After WMG filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Spotify in India on Monday, both companies issued unusually strong statements that will resonate in the coming weeks, as the streamer continues global licencing re-negotiations with all three major music groups. From Warner Music Group (bold added) "After months…
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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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Spotify Adds ‘Word’ Genre For Audiobooks, Meditations, Poetry, Language Learning and More
Spotify is aggressively re-positioning itself as a destination for all things audio. Following its recent purchase of podcasters Gimlet and Anchor Media for $340 million, the streamer has added a "Word" category to make it easier for users to find the growing collections of poetry, guided meditations, audiobooks, language lessons…
TIDAL Launches $1 Million Emerging Artists Grant Program ‘TIDAL Unplugged’
TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and Nelsen, TIDAL Unplugged will launch in Detroit in March. Local artists will can submit their music through TIDAL to receive…
Spotify Game ‘Top Of The Spots’ Is Truly Addictive
Top Of The Spots has a simple premise: choose which of two randomly chosen tracks on Spotify got the most cumulative plays. Playing this free game is truly addictive, particularly for us music junkies, and far harder than you’d think.
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Webcast Listening Has 12% Year On Year Growth, Spotify Averages 2.5M Simultaneous Streams
Spotify reached a record 2.5 million average simultaneous streams in October of last year, according to Triton Digital’s Top-20 ranking. Pandora stayed steady around 2 million average streams while over all webcast listening grew 12% year of year.
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Soundcharts Launches New Music Data Platform With Unlimited Team Access
Music analytics platform Soundcharts has launched a new version with new pricing. Under the plan, users can share data access with their entire team at no additional cost. Every plan comes with unlimited users and is based on the number of monitored artists, starting at €19 / $21.50 USD per…
Rhapsody and Napster To Pay Songwriters Up To $10M In Class Action Settlement
The law firm representing musician and artist advocate David Lowery and other songwriters has filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement that will see self-published songwriters paid as much as $10 million by Rhapsody and it’s Napster music streaming service. The settlement, filed in the US District Court…
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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