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 paid over $10B US to the music industry last year. How much actually makes it to the artists?
Spotify on Wednesday released further details about its record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024 in its Loud & Clear report ...
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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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 ...
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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 […] ...
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 CEO Wants EU To Penalize Apple For Defying Regulations
CEO, Daniel Ek, escalated a four-year battle with Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) for allegedly flouting the European Union’s Big ...
Spotify Looks to Expand AI-Narrated Audiobooks On Its Platform
The company has partnered with AI software company ElevenLabs to allow more authors to use digital narration in their audiobooks.
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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' ...
Spotify to EU: Apple is making fool by its EU compliance
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek urged European regulators to penalize Apple for allegedly bypassing the EU's Digital Markets Act. He accused Apple of delaying c ...