Spotify launched in 2008 as a problem solver. Napster, the peer-to-peer music service that allowed users to download songs illegally, was in the rearview, and Apple’s iTunes stepped in to give legitimacy to a new consumption method: buying tracks. Music fans then, like in the decades before — spanning everything …
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Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek will step aside as CEO of the streaming platform and move up to a new role as executive chairman. Ek announced his decision in a letter shared with Spotify staff on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The corporate shuffle will go into effect Jan. 1, 2026, with Gustav …
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Over the past few months, a groundswell of indie artists have chosen to cut ties with Spotify in protest of CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek’s ties to the defense company Helsing. Well-known indie acts like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu have led the exodus, while Australian psych rockers King Gizzard and …
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