Spotify closed the year 2025 with 290 million Premium Subscribers, a 10% year-over-year increase, and a record 751 million monthly active users (MAUs), an 11% increase...
Spotify has paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry n 2025, in what is described as "the largest annual payment to music from...
Shadow library Anna’s Archive, which had scrapped millions of music files and metadata from Spotify, has been subject to a “silent” legal strike at the end...
Spotify has expanded its monetisation programme with more creators able to take advantage of the Spotify Partner Programme, launched a year ago, and, from April, access...
Spotify and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) launched a new Opt-In Portal allowing NMPA music publishers members to enter into a direct license agreement for...
Spotify ended Q3 2024 with a total of 713 million monthly active users globally, of which 281 million were paid subscribers, up 12% compared to a...
Bertelsmann's music division BMG has entered into a direct, multiyear publishing licensing deal with streaming service Spotify covering the United States. The agreement is designed "to...
David Kaefer, who served as VP, Music & Audiobook Business, at Spotify, announced in a LinkedIn post that he was leaving the streaming service after over...
Spotify announced leadership changes at the top of the music streaming service, with co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek becoming the music streaming service's Executive...
Spotify and independent labels' digital licensing society Merlin have renewed and expanded their global, multi-year licensing partnership. "This agreement reinforces the vital role of independent music...
