Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has realized laying off 1,500 people at one go may have created a 'significant challenge' for Spotify's day-to-day operations
Laying off 1,500 people in December ended up creating a "significant challenge" for Spotify, the company's CEO Daniel Ek said ...
Spotify signs Bill Simmons, its $250 million man, to a new deal
Bill Simmons will continue his namesake show covering sports and pop culture on Spotify and serve as the company’s head of ...
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Daniel Ek bags another $29m from Spotify share sale, cashing out close to $700m since 2023
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek sold another USD $29.2 million worth of company shares on Wednesday (March 5), ...
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An agonising timeline of our eight-year wait for lossless Spotify HiFi streaming
December Qobuz, a French music streaming service that has been solely operating in its native country since its birth in 2007 ...
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Spotify Loud & Clear: Indies, publishing and 2024’s hobbyist boom
Spotify has rolled out its annual update to its Loud & Clear website, the streaming service's annual 'music economics report' ...
Spotify paid record $10 billion to artists last year
STORY: Spotify says it paid a record $10 billion in royalties to artists in 2024.The streaming giant said that was the ...
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Spotify paid out $10bn in 2024, but many artists didn’t see profits
Spotify said that last year it paid out more than any other streaming service, however, more than half the artists still ...
Spotify paid over $10B US to the music industry. How much actually makes it to the artists?
Spotify announced in late January that it had paid out a record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to ...
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Author and journalist, Liz Pelly: “Spotify is not the music business – it’s the technology industry”
The Rise Of Spotify & The Costs Of The Perfect Playlist. The Spotify showdown: as the financial centre of gravity for much […] ...
Spotify Looks to Expand AI-Narrated Audiobooks On Its Platform
The company has partnered with AI software company ElevenLabs to allow more authors to use digital narration in their audiobooks.
Spotify to EU: Apple is making fool by its EU compliance
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek urged European regulators to penalize Apple for allegedly bypassing the EU's Digital Markets Act. He accused Apple of delaying c ...