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Music Business Worldwide February 2, 2021 Credit: Chubo/Shutterstock Spotify has officially launched its service in South Korea, which the company claims “is a critical next step” in its global expansion plans. The service is available to download for Premium Individual and Duo plans only, according to Spotify, which obviously means no ad-supported Free tier. New listeners can try out Spotify Premium for seven days free on their mobile phone with no credit card information. Alternatively they can sign up for a three month free trial, if they volunteer their credit card information and sub...

Music Business Worldwide December 18, 2020 Credit: Chubo/Shutterstock Following various rumours over the past couple of years about a Spotify launch in South Korea, the company has finally officially announced that its service will be rolled in the world’s sixth-largest music market in the first half of 2021. The news follows a report published in  The  Korea Herald in March stating that the company had set up an office in Seoul at a WeWork building in the Daechi-dong area. Citing sources, the report added that Peter Gradelius (Associate General Counsel / Head of Corporate Legal at Spoti...

Music Business Worldwide December 18, 2020 Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximise their income and reduce their touring costs. This week, Sir Lucian Grainge, CEO & Chairman of Universal Music Group, sent an internal year-end memo to his staff reflecting on the year – and revealing some plans that are afoot for UMG in 2021. Talking of UMG, today (December 18...