Spotify’s Daniel Ek: Music Industry Savior Or Opportunist?

 The seeds that grew into Spotify were planted 10 years ago, when the Swedish government all but announced that they weren't prosecuting file-sharers who had pulled the rug out from. Continue reading

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Spotify, CEO Ek Respond To Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich’s Noisey Streaming Exit

(UPDATED) "So far I've not seen any cannibalisation," Spotify CEO Daniel EK tweeted this morning in response the noisey exit of Atoms for Peace  -  the band anchored by Thom. Continue reading

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Co-creating A Fanbase With Music Curation and What Artists Can Learn From Bloggers

By Yannick Servant of  Digital Edge from Official.fm, a blog of resources for musicians and the new music industry. A recent profile of Spotify's Daniel Ek gave us a glimpse into. Continue reading

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Daniel Ek Expects Spotify To Pay Out $500 Million To Rights Holders in 2013

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify chief executive and co-founder Daniel Ek dropped a startling statistic at Los Angeles’ Innovation Forum event on Tuesday: that his freemium music service. Continue reading

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Daniel Ek Tells The Spotify Story In A Fireside Chat

No one knew then that Spotify was about to grab $100 million more in financing, but a little over a week after the devastating visit of Hurricane Sandy, CEO Daniel. Continue reading

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Facebook F8 Future of Digital Music Panel w/ Troy Carter, Daniel Ek & Bob Pittman

The Future of Digital Music panel at Facebook's F8 conference was a bit disappointing due to the fact that they didn't actually address the future till the last question and. Continue reading

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