Industry insiders suggest Spotify will eventually end up under the ownership of a larger corporation. Tim Ingham on five companies that could make a play for the streaming giant in the future
Netflix could help Spotify become a real player in the world of original content ownership, drastically reducing SPOT’s biggest financial drain . In protest at this scenario, the major record companies might start pulling their content from Spotify, or punishing the platform by holding back major releases — an obstacle that, depending on Netflix’s zeal, may prove insurmountable.in Q2, thanks largely to its decision to keep on inching up its subscription prices.
that Spotify has been quietly forging alliances of late with massive corporations that could one day make an appropriate buyer of its own company — but when you join the dots, things get intriguing. Take, for example, AT&T, the USA’s largest mobile network, with, customers on AT&T’s priciest tiers now get a free subscription to Spotify Premium wrapped into their monthly payment.
which will see the music service come pre-installed on millions of new phones, while eligible U.S. Samsung device owners qualify for six months of free Spotify Premium.
In 2017, Tencent and Spotify performed a “stock swap” that saw Tencent acquire 9.2 percent of Spotify and Spotify take a 9.1 percent stake in Tencent Music Entertainment. TME is the dominant digital-music service in Greater China, a mantle claimed by Spotify in Europe, North America, and Latin America. A meaningful merger between these two entities would create a music service with true global dominance — and weighty leverage when trying to barter down those record-company royalty payments.
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