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Can You Ask Siri to Play Spotify Without Saying "on Spotify" in iOS 27?
Yes, on supported iPhones. Spotify said on Oct. 13, 2026, that Siri on iOS 27 learns your preferred music app. Here is who gets it, what you can say, and how to turn it on.
Why Are Old Songs Taking Over the Spotify Charts?
Catalog music is surging on Spotify's Top 200 while new hits fade faster, Music Business Worldwide reported this week. Here is what that means, plus Universal's layoffs and the other industry stories you missed.
Why Has Sony Music Asked to Remove 260,000 AI Deepfake Songs?
Sony's takedown requests for AI tracks faking its artists nearly doubled in six months. Here's what's driving it and how independent artists can protect their name.
What Is Music Distribution and How Do You Get on Spotify?
What a distributor does, what it costs, how long it takes, and the exact steps from finished file to live release.
How Spotify Royalties Work: What a Stream Really Pays
There is no fixed per-stream rate. Here is how the payout pool works, where your money gets split, and how to plan around it.
Small rooms are the new platform marketing — and that is good news for local promoters
A streaming service is putting established artists in tiny hometown venues. The format is old; the reason it is back is data.
Spotify's live-video pivot meets its Universal AI deal — the bundle thesis gets real
Concert streaming, narrated magazine articles, emoji reactions, AI licensing. In two weeks Spotify has quietly become a different kind of company.
The summer touring desk: a Chappelle arena run, a new Kansas City amphitheater, and Spotify quietly becomes a box office
A Sunday roundup of the live-business news that actually moved the week of June 1, drawn straight from the Live Nation and Ticketmaster newsrooms — five days that put a comedy heavyweight on sale, opened a 16,000-seat room outside Kansas City, and tied a Spotify listening history to a reserved ticket window.