“ICMP and its members express their full support of Warner/Chappell Music in its actions.”
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Kobalt Music Group is raising the biggest investment round in its history
MBW speculates that the new funding raise could be in excess of $100m
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Spotify now reaches 0.07% of India’s population (also known as a million people)
A good start for Daniel Ek’s company – with a long way to go
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Liberty Media: We’re still interested in buying a stake in Universal – but we’d probably prefer to control it
“Would we prefer a path to control? Usually in life we do…”
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Has Spotify’s Warner bust-up spooked Wall Street?
Spotify’s market cap has fallen by around $2bn since the start of this week
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Tencent and KKR are mulling $22.7bn Universal Music Group bids – report
Potential bids would value Universal at around $46bn
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Spotify IS launching India today, with Premium costing the equivalent of $1.67 per month
One day of PAYG Spotify Premium access in India costs 13 INR ($0.18), with seven days costing 39 INR ($0.55) and one month costing 129 INR ($1.81)
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Warner: Spotify just lied about India injunction – and its comments on negotiations are ‘appalling’
“Spotify’s comments yesterday about our fair market negotiations were appalling to us…”
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Spotify could launch in India today as High Court denies Warner/Chappell injunction
Spotify: “This ensures songwriters, artists, labels and publishers will benefit from the financial opportunity of the Indian market and that consumers will enjoy an excellent Spotify experience.”
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Spotify is getting into sports with new podcasting drive
The successful candidate expected to help establish “Spotify’s presence and voice in the [sports] category”.
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