Report: Spotify Considers Restricting Biggest Releases to Paid Users

Jordan Kahn, writing for 9to5Mac:

Spotify is considering a move that would mean some of its biggest new releases will be restricted to paid users, according to a new report from Financial Times. The decision would come as part of a negotiation with record labels that would reduce the amount of royalties Spotify pays for songs and also allow the company to prepare for an initial public offering.

This has always felt inevitable.