Sean Combs’s legal woes are growing. So are his streaming numbers
The popularity of ‘Diddy’ has been steady or even increased on Spotify and Apple Music
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Will Spotify users who pay nothing for the service always have that pleasure?
The music industry isn’t the biggest fan of the platform’s ad-supported tier. Might the labels push for a change?
Beyond the Pale headliners Jungle: ‘Spotify are ripping us off – same with Apple Music, same with Amazon’
After years of flying under the radar, the British soul-funk-electro-dance collective are riding on a wave of international success
With one stupid video, Apple gave us a neat metaphor for Silicon Valley’s cultural vandalism
If the makers of its new ad were trying to come up with a neat metaphor for Silicon Valley’s destructive presence in the culture industry, they could hardly have come up with anything better
Wall Street recovery drives rise in global shares ahead of earnings reports
Euronext Dublin up just over 1% at close of business on ‘strong day’ for the market, traders say
The Irish Times view on Taylor Swift: Pop’s last superstar?
Her new album arrived on Friday and is currently being listened to by millions across the world
Big sister energy: How Taylor Swift built a billion-dollar musical empire
US singer is now on the Forbes list of the world’s richest people. Will that be enough to convince her sceptics that she’s a force to be reckoned with?
Will Big Tech agree to play by Europe’s new digital rules?
Large online platforms now have to comply with new EU regulations on competition. Too little too late, say some
Why does nobody hate rotten, rancid, sanctimonious, brain-rotting music any more?
Hugh Linehan: When it comes to Taylor Swift, for example, only the tinfoil-hat-wearers of the US extreme right have a bad word to say about her
Tech companies axe 34,000 jobs since start of year in pivot to AI
Microsoft, eBay and PayPal have each cut thousands of jobs since the start of the year
Super Bowl turns into Swift Bowl as Taylor’s fans adopt Kansas City Chiefs
Planet Business: Tech earnings takeaways, McDonald’s Middle East troubles and a former pop star at the Pop Con launch
Irish radio advertising revenues grow 4% to €164m
Radio outperformed the Irish ad market in 2023, figures from Radiocentre Ireland show
Is this the worst of times for critics’ end-of-year lists?
Hugh Linehan: The dialogue between commercial success and theories of artistic quality has been broken in the era of data hogging
Spotify to slash almost a fifth of headcount in cost-cutting effort
Streaming service says cuts will impact about 1,500 people
Spotify’s new deal for artists is a cruel and shallow money trench. There’s also a negative side
Unless musicians organise and build powerful union structures, they will remain at sea
Spotify’s zero-royalty plan tells musicians their work is worthless
Laura Slattery: Proposed minimum annual threshold of 1,000 plays before a track generates any payment is beyond dismal
Inside Irish radio: how an upbeat market is vying to stay cheery
Amid ‘cracking opportunities’ and post-pandemic resilience, stations are optimistic they can keep listeners in the age of the smart speaker
Time to press ‘pause’ on your streaming habit?
‘Vampire subscriptions’ to the likes of Netflix and Disney+ can suck the cash out of unwary consumers' accounts
Finally, Spotify increases its prices
You will not hear too many people complain about an extra €1 on the streamer’s individual premium plan
Spotify hit by cost of unwinding aggressive podcast push
Streamer plans to hike prices in several countries as it slumps to loss
Spotify executive calls Harry and Meghan ‘grifters’ after podcast deal ends
Couple and streaming platform sever links after making just 12 episodes of Archetypes podcast
Harry and Meghan’s deal with Spotify ends after one series
Archewell Audio and the streaming giant ‘mutually agreed to part ways’, says joint statement
There is no such thing as an emergency podcast but there just might be a podcast emergency
Spotify has announced 200 job losses in its global podcast business. Has the audio bubble burst?
Apple CarPlay, General Motors,and the battle for control in the front seat
The carmaker wants to block the iPhone maker’s software from taking over the dashboard display on new EVs, but will motorists adapt?
We often don’t notice the walls around our pretty internet playgrounds
Karlin Lillington: I’d like to think we’ve reached a moment of reconsideration where people will opt for an open web model with more freedom, less surveillance, and greater user control
Welcome to the Unicorn Kingdom, says Sunak, in fantasy pitch to business
Planet Business: Dismal UK food bank statistics, the demise of Bed Bath & Beyond and Spotify’s ongoing pursuit of a profit
Spotify spent less than 10% of its $100 million diversity fund
Fund had been set up in wake of hiring of controversial podcaster Joe Rogan
Global recorded music revenues increase 9% to €24.3bn
Rise in users of paid subscription services drives growth as industry figures call for higher prices
Apple faces EU charge over App Store rules as regulators narrow case
Case was triggered by Spotify, which complained Apple unfairly restricted rivals to its own music streaming service
How the next generation are already in the podcast mix
Young Irish podcasters successfully finding their voice interviewing guests, reporting child-friendly news and teaching fun facts
Spotify losses balloon after pandemic hiring binge
Music streaming group adds subscribers but is hit by rise in operating expenses
Spotify to lay off about 6% of staff in latest tech job cuts
Streaming firm becomes latest tech giant to cut jobs
European tech groups lose $400bn in value following funding crunch
Investor wariness creates first big test of continent’s tech scene since rise of start-ups Spotify and Revolut
What Ireland listened to on Spotify in 2022 – and why it’s bad news for Irish music
Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist, Harry Styles’s As It Was the most-streamed song. Only two Irish acts got a look-in
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