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To better match individual songs with listeners’ preferences, Spotify will add a “Sponsored Songs” feature to its free tier. But is that just streaming payola? To better monetize their free tier, Spotify is testing their new ‘Sponsored Songs’ feature. The move will allow brands to put their ads in popular playlists, which sounds fine. But […]
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Did major publishers get hoodwinked by Spotify and their own trade association? That’s the scuttlebutt this week in the wake of an impressive settlement by smaller publishers. So just to bring everyone up to speed… Earlier this month, a collective of indie publishers and songwriters secured a juicy $43.4 million settlement with Spotify over unpaid […]
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Did major publishers get hoodwinked by Spotify and their own trade association? That’s the scuttlebutt this week in the wake of an impressive settlement by smaller publishers. So just to bring everyone up to speed… Earlier this month, a collective of indie publishers and songwriters secured a juicy $43.4 million settlement with Spotify over unpaid […]
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Promising more money to major labels, Spotify crossed the 140 million user mark. In an announcement on For Brands site, Spotify proudly announced that they have surpassed 140 million global monthly active users. They also guaranteed to pay $2 billion to major content owners in the next two years. Yet, the news was quickly muddled […]
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SiriusXM’s parent company, Liberty Media, may be taking a harsh view of Tim Westergren. The founder and CEO has been accused of costing the company over $1 billion. It’s been a rocky period for Pandora’s founder and CEO Tim Westergren. A recent study has shown that in the past year alone, teenagers and young adults […]
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Merlin Network makes it clear: No, YouTube doesn’t pay out artists equally, but Spotify does. YouTube has long been considered the bane of the music industry. Thanks in part to exploiting DMCA safe harbor loopholes, the video platform can pay out major labels and artists the bare minimum. As it pushes ahead with its IPO […]
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Ahead of their long-rumored IPO, Spotify has yet to fix its main problem: unmatched song royalties. When a radio station plays a song, Swedish copyright organization STIM looks at who to pay. The organization does the same when listeners stream songs from Swedish artists and songwriters. Yet, for the second time in less than a […]
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Following a much-needed investment from SiriusXM, Pandora Radio survives to live another day. Yet, how long before more poor decisions sink this streamer? Late last year, Pandora Radio shares rose after news came out that SiriusXM wanted to purchase the streamer. SiriusXM reportedly offered the streamer $15 per share. The stock price then floated around […]
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Maybe this is all Spotify’s fault. Maybe Pandora only has itself to blame. Either way, Pandora is now battling a tailspin in valuation as Sirius vultures overhead. Here’s the latest. Falling subscribers. Sagging subscriptions. A surging Spotify. Welcome to the daily nightmare endured by Pandora, once the darling of music streaming. Now, the company is […]
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Maybe this is all Spotify’s fault. Maybe Pandora only has itself to blame. Either way, Pandora is now battling a tailspin in valuation as Sirius vultures overhead. Here’s the latest. Falling subscribers. Sagging subscriptions. A surging Spotify. Welcome to the daily nightmare endured by Pandora, once the darling of music streaming. Now, the company is […]
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