Category archives: Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek says Spotify’s subscription growth is increasing. But that’s not true in monetary terms.

It all depends on whether you’re counting heads, or you’re counting money
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Daniel Ek talks paid-for promotion, podcasts and Spotify’s mission to become ‘the world’s No.1 audio platform’

What does Spotify’s CEO have to say on key issues facing the company in 2020?
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Daniel Ek: 3 things we learned from the Spotify boss in his latest interview

Exec covers exclusives, scale and Netflix comparisons in wide-ranging interview
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Daniel Ek rubbishes iHeart boss Pittman’s claim that ‘73% of Spotify’s listening comes from just 3% of their audience’

iHeart now reaches 275 million Americans monthly – more than the top two closest broadcast radio competitors combined
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Spotify is still adding more users across Europe and North America than in Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined

SPOT is reaching less than 1.5% of its potential addressable market outside of Europe and the Americas
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Who are the two ‘major labels’ that have signed new deals with Spotify? Clue: not Universal or Warner.

Sony and Merlin both have active deals in place with Daniel Ek’s company, MBW understands
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The Curious Timing Of Corporate Bio Book ‘Spotify Untold’

Currently only available in Swedish, Spotify Untold recounts the "hero’s journey" of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Chris Castle explores the curious timing of the book’s release and its correlated US book tour. __________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Policy You may have seen the book reviews of…

Nearly 40,000 tracks are now being added to Spotify every single day

That’s the equivalent of 280,000 songs a week, or around 1.2 million tracks per calendar month.
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Spotify: We’ll be forced to raise our prices if Apple 30% ‘app tax’ continues

Ek warns of price increase in interview with the Financial Times
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