Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposes $64 billion merger deal with Universal Music GroupBill Ackman's Pershing Square proposed a deal on Tuesday to merge Universal Music Group with its investment fund under a plan to revive the...
07 Apr, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposes $64 billion merger deal with Universal Music GroupBill Ackman's Pershing Square has proposed a deal to merge Universal Music Group with its investment fund. The plan aims to revive the musi...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
Spotify has cut 15 jobs in podcast unit to reduce management layers: ReportThe streaming giant’s podcast journey since 2019 has been marked by strategic pivots. It initially pursued platform exclusivity before open...
24 Mar, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Is Cloudflare down and what does warp access mean? Cloudflare outage disrupts internet services as WARP access gets disabled in London. Here's when will it be back upIs Cloudflare down and what does warp access mean? A major Cloudflare outage disrupted many services, led to failures in London, caused WAR...
18 Nov, 2025, 08.49 PM IST
Spotify founder steps down from CEO roleFounder Daniel Ek will transition to executive chairman starting January 1, 2026, while Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom are appointed c...
01 Oct, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
Apple reshuffles government affairs and music divisions in latest changesThe organisational changes are just the latest moves for Apple this year. The company reshuffled its retail division, elevating Vanessa Tri...
30 Apr, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
No drastic impact on revenue, user base due to feature restrictions: Spotify India MDAmarjit Singh Batra, managing director of Spotify India, said this during a fireside chat at the India Digital Summit 2024 in Mumbai. Refle...
28 Feb, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
ETPWLA 2023: Announcing the nominees for the Marketing Leader of the Year AwardAhead of the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2023 Grand Finale on August 4, 2023, the Economic Times is proud to announce the shor...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.20 PM IST
It’s a challenge to get Indian users to pay for music: Spotify India MD Amarjit Singh BatraAmarjit Singh Batra, MD of Spotify India and general manager, SAMEA (South Asia, Middle East, Africa) fielded questions about the business ...
08 Jun, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Music streaming has a $2 billion fraud problem that goes beyond AIWhile the platforms are warily sizing up a shiny new disruptive force, labels and managers say that fraud of a more prosaic nature is alrea...
12 May, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
Why subscription-focused Spotify wants to double down on advertising revenues in IndiaIndia among top five markets in terms of user base, engagement: India MD Amarjit Singh Batra
22 Mar, 2023, 02.00 PM IST
Today's Heardle #196: Clues, answer for song puzzle, August 19Heardle is a fascinating musical game where listening to a few seconds of a famous track, the players have to guess the name and singer of ...
19 Aug, 2022, 12.46 PM IST
Apple eases App Store rules again, to allow outside signupsThe iPhone maker said late Wednesday that it's making a small adjustment to its strict App Store rules for developers of so-called reader a...
02 Sep, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Pandemic effect: Audio seeing high adoption rate that OTT platforms saw a few years agoA PwC report pegged podcast advertising in India at $26 million and expects it to grow at 41% annually to reach $89 million by 2025. Podcas...
12 Jul, 2021, 01.27 PM IST
2020, year in music: Spotify reveals top artists of the year, Arijit Singh takes #1 spot, BTS also featureTo rewind the year in music, Spotify India has come up with Wrapped 2020.
01 Dec, 2020, 06.17 PM IST
From Google Photos to AccuWeather, seven apps that will make life easierGoogle Photos is the best way to store your pictures. It backs all of them up & works on multiple devices.
25 Oct, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
A gruesome music war by Apple, Spotify and GoogleGiant tech companies are betting that people around the world are eager to pay a monthly fee to have access to nearly every song ever made ...
15 Jun, 2015, 03.18 PM IST