Spotify hires IFPI veteran Olivia Regnier as Legal Director, EU Regulatory Affairs

Regnier leaves behind 20 years at the recorded music trade body
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Spotify acquires blockchain firm to build ‘a more transparent music industry’

MediaChain Labs team brings crypto-currency knowledge to Spotify’s New York HQ

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Why I Wrote a Song Called ‘Fuck You Spotify’

Looks like Spotify pissed off the wrong artist. The following comes from Brett Newski, an artist who channeled his frustrations against Spotify into a creative outlet.  Here’s why he wrote, ‘Fuck You Spotify’.   “If piracy is George Bush, is Spotify Dick Cheney? We all have our opinions on streaming. Spotify is probably not an […]

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Now indie labels can window albums on Spotify Premium thanks to Merlin deal

Like Universal deal, new agreement includes ability to ‘window’ album releases
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Spotify Loses Global Partnerships Director in Stockholm Terror Attack

Spotify executive Chris Bevington was among the four victims who died in the fatal Stockholm terror attack. Last Friday, a man hijacked a lorry and drove it into a department store in Stockholm. According to investors, the 39-year-old suspect, originally an immigrant from the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, targeted young children. The truck swerved […]

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Daniel Ek pays tribute to Spotify’s Chris Bevington following death in Stockholm attack

‘There are no words for how missed he will be or for how sad we all are to have lost him like this’

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I’m Warning You, Universal Music Group. Don’t Make This 1 Stupid Mistake…

Windowing albums for Spotify’s premium users?  I applaud you, UMG.  Making those albums exclusive to Spotify?  I will burn you, Universal Music Group. I woke up this morning to some pretty game-changing news.  Universal Music Group and Spotify had finally completed a long-term licensing deal. Which means a lot of things, including that Spotify’s once-hopeless […]

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