Anne Steele

Los Angeles

Music Industry Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Music industry reporter for @WSJ

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Live Nation Says It Is on Track for Record Summer Concert Season

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anne Steele

Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Anne Steele Thu, May 1, 2025, 3:43 PM 2 min read In This Article: Its first-quarter revenue beat expectations, and the company says it has sold 95 million tickets so far this year.
Live Nation Says It Is on Track for Record Summer Concert Season

1 week ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

First-quarter revenue beat expectations, and the company says it has sold 95 million tickets so far this yearThe world’s largest concert promoter said it is poised for a record summer concert season, with the number of shows playing in stadiums—featuring artists including Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Morgan Wallen—up 60% from last year. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign In
Spotify Subscriber Gains Continue, With Revenue Buoyed by Price Hikes

2 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anne Steele

The audio streamer expects growth to accelerate throughout the year, despite macroeconomic uncertainty.
Spotify Subscriber Gains Continue, With Revenue Buoyed by Price Hikes

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

Audio streamer expects growth to accelerate throughout the year, despite macroeconomic uncertaintySpotify SPOT -3.70%decrease; red down pointing triangle continued to add subscribers during the first quarter, which is usually a softer period for the audio streaming giant, and expects growth to accelerate through the rest of the year despite a choppy macroeconomic environment. The resultsFor the first quarter, monthly active users grew 10% to 678 million, in line with the company’s prior guidance.
Drake Says Kendrick Lamar’s Hit Super Bowl Performance Juiced Damages Owed

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

The anticipation built to a crowning, colossal performance of “Not Like Us”—in which Lamar calls Drake a pedophile—featuring Serena Williams crip walking on the stage. Drake said in a new court filing that the rapper’s high-profile performance—effectively a victory lap for Lamar in his rap beef with his rival—has turbocharged the damages Universal Music Group UMG -0.25%decrease; red down pointing triangle owes in a defamation lawsuit he filed in January.
By Design

1 month ago | wsjmagazine.cmail20.com | Anne Steele |Rashad Minnick |Jenny Hartman |Chavie Lieber

On Tuesday night, WSJ. Magazine celebrated Milan Design Week with a cocktail party at Villa Eugénie. Guests including social media entrepreneur Chiara Ferragni, designer and creative director Athena Calderone, artist Laila Gohar and others toasted to one of the biggest design events of the year. Check out photos from the evening below. And if you’re looking to take in some of Milan Design Week’s highlights from home, WSJ.
He Comes From Music Royalty. Can He Save Atlantic Records?

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

By | Photography by Jennelle Fong for WSJ. Magazine Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:18This article is in your queue. ELLIOT GRAINGE, the recently appointed CEO of Atlantic Records, looks at home at the Grammys, holding court in the label’s private box. He chats up Bruno Mars’s manager. Rapper Cardi B stops by. He munches plates of chicken fingers with his pal, the 27-year-old Warner Music Group board member Val Blavatnik, son of billionaire Len.
Spotify, Netflix Prove Bright Spots Within Broader Market Selloff

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

As Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and plenty of other media companies have seen their stocks get hit hard in the past few days, Spotify and Netflix are emerging relatively unscathed from the recent tariff-driven market mayhem. Spotify shares closed up 3% Monday. Netflix shares were up 1.4%. Last week, Oppenheimer analysts estimated various companies’ revenue exposure to tariffs and related economic weakness, and identified Spotify and Netflix as having zero exposure.
Trump Signs Order Targeting Ticket Scalpers and Fees

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

Order calls for greater price transparency, stronger enforcement of unfair or anticompetitive ticket resale practicesPresident Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at cracking down on ticket-price gouging and other exploitative practices by middlemen like ticket brokers. The order directs the Federal Trade Commission to more rigorously enforce existing law governing the use of bots that help scalpers scoop up hot tickets, including by issuing fines.
トランプ氏、チケット高値転売阻止へ大統領令に署名

1 month ago | jp.wsj.com | Anne Steele

ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は3月31日、仲介業者によるチケット価格の不当なつり上げなど、搾取的な慣行を取り締まる大統領令に署名した。消費者保護と税法の執行強化を求めている。　署名にはミュージシャンのキッド・ロック氏も立ち会った。大統領令の目的は、ボットを使用して最も需要の高いイベントのチケットを定価で大量に買い占め、高値転売するプロのチケット仲介業者を取り締まり、チケット価格の高騰を阻止することだ。ロック氏は、高値転売はアーティストの利益にはならないと指摘した。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8