Streams
Here are the 95 rock and metal songs with over one billion streams on Spotify.Over 850 songs representing Spotify's BILLIONS ...
