Like Buttah: Barbra Streisand’s ‘My Name Is Barbra’ Wins Audiobook of the Year at 2025 Audie Awards
Whoopi Goldberg, Kate McKinnon and Stephen King were also winners. …
Spotify Beats MLC Audiobook Lawsuit After Judge Calls Federal Royalty Rules ‘Unambiguous’
The case accused Spotify of using audiobooks as a pretext to illegally cut music royalties, but a federal judge now says the streamer did nothing wrong. …
Few U.S. Spotify Subscribers Have Opted Out of Higher-Priced Music-Audiobook Bundle, Survey Finds
The streamer’s basic subscription plans, which do not bundle audiobook listening, have been adopted by only about 14% of U.S. subscribers, according to a Morgan Stanley survey. …
Jimmy Carter Seems a Shoo-In to Win His 4th Grammy
But since the former president’s expected award will be posthumous, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins will remain the oldest living person to receive a Grammy. …
Amazon Music Now Has Audible’s Audiobook Catalog — And the NMPA Is ‘Optimistic’ About It
The streamer’s users will have access to Audible under one price tag, though the company is taking a different tack than Spotify did with its own bundled plans. …
Spotify Blasts MLC’s Audiobook Royalties Lawsuit As ‘Nonsensical’ and ‘Wasteful’
The case accuses Spotify of using audiobooks to illegally cut its royalty rates, but the streamer says that argument is “meritless” and “profoundly devalues” literary works. …
Spotify Unveils Basic, Music-Only Subscription Tier at Reduced Price
Priced at $10.99, the new tier costs $1 less than the service’s premium individual plan, which includes 15 hours of audiobook listening per month. …
Spotify Must Ditch Its ‘Blatantly Dishonest’ Scheme to Deny Songwriters Their Fair Share (Guest Column)
The streamer’s decision to reclassify its premium subscription as a bundled service is a misguided and unfair reading of the Phonorecords IV agreement. …
Spotify’s Estimated $150M Songwriter Royalty Cuts: Music Industry Reactions (Updating)
Organizations including the NMPA, AIMP and NSAI call the change “greedy,” “deeply cynical” and “problematic,” among other descriptors. …
Welcome to the Spotify Machine: Podcasts, Audiobooks, Video, Education — And, Yes, Music
By hosting far more than just music, the company can increase engagement, raise prices and maximize value in a bid to reach its long-time goal of becoming profitable. …