Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify and Universal Music Group, one of the industry’s three biggest music companies, announced a multiyear global music licensing pact.Under the deal, UMG will “deepen its leading role as an early adopter of future products” on Spotify’s platform and “provide valuable feedback to Spotify’s development team,” the companies said.
Universal Music also will collaborate on “new, state-of-the-art marketing campaigns across Spotify’s platform.”Spotify had 286 million users — including 130 million Spotify Premium subscribers — as of the end of March 2020.
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