Spotify Says Taylor Swift Is ‘Increasing Piracy’ and ‘Setting the Industry Back’

Taylor Swift’s Reputation has proven that not every artist needs streaming platforms, like Spotify, to be successful. For years, Taylor Swift has kept her albums off popular streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.  Reversing her stance on str…

Spotify Says Taylor Swift Is ‘Increasing Piracy’ and ‘Setting the Industry Back’

Taylor Swift’s Reputation has proven that not every artist needs streaming platforms, like Spotify, to be successful. For years, Taylor Swift has kept her albums off popular streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.  Reversing her stance on str…

Spotify, SoundCloud and Deezer join forces as part of new EU lobbying group

Digital Music Europe (DME) will try to impact policy on a variety of issues
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Streaming Music Now Has Its Own Lobbying Group

Spotify, Deezer, and SoundCloud now have their own lobbying group. How big is the streaming music business? According to a report published in September, major labels make $14.2 million a day from streaming.  A recent study by MiDiA Research shows that…

Taylor Swift to hold new album off streaming services for a week

Looks like Taylor’s gunning for those full LP sales in week one
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I Got 100k Plays on Spotify and Can’t Get Paid. Can You Help?

100 thousand Spotify plays, yet no royalties for this Music Kickup artist. So, how much are artists actually earning on Spotify? According to the team at Information is Beautiful, unsigned artists earn $0.0038 per stream.  After 380,000 plays, they mak…

Spotify Won’t Give Slain Executive’s Family Compensation, Claims Father

Still in pain over the loss of his son, a British father attacks Spotify and the Swedish government. On April 7th, Rakhmat Akilov, an ISIS sympathizer, hijacked a beer truck in Sweden.  The 39-year-old Uzbekistan immigrant drove down busy streets in St…