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Apple says Spotify should stay out of its ongoing Epic legal battle

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Apple • 3 min read

Apple says Spotify should stay out of its ongoing Epic legal battle

Spotify recently filed an amicus brief in support of Epic Games in the Fornite maker’s ongoing legal battle with Apple over its App Store rules. But in a new legal filing this week, Apple said that Spotify is just “parroting” Epic’s own arguments and its intervention should be rejected…

Chris Cooke • 05 Apr 2024

Spotify planning another price rise in five markets

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Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify planning another price rise in five markets

The price of a Spotify subscription is set to increase again in some markets this month, although users will reportedly be able to avoid the price rise if they opt out of audiobook access. It might all be a move by Spotify to create a separate revenue stream to fund its audiobook ambitions.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Apr 2024

Upsetting the Apple cart: app developers including Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz welcome US Justice Department lawsuit

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Upsetting the Apple cart: app developers including Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz welcome US Justice Department lawsuit

Last week the US Department Of Justice announced that it is suing Apple over allegations of anticompetitive conduct, including in relation to its App Store rules. That litigation has been welcomed by an organisation representing numerous app developers, including Spotify, Deezer and Qobuz…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2024

Setlist Podcast: Is Manchester's nightlife at risk?

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Setlist • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Is Manchester's nightlife at risk?

The ruling in Manchester venue Night & Day's noise dispute, and the BPI's legal threats against AI voice cloning tool Voicify…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 24 Mar 2024

Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another 'fake artists' debate

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Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another 'fake artists' debate

‘Fake artists’ have become a talking point again after a Swedish newspaper highlighted how one musician is scoring billions of streams by recording tracks targeted at Spotify’s mood music playlists under 656 different names.…

Chris Cooke • 20 Mar 2024

Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”

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Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”

Spotify has published loads more stats as part of an update to its Loud & Clear website. Although the stats are interesting, this site is partly about countering criticism of Spotify, and it’s interesting to see what criticism is clearly being dealt with among the facts and figures…

Chris Cooke • 19 Mar 2024

Setlist Podcast: US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned

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Setlist • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned

US politicians vote in favour or proposals to ban TikTok in the country, Labour commits to cap secondary ticket prices, and more…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 15 Mar 2024

Spotify asks European Commission to force Apple to approve its app amends

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Spotify asks European Commission to force Apple to approve its app amends

After the EU competition regulator ordered Apple to change its rules around the sign-posting of payment options within iOS apps, Spotify immediately updated its app within the EU. But Apple is yet to approve those updates and Spotify now wants to European Commission to intervene…

Chris Cooke • 15 Mar 2024

Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon - so Neil Young is back on Spotify

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Neil Young • 3 min read

Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon - so Neil Young is back on Spotify

Neil Young has ended his Spotify boycott which began over criticism of the Joe Rogan podcast. With that podcast now returning to other platforms, boycotting just Spotify as an anti-Rogan protest seems pointless, though Young remains critical of the lack of high quality audio on the streaming service…

Chris Cooke • 13 Mar 2024

Setlist Podcast: Apple blames Spotify for €1.8 billion fine

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Setlist Podcast: Apple blames Spotify for €1.8 billion fine

Apple's €1.8 billion over its App Store rules, Live Nation's insistence that it's not to blame for rising ticket prices, and more…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 08 Mar 2024

CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts

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Spotify • 6 min read

CNM statement shows that Spotify’s rage about new French streaming levy misrepresents key facts

Spotify seems to be angry with the world right now. After threatening to pull out of Uruguay over ER, it said that the new French streaming levy meant it would have to “disinvest” from the country. What’s wrong, and why is it lashing out quite so hard at France’s Centre national de la musique?…

Sam Taylor • 08 Mar 2024

France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum

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France has stood firm against Spotify’s bullying - and Spotify is having a tantrum

Spotify has announced that it is raising its prices in France as the result of a new levy on streaming subscriptions. Previously the company threatened to “disinvest from France” if the government went ahead and introduced the legislation. Instead, users will be charged an extra 13 cents a month…

Sam Taylor • 07 Mar 2024