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    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
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      Spotify/Netflix: music streaming is proving sticky, but not necessarily more profitable Premium content

      While it made €9.7bn in revenue in 2021, audio service provider also paid out $7bn in royalties

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Spotify adds more subscribers than forecast in second quarter

      Music service defies Netflix-induced concerns over streaming industry slowdown

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
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      Debt sold at top of market by groups such as Peloton and Spotify is hit by rising rates and sinking equities

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    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
      After the Netflix crash, does Spotify face the same fate?

      Streaming services have different business models but both face tougher scrutiny

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Spotify chief distances music streaming group from Netflix

      Daniel Ek says pair are ‘vastly different businesses’

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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      Tech earnings season and the ‘acceptance of pessimism’ Premium content

      So far, only Microsoft has managed to convince investors that tech can escape macroeconomic challenges

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
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      Job ads fuel excitement in crypto and music industries over potential of NFTs to boost artists’ earnings

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
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      Spotify/Joe Rogan: push into podcasts brings publishing costs Premium content

      Video clips of podcaster using an offensive racial epithet have deepened his difficulties — and those of streaming service

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
      Spotify apologises for Joe Rogan but refuses to ‘silence’ him

      CEO Daniel Ek says streaming platform will keep podcaster despite backlash over racial epithets

    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
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      Everyone’s a winner in Spotify’s face-off with Neil Young

      The streaming service has been here before, and may conclude that there’s no such thing as bad publicity

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The lessons in Joe Rogan’s Spotify scandal

      Controversial podcast shows the need for streamers to do more

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
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      Spotify responds to the Joe Rogan fiasco

      The European Central Bank meets today as eurozone inflation hits record 5.1% in January

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Spotify warns it is ‘too early’ to calculate impact of Joe Rogan dispute

      Row over controversial podcaster drags streaming service into thorny debate on content standards

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Jemima Kelly
      Spotify spat shows why Joe Rogan and his podcast matter

      The host’s thoughtful response to public criticism shows why his programme has become the platform’s most popular

    • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
      India.Arie wants to leave Spotify but albums remain on the service

      Crisis over Joe Rogan’s podcast at streaming company gives music labels a difficult choice

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Podcaster Joe Rogan apologises as Spotify responds to vaccine misinformation backlash

      Joni Mitchell and Neil Young pulled music from streaming service over false information

    • Saturday, 29 January, 2022
      Joni Mitchell follows Neil Young in pulling music from Spotify

      The artists withdrew their songs in protest at alleged Covid misinformation from podcaster Joe Rogan

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Neil Young threatens to pull songs from Spotify over Joe Rogan podcast

      Musician wants streaming platform to address ‘fake information’ on vaccines

    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
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      Adele and Spotify: chasing payments

      The singer turns up the volume on the music industry’s power struggle

    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
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      Spotify hints at move into audiobooks Premium content

      Can the music streaming platform compete with the likes of Audible, Kobo and Google Books?

    • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
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      Behind the scenes with music's biggest mogul

      We explore how the music industry has changed and meet its most powerful player, Sir Lucian Grainge

    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
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      Wall Street weighs in on what music is really worth

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      Spotify’s bearish $1bn buyback

      If the streaming company is set to grow, why is it not investing accordingly?

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Music labels split over Spotify’s push to promote songs for lower royalties

      Executives complain new Discovery Mode is ‘payola’ but one Texas frontman sees it as the future

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