Music Titan Steve Stoute on Upcoming Spotify Changes: ‘The Rich Get Richer’

To start generating royalties, artists will have to surpass an annual stream threshold

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By Ashley Carman

October 26, 2023 at 6:48 PM UTC

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Soundbite. Last week we published an unintentionally Apple-dedicated issue, and this week is all about Spotify. Reach me through email, and as always, if you haven’t yet subscribed to this newsletter, please do so here .

But first, here’s a story I wrote this week: