Author archives: Tim Ingham

Spotify loses catalog of India’s oldest label after copyright infringement lawsuit

You can read lawsuit in full here
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Why Amazon and Google’s free music tiers could spell trouble for Spotify

Spotify’s audio advertising offering could be under threat from the big boys
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Free Amazon music streaming service now live via Alexa in the United States

Ad-supported tier is available ‘out the box’ for Alexa users
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Amazon’s free Spotify rival is ‘imminent’, licensed by major labels

“The music industry seems to be in a good place with Amazon and Apple right now – but less so with Spotify.”
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Universal close to generating $10m per day from streaming, as Q1 label revenues grow 19.2%

Firm’s biggest-selling artists in Q1 were Ariana Grande, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, Back Number, Queen and Billie Eilish
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Jody Gerson: UMPG ‘stands with songwriters’ fighting Spotify CRB appeal

“By appealing the ruling, these companies fail to acknowledge that songwriters need to be paid fairly.”
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Hit songwriters tell Spotify’s Daniel Ek they’re ‘hurt and disappointed’ by CRB rate appeal

‘You have used us and tried to divide us but we stand together.’
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Sony/ATV employees to be paid ‘special’ bonuses related to EMI Music Publishing buyout

Jon Platt announces that entire company will benefit from money related to acquisition of EMP
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Troy Carter returns with new services company Q&A, merging with J.Erving’s Human Re Sources

‘My time spent at Spotify allowed me the opportunity to see gaps that still exists between the music business and technology.’
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