Just raise your prices already, Mr Spotify!
Spotify are apparently “experimenting” with the idea of raising their prices for their British customers. At the risk of upsetting someone at the company, I have to ask what drugs…
Breaking into the 0.1%, anyone?
Spotify is guilty of many things. It’s guilty of not paying proper royalties to artists and labels. It’s guilty of having enormously expensive HQs around the world. And now we…
Racism pays well in the music industry, doesn’t it?
On February 2nd, Morgan Wallen was removed in disgrace by Spotify from its coveted playlists due to a video where he’s clearly heard shouting a racial slur. Were Spotify trying…
Morgan Wallen – peeling spuds!
Spotify have taken Morgan Wallen off a number of high profile playlists recently, after he was caught shouting a racial slur at someone. Since then, the number of people listening…
YouTube: £3.6billion profits, yet STILL can’t pay proper royalties
I wanted to keep a much closer eye on the work of this parliamentary committee than I’ve ended up being able to do. No, I never thought I’d write such…
Fake numbers in music? Nothing new!
Take a look at the following message. Sounds shocking, right? It’s a message that a distributor has been sending around for the past few weeks. Spotify took a big chunk…
Spotify – failing to make a profit since ever!
I see that Daniel “Mr Burns” Ek has told us Spotify is hemorrhaging money. Weirdly, no one is too bothered about this. Online companies often seem to think that they’re…
Cars? With £37, you’d be so lucky, Gary!
The news this week that Gary Numan recently received a royalty statement for £37 for over 1 million streams raised a few eyebrows. How did he receive so little money,…
In which I pledge not to be nice to Spotify
On my Facebook page in the past, I used to write mostly derogatory things about Spotify and its founder, Daniel Ek. I used to frequently point out that Ek, with…