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Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts
Spotify has confirmed that the dramatic downsizing of its workforce announced earlier this week will cost the company up to €145 million…
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Spotify to cut its global workforce by 17%
Spotify has announced it is cutting about 17% of its global workforce - around 1500 employees - in a bid to build “a stronger, more efficient Spotify for the future”, citing concerns about debt costs.…
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Setlist Podcast: Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes
Sony Music's call for US Congress to act on AI legal loopholes, the big bust up between Hall & Oates over “the ultimate partnership betrayal” and more…
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Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town
Spotify Wrapped went live for 2023 yesterday with every user being assigned a Sound Town - a town or city selected based on what music they have listened to this year…
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Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists
On this week's episode, Spotify's confirmation of plans to update how it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties, the decision to bounce the MSG Sphere venue out of London, and more…
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Spotify confirms changes to its payment process - including the 1000 plays a year threshold
Spotify has confirmed the changes it is making to the way it pays out royalties each month, with new policies around stream manipulation and functional audio, and the 1000 plays a year threshold that tracks must pass to earn anything at all…
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Specifics of Spotify's deal with Google on in-app payments revealed in Epic court case
Details have been revealed about Spotify’s deal with Google around in-app payments on Android devices - when users make payments via Spotify’s own transactions system it doesn’t have to pay any fees to the tech giant…
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New York judge dismisses Black Sheep lawsuit on Universal's Spotify equity
A New York court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by rap duo Black Sheep which accused Universal Music of agreeing to take a lower royalty rate from Spotify in return for getting equity in the streaming firm - and in doing so reducing the royalties received by artists…
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Spotify says it will exit Uruguay next year because of new performer ER right in copyright law
Spotify has announced that it will stop operating in Uruguay next year because of a change to the country’s copyright law that provides performers with a statutory right to equitable remuneration when their music is streamed…
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One Liners: Music NDA inquiry, Black Music Coalition, Everything Everything, + more
Deadline for parliament’s music NDA inquiry evidence, Spotify partners with Orange; Black Music Coalition launches memberships; Everything Everything, Yaosobi, Nouvelle Vague, O. and Vlure releases; tour news from In Flames and Arch Enemy, and Bellowhead…
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CMU Digest: YouTube’s voice-cloning announcements, Stability AI audio chief resigns over the company’s fair use position + more
In this week's digest: YouTube launches a new voice cloning tool; Stability AI’s audio chief resigns over its insistence that training AI is ‘fair use’; Spotify’s new anti-fraud fines are criticised + more…
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Distrokid boss critical of Spotify plan to fine distributors over tracks with heavy stream manipulation
Spotify will start issuing fines to labels and distributors that deliver tracks that are subject to heavy stream manipulation - a move that has been criticised by at least one DIY distributor…