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Spotify two-tier payment "discriminatory and exploitative" says competition law expert

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Spotify two-tier payment "discriminatory and exploitative" says competition law expert

Competition law expert Amelia Fletcher has written to Spotify boss Daniel Ek expressing concern about the plan to introduce a threshold below which tracks will not receive any royalties when they are streamed…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2023

Competition law expert Amelia Fletcher writes to Daniel Ek

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Competition law expert Amelia Fletcher writes to Daniel Ek

The following letter has been sent to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek by Amelia Fletcher, who is Professor of Competition Policy at Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia. She is also a musician and songwriter, and co-founder of independent label Skep Wax Records.…

CMU Editorial • 06 Nov 2023

Setlist Podcast: Spotify plots changes to the way it pays out royalties

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Setlist Podcast: Spotify plots changes to the way it pays out royalties

Spotify's plans to change the way it allocates revenues to individual tracks and catalogues each month, and the confirmation that digital is now the biggest driver of revenue for the song rights collecting societies…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 27 Oct 2023

Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process

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Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process

Spotify is in talks with the labels and distributors about changing the way it allocates revenues to tracks each month - like with changes proposed by Deezer, Spotify’s plan will impact functional audio and smaller self-releasing musicians…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2023

Spotify boss urges UK government to not water down its Apple regulating Digital Markets Act

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Spotify boss urges UK government to not water down its Apple regulating Digital Markets Act

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek continues in his global campaign to force a change to Apple’s rules on in-app payments, this time urging the UK government to not water down proposed new laws for regulating the tech giants…

Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023

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Spotify adds new Merch Hub to its app

Spotify has added a Merch Hub to its app which will recommend merchandise based on the music each user has listened to…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2023

Authors criticise lack of transparency around Spotify's new audiobook offer

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Authors criticise lack of transparency around Spotify's new audiobook offer

The UK’s Society Of Authors has criticised the lack of transparency about the deals Spotify has negotiated with book publishers in order to include access to audiobooks as part of its premium subscription package…

Chris Cooke • 12 Oct 2023

Spotify adds new restrictions to its free tier in India

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Spotify adds new restrictions to its free tier in India

Spotify has added some extra restrictions to its free tier in India as it tries to convert more users to its premium service in the market…

Chris Cooke • 10 Oct 2023

Spotify adds free audiobook access to premium in UK and Australia

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Spotify adds free audiobook access to premium in UK and Australia

Spotify has added free access to audiobooks to its standard premium subscription package in the UK and Australia - offering subscribers fifteen hours of book listening per month…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2023

Spotify confirms ER proposals in Uruguay could result in it leaving the market

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Spotify confirms ER proposals in Uruguay could result in it leaving the market

Spotify has confirmed it could stop operating in Uruguay if law-makers there add a performer equitable remuneration right that covers streams into the country’s copyright laws…

Chris Cooke • 03 Oct 2023

Spotify boss Daniel Ek talks AI, podcasts and Apple Tax in new interview

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Spotify boss Daniel Ek talks AI, podcasts and Apple Tax in new interview

Daniel Ek has spoken to the BBC about how Spotify plans to deal with AI-generated music - just as the streaming firm announces a new AI-powered translation tool for podcasters…

Chris Cooke • 26 Sep 2023

Spotify codebase gives possible insight into new supremium tier

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Spotify codebase gives possible insight into new supremium tier

A Reddit user has spotted code in the Spotify app which suggests that a long-anticipated higher-priced subscription tier will include higher-quality audio, audiobooks and extra curation tools…

Chris Cooke • 25 Sep 2023