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# Last week’s Top Music Business News: Spotify exposé, NIVA survey, More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-music-business-news-last-week/
- Published: 2025-01-11T13:50:47.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-11T14:12:37.000Z
- Description: It was a busy week by any definition and the music industry was no exception. To make sure, you didn’t miss anything important we off a roundup of last week’s top music business news.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

It was a busy week by any definition and the music industry was no exception. To make sure, you didn’t miss anything important we off a roundup of last week’s top music business news.

- [**New Spotify exposé is streaming free on Spotify: Analysis**](https://www.hypebot.com/explosive-spotify-expose-is-streaming-free-on-spotify/)
- [**Record Store Day 2025 date announced**](https://www.hypebot.com/record-store-day-2025-date-announced/)
- [**NIVA launches groundbreaking Independent Live Music survey**](https://www.hypebot.com/niva-independent-live-music-survey/)
- [**Robert Plant earned $8 million in songwriter royalties last year alone**](https://www.hypebot.com/robert-plant-earned-8-million-in-2024-royalties/)
- [**Merlin shares ‘state of independent music’ in email to staff**](https://www.hypebot.com/merlin-state-of-independent-music-memo/)
- [**Music Industry Trends 2025: Panel of experts weighs in**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-industry-trends-2025-panel-of-experts-weighs-in/)
- [**Big Music Myth #1: Streamers are in the music business \[Chris Castle\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/streamers-are-in-the-music-business-is-a-myth/)