Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify layoffs and royalty battles to new TikTok artist features, radio injustices, and more…
- Spotify CEO blames layoffs on fake work, pushes out CFO who just cashed in $9.4M in stock.
- Radio doesn’t pay performers, but iHeart will get $100M from BMI sale.
- Independent labels ask Spotify to pause its ‘blunt instrument’ royalty plan.
- TikTok’s massive music marketing impact confirmed by new study
- TikTok adds Artist Accounts and a free music marketing toolkit
- Spotify tests recommendation on/off switch that will hurt artists, limit discovery
