Spotify’s audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions too

  • Written by: Millicent Weber, ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in English, Australian National University
Spotify’s audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions tooThe Conversation, Pexels

Audio streaming giant Spotify, one of the world’s largest audio platforms, entered the audiobook market last October, offering its premium subscribers 15 hours per month of free audiobook listening. But audiobook bundling has led to reduced royalties for songwriters.

Last month, the National Music Publishers’...

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