Spotify Founder: "We Need To Explain How Streaming Benefits Artists"

The Swedish CEO sat down with Billboard to talk about Taylor Swift, Truffle Pig, and fatherhood.

Spotify Founder and CEO Daniel Ek sat down with Billboard yesterday to talk about the big, and news-making, year his company just had. The interview covers a lot of ground, from Spotify's massive growth (the streaming service launched in 30 more countries this year) to Ek's strategies for relieving stress ("I do the same thing I've been doing since I was 6 years old: I pick up a guitar and I start playing"), but lingers over the question, Will the company allow artists to pick and choose what material is on Spotify?

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