Music streaming service Deezer has increase its direct subscribers' portfolio both in France and in the rest of the world while partnerships subscribers dropped significantly by 23% during the first quarter of the year. Total subscribers' count reached 8.9 million, down 5.1% from 9.4 million in the same quarter a year prior. Direct subscribers accounted for 5.7 million, up 9% year-on-year. Meanwhile, partnerships subscribers amounted to 3.2 million in Q1 2026, down 23.0% year-on-year, reflectin...

Spotify closed the first quarter of the year with a record 760 million monthly active users, up 12% year-over-year, of which there were 293 million paid subscribers, up 9% over the same quarter a year prior. During the quarter, the business added 10 million MAUs, with a subscriber net addition of 3 million. The music streaming platform said that during the quarter, MAU and subscriber growth "remained strong" while the company delivered its second-highest gross margin to date. "Q1 results were i...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into leading streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music, over "alleged payola schemes in which they accept bribes to artificially promote certain songs, artists, or content." The office of the Attorney General said in a statement that the investigation was motivated by "a range of activities [that] have been identified as payola, including record labels or artists paying to be includ...