Daniel Ek has cashed out over half-a-billion dollars in Spotify stock to date, banking another $28m this week
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek has launched into 2025 with another significant financial move.Ek sold a further USD $27.8 ...
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Spotify allegedly using ‘ghost artists’ to minimise royalty costs
Spotify is padding out listeners’ playlists using “ghost artists” to reduce its royalty costs, a new report has claimed.According to ...
Spotify fires back at Drake: streaming platform says it has “no economic incentive for users to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks.”
Spotify has officially fired back at claims made by Drake in a legal filing last month that Kendrick Lamar’s Not ...
The Weeknd Spotlights Fan-Favorite Hits At Spotify’s Billions Club Live
At Spotify Presents Billions Club Live With The Weeknd, the Canadian singer proved why he’s one of the most popular ...
Daniel Ek cashes out another $37m in Spotify stock, bringing total value of shares sold this year to nearly $320m
Last week, MBW reported that key Spotify executives have sold some $1.16 billion in company stock so far this year ...
Spotify execs have cashed out more than $1B in stock this year
Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek has done it again.According to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ...
Bruno Mars shatters Spotify listener record… without a new album
The most popular artist on Spotify right now hasn’t released a new solo album for eight years. Quite a stat, ...
From Drake’s legal action to Spotify execs’ big cash-out… 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 ...
Spotify paid Warner Music Group $1.16B in FY 2024
Spotify‘s next round of licensing negotiations with the major music companies will be an interesting moment for the modern business.As ...
Drake Accuses UMG & Spotify of Artificially Inflating Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’; UMG Responds
The beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake just got messier, with the latter initiating legal action against UMG and Spotify ...
