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One Liners • 4 min read

⏩ One Liners: Doja Cat, BRITs Rising Star Award, Spotify + more

Spotify departures; Warner Chappell and 300 appointments; IMS Ibiza announcement; new music from Green Day, Jack Savoretti x Katherine Jenkins, Fred Again, Bleachers, Barry Can’t Swim and Mall Girl; Doja Cat, Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie live dates; BRITs Rising Star winner…

Andy Malt • 08 Dec 2023

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

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Spotify • 2 min read

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

Indie label repping IMPALA has published a list of questions about Spotify’s plans to change the way it allocates revenue to each track each month - in particular seeking clarity on and proposing refinements for the new 1000 play threshold…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

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Spotify • 4 min read

IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

The European independent music community has lots of questions about the changes Spotify is making to the way it calculates what money is due to the record industry each month…

CMU Editorial • 07 Dec 2023

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

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Spotify • 3 min read

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…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 06 Dec 2023

Spotify to cut its global workforce by 17%

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Spotify • 4 min read

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.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Dec 2023

Setlist Podcast: Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes

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Sony Music • 3 min read

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…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town

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Spotify • 1 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists

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Spotify • 4 min read

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…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 24 Nov 2023

Spotify confirms changes to its payment process - including the 1000 plays a year threshold

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Spotify • 2 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 22 Nov 2023

Specifics of Spotify's deal with Google on in-app payments revealed in Epic court case

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Spotify • 2 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 22 Nov 2023

New York judge dismisses Black Sheep lawsuit on Universal's Spotify equity

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Universal Music • 2 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 21 Nov 2023

Spotify says it will exit Uruguay next year because of new performer ER right in copyright law

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Spotify • 2 min read

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…

Chris Cooke • 21 Nov 2023