Spotify’s Bundling Practices Spark Bipartisan Call for FTC Probe

Senators: Spotify’s Bundling Plan ‘Harms Consumers,’ Call on FTC to Investigate

Two senators called on the FTC to investigate Spotify over a bundling plan that reduces royalty payments by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Spotify’s Bundling Practices Spark Bipartisan Call for FTC Probe

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Spotify on Friday (June 20).  In a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson obtained by Billboard, the senators accused the streamer of converting “all of its premium music subscribers into different — and ultimately higher-priced — bundled subscriptions without their knowledge or consent.” “These actions harm consumers,” the senato…

Spotify Faces FTC Investigation Calls Over Bundling Strategy

Spotify head Daniel Ek, whose company is facing calls for an FTC investigation over its aggressive bundling strategy. Photo Credit: Fortune Live Media / CC by 2.0 The fallout over Spotify’s bundling shenanigans isn’t through yet, as federal lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are now urging the FTC to launch a related investigation. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) entreated FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson to scrutinize …