The company’s size and international reach means it affects the lives of people across the world, from Shenzhen workers to Taylor Swift. Here’s how, writes Charles Arthur
December 2014
From sneakers to speakers – how the new Beats generation is making a mint
Hip-hop stars are minting money not from music but from sidelines courtesy of backing from corporate America
November 2014
Take That seal deal with Google for exclusive streaming of new album III
More distance grows between best-selling artists and Spotify, as Taylor Swift removed her back catalogue from it earlier this year
Taylor Swift's Spotify snub a 'corporate power play', says Billy Bragg
However, Swift’s spokesperson denies any arrangement has been made with new YouTube Music Key service run by Google
Steve Albini: the internet has solved the problem with music
Steve Albini on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry – in full
Two jailed over Dancing Jesus website music piracy
October 2014
U2’s Bono issues apology for automatic Apple iTunes album download
Lead issues video apology for marketing stunt at September Apple launch in which new album was given to 500 million users
August 2014
Malcolm Turnbull's piracy forum criticised by Village Roadshow chief
George Brandis and Malcolm Turnbull at loggerheads over illegal downloads
July 2014
Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith end 20-year itch by taking top two spots in US chart
British singer-songwriters' assault on Billboard album chart repeats feat last achieved by Eric Clapton and Sting in 1993
June 2014
UK singles chart to take into account Spotify and other streaming sites
If Google can get rid of personal data, why can't it purge the pirates?
May 2014
File-sharing site Torrentz.eu taken offline by City of London police
The BPI's internet piracy crackdown targets the wrong people
Tom McRae
March 2014
George Osborne closes tax loophole on music and book downloads
Chancellor announces new laws making sure internet downloads are taxed in the country where they are purchased
Music streaming breaks through $1bn sales barrier
Revenues from streaming and subscriptions rose by 50% in past year as listeners turned to services such as Spotify
Denon DA-300USB DAC review – an aural makeover for digital music files
Jude Rogers: Digital-to-analogue conversion makes compressed files sound uncompressed – can this gadget add bounce to Beyoncé?
January 2014
Media blog
Spotify: how a busy songwriter you've never heard of makes it work for him
Fred McConnell: Matt Farley writes 20 songs a day and has digitally distributed more than 14,000 in six years. We need creative outliers like him and a neutral internet to support them
December 2013
Enjoying the latest films and music? Spare a thought for those who created it
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes: If we do not protect our creative industry from theft, the films and music that give us pleasure may soon belong to Christmases past
