Summary
Journalists Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud trace Spotify’s rise through its dealings with record labels, artists, investors and rival technology companies. Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon’s streaming business has to secure music rights while finding a place between piracy, paid downloads and established industry interests. The authors use interviews and reporting to follow the negotiations and conflicts behind that growth. This is an outside history of the company and its founder, not Ek’s own account or a book he is shown to recommend.
Why read it Our view
Study Spotify’s music-rights negotiations, product expansion and competition with larger firms. The company history connects the service’s growth with the commercial and product choices required to run it.