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The entertainment industry in India is thriving. It’s on track to touch over $45 billion by the year 2021 with music and live events forming a vast and significant part of it. Many of the acts in this space come from the electronic music scene and include DJs and Producers who are just as powerful as […]

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Spotify India Passes 1M Users In 1st Week: Stunning Stats About Streaming in World’s Most Populous Country

Spotify announced that it has passed 1 million users in India just a week after launching there. It’s an impressive number until you remember that the country has a population of 1.34 billion, and that assuming that Spotify is following the same pattern as other streamers in India, only about…

Why Spotify Cares About India And Why it May Not Deliver

Spotify launched in India this week, despite a court action and very public dispute between the streamer and Warner Music,. MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan looks a why India matters so much to Spotify and why it may end up being disappointed. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry…

Spotify Revises WMG Statement, Issues Full India Launch Press Release

Words have become weapons in the battle between Spotify and WMG’s Warner/Chappell Music publishing. Overnight, Spotify clarified one of their jabes, alongside a fill announcement of the streamer’s launch in India. In the intro to Spotify’s approved statement the streamer referred to Warner/Chappell’s move for a court injunction as having…

WED. BRIEF: Spotify Launches In India • Pandora Adds Audio ‘Stories’ • Drake Tops Global Sales • More

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Warner Music Group Calls Spotify Comments ‘Appalling,’ Vows To Fight In India

The battle between Spotify and Warner Music Group’s Warner/Chappell Music publishing arm continues unabated, after the pair failed to reach an agreement to licence songs to the streamer in India. A Mumbai judge today failed to grant WMG an injunction stopping Spotify from launching in India, but it did also…

TUE. BRIEF: Spotify, WMG India Battle Intensifies • R. Kelly Makes Bail • Putin Goes Pop • More

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Full Text Of Spotify, WMG Dueling Statements On India Lawsuit and Launch

After WMG filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Spotify in India on Monday, both companies issued unusually strong statements that will resonate in the coming weeks, as the streamer continues global licencing re-negotiations with all three major music groups. From Warner Music Group (bold added) "After months…

Spotify India Price To Be Just $2 A Month, Labels Delay Launch [REPORT]

As we reported yesterday, Spotify’s launch in India has been delayed because the streamer has been unable to close deals with at least two of the major label groups. Now we may have a hint as to why Universal and Sony have not yet signed on. The status of a…