Some Spotify users have reported a recurring issue where the app plays a single song and then pauses. Music lovers are then tasked with finding their own methods to restart their music. For some ...

Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record — making its total around $60 billion since it was founded in 2006.

Muzak had infiltrated stores. Moby’s Play (1999) reached hit status through aggressive licensing, including in commercials.

Turn your Xbox Series X or S into a music streaming hub Download a music or podcast app from the Microsoft Store, log in if ...

In her book, music journalist Liz Pelly peels back the curtain on the Spotify algorithm and explains how it's affecting the music industry.

Five days ago, Spotify disputed a report that Apple Music pays artists more than double compared to Spotify’s average rates. In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post announcing ...

Novelty suffers, too. By one estimate nearly three-quarters of streamed songs are over 18 months old. Compared with the raucous explosion of genres that characterised popular music until the 2000s— ...

The new publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and Universal Music Publishing Group. By Zoe G. Phillips Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a new multiyear deal ...

Spotify recently raised its prices to $11.99, bringing what was once the most affordable streamer to a lofty price that outmatched Tidal and Apple Music's $11 per month sub. Now, not to be outdone, ...

Since replacing Google Play Music, it’s become Google’s premier music streaming service. Like Spotify, it offers a free, ad-supported tier of service. What’s great about YouTube Music is ...

While terms of the deal were not announced, sources confirm to Variety that the deal improves at least some of the payment structure of Spotify’s controversial music-audiobooks “bundling ...