Merlin Renews Spotify Licensing Deal, Bolstering Indie Music’s Role in Streaming Growth

Merlin Renews Spotify Licensing Deal, Bolstering Indie Music’s Role in Streaming Growth

Merlin and Spotify have renewed their global licensing agreement, ensuring continued streaming access for indie labels like Ninja Tune, Warp and Secretly Group.

Spotify extends Merlin deal but loses Sylvan Esso’s catalogue

Mixed news for Spotify’s business in independent music today. On the positive side, it has renewed its global, multi-year deal with indie licensing agency Merlin. The announcement was high on mutual praise and unsurprisingly low on specifics of the deal terms. However, Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota did mention it in his recent Music Ally interview. “We closed our […] The post is from Music Ally.

MERLIN AND SPOTIFY EXTEND MULTI-YEAR GLOBAL LICENSING PARTNERSHIP

Spotify and Merlin, the digital music licensing partner for the world’s leading independents, today announced the renewal of their global, multi-year licensing partnership. This agreement reinforces the vital role of independent music on Spotify and provides Merlin members continued access to a platform that reaches fans worldwide.

Spotify and Merlin ink multi-year global licensing deal

Independent music licensing group Merlin and Spotify have renewed their global, multi-year licensing partnership Source