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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s Statement On EU Anti-Competition Complaint Against Apple [FULL TEXT]
Spotify it has filed an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission. The complaint centers on the 30% Apple charges for app store subscriptions and purchases and polices that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says,"deliberately disadvantage other app developers." The full text of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s statement: My goal…
Spotify Files EU Anti-Trust Complaint Against Apple
Spotify announced Wednesday that it has filed an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission. The complaint is centered on the 30% that Apple charges for in app purchase and polices that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says,"deliberately disadvantage other app developers." "In recent years, Apple has introduced rules to…
President Trump Is Lashing Out Over the ‘Tim Apple’ Snafu, Claims He Said It to ‘Save Time and Words’
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Ivanka Trump, who was also at the meeting, have seen the funny side of the incident.
From Azoff To Slipknot, Music Biz Condemns Spotify, Google Attack On Songwriter Rates Increase
Late last week Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon announced they were teaming appeal the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling increasing streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. The four will file a action with the D.C. Court of Appeals. Now, artists and the industry are reacting, condemning the tech giants and…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we sift back through a busy week in the music business, we revisit Spotify’s scheme to pre-load phones with itself, Apple Music’s stand as the only major streaming not vying to cut songwriter royalties, Amazon and Ticketmaster’s new partnership, and more! Spotify To Come Pre-Loaded In Millions Of Samsung…
Streaming Revenue Impressive, But Can It Ever Make Up For Lost Physical Sales?
With streaming revenue showing a massive increase in comparison to previous years, the major three record labels are rejoicing at their annual haul. A big part of this income still draws from physical sales however, and as these old-school revenue streams continue to thin to a trickle, will streaming be…
President Trump Just Referred to Apple’s CEO as ‘Tim Apple’
The president met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and other members of his American Workforce Policy Advisory Board on Wednesday.
Symphonic Distribution Expands To China
Independent music distributor Symphonic has expanded its reach to China via partnershipd with Tencent, NetEase and soon, says the company Alibaba.The new deals were spearheaded by indie rights powerhouse MERLIN. Content can be placed on Chinese music serives NetEase Cloud Music, Xiami (Alibaba), QQ Music, Kugou and Kuwo (Tencent Music…
100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services In US [MusicWatch]
Fresh off the release of RIAA revenue numbers MusicWatch shared its year-end numbers assessing the size of the US streaming market and how music listening is evolving. Among the internet using population 13 and older MusicWatch reported a record 165 million streamers in 4Q, based on listening at least one…