The story behind the story of today: Warner suing Spotify, and Spotify calling the major “abusive”
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Spotify slams Warner’s ‘abusive behavior’ in ugly India fallout, accuses major of reneging on agreed deal
“WMG’s abusive behavior would harm many non-Warner artists, labels and publishers, and prevent Spotify from competing in the market.”
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Warner sues Spotify in India as licensing negotiations hit major ‘speed bump’
“After months of negotiations, Spotify abruptly changed course and has falsely asserted a statutory license for our songwriters’ music publishing rights in India.”
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The major labels generated over $1.5bn more from streaming in 2018 than they did in the previous year
Majors now turning over the equivalent of $19m a day from the likes of Spotify
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SoundCloud is now a distributor: Platform launches tool for users to upload music to Spotify, Apple Music etc.
Amazon Music, Apple Music, Instagram, Spotify, Tencent, YouTube Music and more all covered by new tool
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Universal Music Group valuation hits $50bn – as Vivendi seeks ‘half dozen’ investment bank partners
“[UMG] owns undermonetized, must-have, global content that is strategic to the tech giants and can’t be replicated.”
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Universal Music Group valuation hits $50bn – as Vivendi seeks ‘half dozen’ investment bank partners
“[UMG] owns undermonetized, must-have, global content that is strategic to the tech giants and can’t be replicated.”
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Spotify paid $343m for podcasting companies Gimlet Media and Anchor
SEC filing reveals that Spotify spent €300m on the pair of companies
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Top music execs paid close to $200m from EMI sale, with Martin Bandier netting the lion’s share – reports
New report suggests Bandier “entitled to around half” the total executive compensation payout related to EMP’s sale to Sony
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5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019
In many ways, Spotify enjoyed a spectacular end to 2018. The company finished the year with its first ever quarterly operating profit – €94m ($107 million) — something that challenged many of the long-term naysayers about its business model. In additio…