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# Music Business News Last Week: Live Nation, Tariffs, Spotify
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-business-news-last-week-7/
- Published: 2025-05-03T13:26:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-03T13:27:16.000Z
- Description: A busy week by any definition, the music business news last week was no exception, with a forecast from Live Nation, tariffs affecting fans, advice from a Spotify exec and more…
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

A busy week by any definition, the music business news last week was no exception, with a forecast from Live Nation, tariffs affecting fans, advice from a Spotify exec and more…

### Music Business News Last Week

- [**4 Takeaways from the Live Nation Earnings Call Q1 2025**](https://www.hypebot.com/takeaways-from-the-live-nation-earnings-call-q1-2025/)
- [**Spotify Exec: Ignore per-stream rates and focus on engagement**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-exec-says-ignore-per-stream-rates-and-focus-on-engagement/)
- [**Tariffs, tight wallets may disrupt fragile Superfan Economy**](https://www.hypebot.com/how-tariffs-and-tight-wallets-will-affect-us-labels-and-the-superfan-economy/)
- [**1.5M in US earn a living as a digital creator or influencer**](https://www.hypebot.com/earn-a-living-as-a-digital-creator-or-influencer/)
- [**Which Music Streamer has the best Audio Quality?**](https://www.hypebot.com/which-music-streaming-service-has-the-best-audio-quality/)
- [**Earnings signal time for fairer Spotify Songwriter Royalties**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-earnings-signal-time-for-fair-songwriter-royalties/)