Tag archives: Spotify

2013: Radiohead Calls Spotify the ‘Last Desperate Fart of a Dying Corpse’. 2016: Radiohead Licenses Spotify.

Ok, Spotify you can have the album now… On May 8th, Radiohead released their latest album titled A Moon Shaped Pool, on pretty much every other streaming platform except for Spotify. It’s widely known that Radiohead’s lead Thom Yorke is against Spotify (and free streaming in general), and a big advocate for artists getting fair pay.  He famously pulled […]

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Troy Carter Ditches Artist Management To Help Spotify With Artist Exclusives

Spotify has stepped up its game in order to maintain its leading position in the music streaming market. It’s latest bid to increase subscriber growth is hiring Troy Carter to head up its global creator services. Carter will be responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with songwriters, artists and labels in order to boost Spotify’s […]

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Streaming War: Apple Music vs. Spotify, Battle Heats Up

The streaming battle continues… Apple Music Major update. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple are planning a complete overhaul of their Apple Music streaming service in a bid to gain dominance in the music streaming market. The rumour is that Apple is planning to unveil its major update this month at the Worldwide Developers […]

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Spotify Faces Another Legal Nightmare: Photographers…

Well, if a Dutch photographer has anything to do with it, Spotify will be facing legal action… According to legal filings obtained by DMN, a Dutch photographer by the name of Dana Lixenberg is claiming copyright infringement over an image of Notorious B.I.G. on Spotify’s artist page.  Lixenberg is well-regarded in photography circles, and musical […]

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Spotify’s average subscriber paid 5% less last year – but premium conversion grew 7%

The average subscriber was paying $0.28 less a month – but 31.5% of users subscribed

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Exclusive: Spotify Has Ditched Musixmatch, But Why?

What is the real reason Spotify nixed Musixmatch? Well, according to a DMN source, Spotify doesn’t want to pay nothing to publishers and songwriters for the simple reason that lyrics usage could be massive and they may end up having low margins. According to Spotify, the feature is unavailable due to ‘big improvements to the […]

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