Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, and streaming behemoth Spotify on Sunday announced a multi-year direct deal that will affect both recording and publishing royalty rates ...

On Tuesday morning, Spotify announced its fourth-quarter earnings, marking its first full year of profitability since ... CEO Daniel Ek previously said the plan would cost about $17 or $18 per ...

Audio streaming company Spotify said ... more than $10,000 per year, it said. Earlier this month, a report from music financing platform Duetti noted that per-stream rates for independent artists ...