While video streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ have aggressively adjusted their models to maximize revenue, the ...

A mysterious "Sponsored Content" opt-out setting recently appeared in Spotify, and now the streaming giant has confirmed to TechCrunch what it's about. Spotify is now testing a new "Sponsored Song" ad ...

Spotify is planning a U.S. price increase in early 2025, its first since 2024, as record labels push for higher streaming fees.

Spotify Wrapped, a recap of users' listening year, dropped on Wednesday with new social features, IRL pop-ups and AI-powered ...

Spotify is giving a new investment opportunity to record labels, which could change the way rising artists are received by the music community. According to reports, the Swedish streaming service is ...

LOS ANGELES — The last time a young entrepreneur executed his promise to revolutionize music with computer software, the industry sued him for billions of dollars. Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, had ...

It sounds like a joke, or a bad episode of Black Mirror. A band of four guys with shaggy hair released two albums’ worth of generic psych-rock songs back-to-back. The songs ended up on Spotify users’ ...

Spotify is reportedly being pressured to raise prices in the United States by some major record labels, as the price of ...

In a recent TikTok video, musician Clinton Kane riffs on the push by labels to get fans to pre-save music from artists, even before their songs are released. In the video, his management team demands ...

Spotify paid $7 billion in royalties to rights holders — primarily labels and publishers, but also distributors, performing rights organizations and others — in 2021, the company announced on Thursday ...