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Spotify

Meet Barry McCarthy, the man behind Spotify’s daring public offering

By Theodore Schleifer

Spotify told Wall Street it is going to have a very good year in 2018

By Peter Kafka

Spotify’s first day of trading will be April 3

By Theodore Schleifer

Everyone wants to build a giant consumer subscription business. Spotify already has one.

By Peter Kafka

Spotify is gambling its stock with an IPO that it concedes is risky

By Theodore Schleifer

Spotify’s IPO in six charts

By Rani Molla

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The Spotify IPO

By Vox Staff

Spotify’s IPO could be a billion-dollar payday for Sony Music

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla

Here’s why Spotify had to go public this year

By Theodore Schleifer

Spotify is still burning an enormous amount of cash, but the bigger it gets, the better it looks

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla

Here’s why the music industry is celebrating again — and here’s why the music industry is still in mourning

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka

Spotify’s chief content officer is leaving ahead of its IPO

By Peter Kafka

How Spotify solved a $1 billion debt problem that will help it IPO

By Theodore Schleifer and Peter Kafka

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek brought music streaming to the masses

By Peter Kafka

Spotify has brought in a new head of PR as it gets ready for a 2018 IPO

By Peter Kafka

Spotify has added Nike exec Heidi O’Neill to its board

By Peter Kafka

The music business is growing again — really growing — and it’s because of streaming

By Peter Kafka

U.S. college students can now buy a Spotify/Hulu bundle for $5 a month

By Peter Kafka

Spotify just signed the last big music label deal it needs to go public

By Peter Kafka

Spotify has guaranteed to pay big music labels billions over the next two years

By Peter Kafka

Taylor Swift is bringing her music to Spotify, and every other streaming service

By Peter Kafka

Apple Music now has 27 million subscribers

By Kurt Wagner

The man behind Spotify’s Discover Weekly feature is going to Instagram

By Peter Kafka

Spotify has hired an M&A specialist to help it buy other companies

By Peter Kafka

Why Spotify’s IPO-less IPO is a smart idea

By Edmund Lee

Spotify’s new deal with Universal Music Group means some albums will go behind a paywall

By Peter Kafka

Watch what happens when Spotify gives unknown music acts a big push

By Peter Kafka

Apple wants to make its own movies and TV shows — to help it compete with Spotify

By Peter Kafka

Apple and Spotify are generating $7 billion a year in streaming music revenue

By Peter Kafka

Starz is adding music, courtesy of Spotify, to its video app

By Peter Kafka

Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says

By Eric Johnson

Spotify is adding more subscribers and is losing its chief revenue officer

By Peter Kafka

Bruno Mars and Mark Zuckerberg showed up at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s wedding

By Eric Johnson

Spotify says it isn’t punishing artists who cut exclusive deals with Apple and Tidal

By Peter Kafka

Apple says Spotify’s app already violates App Store rules

By Dawn Chmielewski

Spotify says Apple won’t approve a new version of its app because it doesn’t want competition for Apple Music

By Peter Kafka

Adele is done selling her latest album, so Adele’s latest album is finally coming to Spotify

By Peter Kafka

Spotify moves closer to an IPO by hiring a head of investor relations

By Peter Kafka

Spotify hires star music manager Troy Carter to help fight Apple and Jay Z

By Peter Kafka

Spotify lost more money than ever last year — which is great news for Spotify

By Peter Kafka