Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has realized laying off 1,500 people at one go may have created a 'significant challenge' for Spotify's day-to-day operations
Laying off 1,500 people in December ended up creating a "significant challenge" for Spotify, the company's CEO Daniel Ek said ...
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Daniel Ek bags another $29m from Spotify share sale, cashing out close to $700m since 2023
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek sold another USD $29.2 million worth of company shares on Wednesday (March 5), ...
Spotify signs Bill Simmons, its $250 million man, to a new deal
Bill Simmons will continue his namesake show covering sports and pop culture on Spotify and serve as the company’s head of ...
The age of streaming inequality
Streaming apps like Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube are adding more tiers, pushing people to upgrade, and increasingly focusing ...
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Author and journalist, Liz Pelly: “Spotify is not the music business – it’s the technology industry”
The Rise Of Spotify & The Costs Of The Perfect Playlist. The Spotify showdown: as the financial centre of gravity for much […] ...
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Spotify paid out $10bn in 2024, but many artists didn’t see profits
Spotify said that last year it paid out more than any other streaming service, however, more than half the artists still ...
Spotify may be earning more than ever but it's paying out a record $10 billion to rights holders too
Spotify just revealed its Annual Music Report and the streaming giant just had its best year ever, paying out $10 billion to ...
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Spotify’s Record-Breaking Payouts Mask the Harsh Reality for Most Artists
Spotify’s latest Loud & Clear report celebrates a record-breaking $10 billion payout to the music industry in 2024, bringing ...
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An agonising timeline of our eight-year wait for lossless Spotify HiFi streaming
December Qobuz, a French music streaming service that has been solely operating in its native country since its birth in 2007 (the same year Spotify launched), expands its reach to other countries in ...
Spotify paid record $10 billion to artists last year
STORY: Spotify says it paid a record $10 billion in royalties to artists in 2024.The streaming giant said that was the ...
Spotify paid over $10B US to the music industry. How much actually makes it to the artists?
Spotify announced in late January that it had paid out a record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to ...
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Spotify Loud & Clear: Indies, publishing and 2024’s hobbyist boom
Spotify has rolled out its annual update to its Loud & Clear website, the streaming service's annual 'music economics report' ...