Spotify Says They’d Pay Taylor Swift $6 million, Label Says She Got Just 12% Of That
While the initial burn of Taylor Swift pulling her music from one of the industry's leading streaming services may be cooling slightly, the long distance conversation between Scott Borchetta, the CEO. Continue reading
New Money For Music: The Taylor Swift Effect
By Faza on TheCynicalMusician.com For the benefit of everyone who hasn’t gone outside recently – and folks checking in five years from now (happens more often than you’d think) – a quick. Continue reading
Audiam Launches International Association of Music Publishers (IAMP)
Audiam is aiming to retrieve accurate payment for publishers and songwriters globally for the digital use of their compositions with their launch of International Association of Music Publishers. Audiam recognizes. Continue reading
Grooveshark Fires Back After Spotify CEO Calls Them A “Pirate Service”
The subject of multiple lawsuits, Grooveshark has long been music streaming's bad boy; and that extends to a willingness to fight back when someone throws a punch. That certainly was this. Continue reading
Spotify Now Has 50 Million Users, 12.5 Million Paid Subscribers
[UPDATED] In a blog post we published earlier on Tuesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek revealed that the music streamer has surpassed 50 million users and 12.5 million paid premium subscribers.. Continue reading
$2 Billion and Counting: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Speaks Out On Taylor Swift, 3 Big Myths & More
By Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Taylor Swift is absolutely right: music is art, art has real value, and artists deserve to be paid for it. We started Spotify because we love. Continue reading
Big Machine CEO Says He Pulled Taylor Swift Off Spotify So He Didn’t “Embarrass Her Fans”
[UPDATE 2] Speaking for the first time since the controversy began, Scott Borchetta, the CEO of Taylor Swift's record label Big Machine says that her music was pulled from Spotify because. Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Spotify About Taylor Swift and Why I'm Unsubscribing [Bill Werde] If You Schmooze, You Lose: 5 Things to Avoid at SF Music Tech It’s Time. Continue reading
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Taylor Swift Breaks Spotify Silence: "I'm not willing to contribute my life's work to an experiment." 10 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Be On Spotify Taylor Swift Pulls All Music. Continue reading
