Tim Ingham

Who Really Owns Spotify?

Who Really Owns Spotify?

According to a flurry of new SEC filings, financial giants now claim big chunks of the streaming service

February 24, 2020

Spotify’s Biggest Artist of 2019 Was Smaller Than Last Year’s. Why?

Post Malone pulled in more than 1 billion fewer Spotify streams in 2019 than Drake did in 2018

December 30, 2019

Why Spotify May Soon Have a Big TikTok Problem

As TikTok continues to grow exponentially past music, should the streaming service be worried?

November 25, 2019

Apple Wanted to Revolutionize the Way Streaming Pays. Here’s Why It Wasn’t Allowed

Spotify and Amazon are battling the Copyright Royalty Board over streaming royalty rates. But if Apple had its way, things…

September 9, 2019

Are Spotify’s Shareholders Failing to See Something Painfully Obvious?

Data shows that streaming subscription growth is slowing in the world’s most lucrative markets

August 5, 2019

Five Times Spotify Has U-turned on Its Content Strategy

While it’s common for tech companies to test out new ideas in public, the streaming giant has done so more…

July 19, 2019

How Apple Music is Striking a Blow for Artist Independence – by Betting Big on This French Rap Duo

The company’s exclusive album releases died in 2016. Here’s how they resurrected them and why that could be a big…

July 5, 2019

Amazon and Google Are Making Music Free — And That Could Be a Big Headache for Spotify

Why more free streaming music options on your smart speaker at home spell trouble for Spotify

April 23, 2019

Streaming Platforms are Keeping More Money From Artists than Ever (and Paying Them More, Too)

Fresh economic developments suggest that musicians may soon have new reasons to shake their fist in streaming’s direction (even if…

April 10, 2019