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Kalshi Probes Trading Spike After Spotify Detects Song Chart Manipulation

July 02, 2026
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Tidal Eliminates Royalties for Fully AI-Generated Music
Artificial Intelligence // June 29, 2026

Music streaming platform Tidal has announced a new AI policy that will crack down on artificial intelligence (AI)-generated music. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

Fox Paying $22 Billion to Purchase Streaming Giant Roku
Partnerships // June 15, 2026

Fox is preparing to acquire streaming video company Roku for $22 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
Artificial Intelligence // May 22, 2026

Spotify and Universal Music Group have built a rights framework for something that has been happening without one: fans using artificial intelligence AI to cover and remix songs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

US and Allies Guarantee Tax-Free Streaming and Software Downloads
Cross-border Payments // May 07, 2026

Nineteen countries, including the United States, have announced an agreement to not impose duties on cross-border electronic transmissions such as streaming music or films and software downloads among themselves, Reuters reported Thursday (May 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Paramount Confronts Netflix as AI Redefines Streaming Power

December 08, 2025
The increasingly heated fight for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is, on its face, about libraries: HBO’s prestige slate, DC’s franchises and Warner’s studio machine. But the bidding war now featuring Netflix and Paramount is also a referendum on something less visible and arguably more defensible than IP: the consumer-facing algorithms that decide what gets watched, […]

PYMNTS Streaming App Provider Rankings Show Surprising Winner

November 25, 2025
Every now and then a dark horse appears in the PYMNTS App Provider Rankings that shows how much consumers are willing to discover and explore new apps in what would...

Netflix Co-CEO Outlines Growth Strategy Beyond Streaming

April 23, 2025
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Wednesday (April 23) laid out the streaming giant’s vision for growth, which includes plans to diversify beyond online streaming as well as continuing to grow...

Beyond Flat Fees: The Rise of Hybrid Subscription Models

February 13, 2025
New models. New ads. New pricing tiers. The subscription economy has been active, to say the least, with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealing TV screens have now surpassed mobile as...

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Kalshi Probes Trading Spike After Spotify Detects Song Chart Manipulation

July 02, 2026
Kalshi is looking into an incident in which streams of a song on Spotify may have been artificially boosted at the same time there was a jump in wagers on Kalshi’s prediction markets platform that the song would reach No. 1 on Spotify’s charts, the Financial Times reported Thursday (July 2). Get the Full Story […]

Tidal Eliminates Royalties for Fully AI-Generated Music

June 29, 2026
Music streaming platform Tidal has announced a new AI policy that will crack down on artificial intelligence (AI)-generated music. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Fox Paying $22 Billion to Purchase Streaming Giant Roku

June 15, 2026
Fox is preparing to acquire streaming video company Roku for $22 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

US and Allies Guarantee Tax-Free Streaming and Software Downloads

May 07, 2026
Nineteen countries, including the United States, have announced an agreement to not impose duties on cross-border electronic transmissions such as streaming music or films and software downloads among themselves, Reuters...