New Investors Line Up To Give Spotify Another $400 Million
A list of top global investors is emerging as Spotify continues late stage talks to reap an additional $400 million in funding at a valuation of $8.4 billion. It's no. Continue reading
Shareholders Challenge Jay Z’s “Bad” Bid For Aspiro Streaming Music Services
More than 120 shareholders in Aspiro have joined together to challenge Jay Z's $56 million bid to acquire the company's two streaming music services WiMP and high definition music channel Tidal.. Continue reading
Rhapsody, Napster Pass 2.5 Million Paying Subscribers – 60% Growth
Rhapsody and its Napster brand now have more than 2.5 million paid subscribers globally. That's up from 2 million in July, and paces annual subscriber growth a 60%. The increase was. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Roundup 2.9.16: U.S. Copyright Office, Apple, Beats & Spotify
The US Copyright Office released a music licensing Study on Thursday documenting principles that should guide congress in its plan for music licensing reform. Highlights of the 245 page report include performance. Continue reading
What $500 Million And Jay-Z Have To Say About the State Of Streaming In 2015
Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog 2014 was a big year for streaming, 2015 will be bigger. Apple entering the fray is the catalyst. Apple enters a. Continue reading
Why Music Service Prices Are Falling And Can’t Get Back Up
Guest Post by David Touve on Rockonomic Spotify recently announced another solid uptick in subscriber numbers, growing from 12.5 million subscribers back in November of 2014 to 15 million as of. Continue reading
