When Spotify first launched in 2008, its focus was firmly on music streaming. Now, fifteen years later, the platform has ...

Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth has become the latest big name to slam music streaming service Spotify, saying that he "owes it" ...

Audio streaming company Spotify said Tuesday that it paid $10 billion to the music industry last year. The company added that it has given nearly $60 ...

and thanks in large part to Spotify, Apple and YouTube, the industry has seen its fortunes reverse. Still, the company has faced criticism over its payouts to artists, with many who are not at the ...

Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) defended its artist payment ... The company said total payouts to artists, labels, and publishers have now reached $60 billion since its founding in 2006.

In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post announcing record payouts to the music industry in 2024. Maybe it’s a coincidence, and it took four weeks to crunch the numbers!

Update 2:50 p.m. ET: Added statement from Spotify spokesperson to the end. The report focuses on 2024 payouts, and shows how big players like Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and more compare with ...

The new multi-year agreement comes as Warner Music Group announced it had purchased a controlling stake in Tempo Music. The catalog company owns rights to songs by Wiz Khalifa, Florida Georgia Line, ...

According to a press statement released by Spotify late last month, in 2014 — when global music revenue hit its lowest recorded figure, 13 billion dollars – the platform’s contribution stood ...

Spotify optimizes for “higher overall payout,” he says. Spotify has released industry payout figures frequently over the last few years to push back against these criticisms. In December ...

The big picture: Spotify has set a record for the highest annual payment to the music industry from a single retailer for the second time in as many years. In 2014 when the industry hit a low of ...