UMG just found a streaming service to work with on ‘artist-centric’ payouts
Universal Music Group boss Sir Lucian Grainge thinks that “the economic model for streaming needs to evolve”.
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Spotify ended 2022 with 205m subscribers and 489m active users
Spotify has published its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2022, and thus for the entire year.
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Warner Music Group gets persistent on Roblox with Rhythm City
We’ve said this before, but on platforms like Roblox, music activations have tended to be one-offs, rather than persistent worlds.
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Sony Music expands ‘Beyond The Instrument’ initiative to the UK
‘Beyond The Instrument’ is Sony’s music education initiative to get equipment into the hands of young people.
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Source: Music ally
MVT report reveals decline in UK independent venues’ concerts
There are positive figures in UK charity the Music Venue Trust’s latest annual report… but also plenty of worrying stats too.
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BMG boss to step down but his successor is already lined up
There are abrupt leadership changes at big companies, and smoother transitions. BMG’s falls into the latter category.
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Apple Music launches Replay 2023 and Rihanna Super Bowl promo
Spotify Wrapped makes waves in December, but Apple Music’s Replay promo is a year-round thing. The 2023 version is now live.
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to appear before US House in March
TikTok has been facing increasing pressure in the US over issues including privacy and children’s safety. Its CEO will appear at a hearing.
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Gap widens between YouTube and Melon services in South Korea
The music industry has been thinking a lot about how South Korean artists like BTS and Blackpink are growing their audiences.
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Licensing Manager – PACE Rights Management – London
Company: PACE Rights Management Position: Licensing Manager Location: London, UK. A full-time role at the global leader in assisting Rightsholders (writers & publishers) to Direct License their Live Public Performance Rights to Promoters, Venues & Festivals. EXPERIENCE: Minimum two (2) years full-time experience working in an established company involved in the live industry. […]
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Google reveals (but doesn’t release) text-to-music AI MusicLM
Google has built an AI model capable of “generating high-fidelity music from text descriptions” that “outperforms previous systems”.
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Artists denied class-action status in UMG termination rights lawsuit
A group of artists have been denied class-action status in a lawsuit focusing on termination rights and Universal Music Group.
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Indian artists are still dominating YouTube’s global music chart
Indian news site Mint has been celebrating the fact that Bollywood playback star Alka Yagnik is the top artist on YouTube’s global chart.
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Australian government backs new cultural policy with $286m
The Australian government has launched a new National Cultural Policy called ‘Revive’ which includes establishing a new music industry body.
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Source: Music ally
web3 music firm Hume buys generative audio startup Blocktones
Having raised $11.7m of funding last September, web3 music firm Hume has now splashed some of that cash on an acquisition.
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Madison Square Garden owner questioned about facial recognition tech
New York’s attorney general Letitia James has written to MSG Entertainment with some pointed questions about its facial recognition tech.
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Source: Music ally
WMG reveals first numbers from its legacy unrecouped program
Warner Music Group published its latest Environmental Social Governance (ESG) report yesterday, including new figures.
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Source: Music ally
Subscriptions now account for 55% of audio streaming in Spain
Spanish industry body Promusicae has published some figures for 2022, including the news that the number of music streams grew by 16%.
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Metal Workout offers a rockier spin on digital fitness services
Hell’s Kettlebells! Run to the Treadmills! And Fitness for All! Etc etc. Don’t think we’re poking fun: metal tracks are great for workouts.
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Lickd signs a deal with Streamlabs to reach more creators
We’ve reported on various licensing deals that UK startup Lickd has signed with rightsholders for its service.
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Marrying art and science: the challenges and opportunities of curation for the music industry today (Guest column)
In light of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Alex Kisch, EVP, Business Development & Affairs, General Counsel at Vevo – sponsor of the event’s “Changing nature of music formats” track – to share with us some insight on the exciting opportunities he sees ahead in 2023. In today’s competitive attention economy, Kisch says, we cannot afford to lose the […]
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Twitch says its streamers earned more than $1bn in 2022
There’s a big figure in the latest blog post from Twitch’s chief product officer Tom Verrilli and chief monetization officer Mike Minton.
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Source: Music ally
WMG reveals plans for Spinnin’ Records party in The Sandbox
Warner Music Group became one of the landowners on web3 virtual world The Sandbox in January 2022. Now it’s holding a party there.
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Cyanite debuts tech for ‘complex text input’ music searching
Cyanite’s latest music-search tech involves complex text input” using natural language, like the latest crop of text-to-image AIs.
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Source: Music ally
PPL’s annual payouts grew by 7.1% to £244.9m in 2022
2022 was a good year for UK CMO PPL, which says its payouts to performers and recording rightsholders grew by 7.1% to £244.9m last year.
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One House and Aerial launch tool to fuel greener music tours
The latest tool to help musicians cut their carbon emissions comes from talent development firm One House and sustainability company Aerial.
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Source: Music ally
Behind The Campaign :: Shinedown
Shinedown released Planet Zero, their seventh studio album, in June 2022. To build their profile in the UK, Blackstar Agency were brought in to explore ways to connect them with new audiences.
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Source: Music ally
Tools :: Wavo – 2023 profile
What’s changed that warrants a Wavo Tools update? It now offers two discrete ways for music marketers to engage with the platform.
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Source: Music ally
TuneCore appoints rapper Papoose as its new head of hip-hop
TuneCore has a genuine history with Shamele ‘Papoose’ Mackie, who has just been named its head of hip-hop.
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Spotify’s new Glow initiative will focus on LGBTQIA+ artists
Spotify has launched a new program to boost the profiles of LGBTQIA+ artists through a mixture of playlists, advertising and collaborations.
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Source: Music ally
US Department of Justice sues Google over digital ads market
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit focusing on Google’s dominance of the digital advertising market.
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Source: Music ally
Live Nation talks bots but US politicians are talking breakup
Look what you’ve made them do, Taylor Swift. ‘Them’ being the politicians on the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Source: Music ally
Hipgnosis returns to acquisitions with $200m Justin Bieber deal
Hipgnosis has acquired 100% of Justin Bieber’s interest in his publishing copyrights, recordings and neighbouring rights.
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Source: Music ally
US Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for ticketing hearing
Front-row seats are brilliant, right? Possibly not if you’re Joe Berchtold, president and CFO of Live Nation Entertainment.
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Source: Music ally
The Kid Laroi will debut new music in his Fortnite island
The Kid Laroi’s partnership with Fortnite publisher Epic Games goes beyond an individual performance, with his own island.
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Source: Music ally
Rewind app offers historical music discovery (ChatGPT reviews included)
One of Tidal’s developers, Ziad Al Halabi, has created a mobile app called Rewind that explores music history.
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Source: Music ally
Support Act publishes guide to sexual harm and harassment
The Australian music industry has been rocked by recent revelations about sexual harassment and harm within its workplaces.
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Shakira sets a new Spotify record for Latin American artists
It’s fair to say Shakira is having a bit of a moment at the start of 2023, thanks to her recent Bzrp Music Session.
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Source: Music ally
Creator Campaign Assistant – Round – London
Job Description: Creator Campaign Assistant Based in our office in Leicester Square Full time role Salary – competitive based on experience. About Round We are a specialist agency servicing the biggest and most exciting names in the Music & Entertainment industry. We mix digital media, creators, technology and creativity to curate effective campaigns for […]
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What do we mean by ‘artist-centric’ music streaming models?
This month, UMG boss Sir Lucian Grainge went public with his belief that “the economic model for streaming needs to evolve”.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify confirms layoffs and management re-org with Dawn Ostroff departing
Spotify has announced a round of layoffs as part of what CEO Daniel Ek called an effort “to bring our costs more in line”.
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Source: Music ally
Alphabet cuts 12k jobs as Spotify layoffs speculation emerges
Meta, Amazon and Microsoft have recently announced thousands of layoffs, and on Friday it was the turn of Google and YouTube’s parent firm.
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Source: Music ally
45% of games developers are still sceptical of the metaverse
In the music industry there is excitement and scepticism alike around ‘the metaverse’ but how do games developers feel about it?
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Source: Music ally
Musicians’ Union and Help Musicians launch UK census for musicians
In the UK, the Musicians’ Union and charity Help Musicians have both regularly published research canvassing musicians’ views.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube Music to test new features in ‘Listening Room’ program
Want to get first dibs on brand new features on YouTube Music? Apologies, you’re already too late: applications closed this weekend.
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Source: Music ally
Sometimes ‘heating’ is the reason videos go viral on TikTok
Sometimes when videos go viral on TikTok, it’s not an entirely organic phenomenon. Forbes has offered some evidence for this.
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Source: Music ally
Music publishers talk innovation: ‘When there’s a will, there’s always a way’
We hear a lot about the new revenue streams that labels are hunting down in social, gaming, fitness and other areas
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Source: Music ally
Music streaming remuneration: ‘The value is fans, less so scale’
Remuneration is THE hot topic in the music industry of 2023, in terms of the models used by streaming services for their payouts.
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Source: Music ally
Netflix is adding subscribers again, as its founder steps down
The big news from Netflix’s financial results yesterday was that its co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping down from his co-CEO role.
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Source: Music ally
Montreal’s Igloofest to send attendees on an NFTs treasure hunt
There’s still a lot of NFTs potential to be explored, and the latest example comes from a partnership between Igloofest and Mega Labs.
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Source: Music ally
Viberate slashes the cost of its music analytics service
One of the announcements made at the NY:LON Connect conference this week came from music analytics firm Viberate.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok tastemaker Ari Elkins is launching a label with Avex
In the last two years TikTok has been the launchpad for a new wave of playlisters, among them Ari Elkins.
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Source: Music ally
Luminate talks music data: Coldplay, Indonesia, streaming growth and more
Its name may have changed, but research firm Luminate remains one of the music industry’s key sources of data.
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Source: Music ally
Protected: NY:LON Connect 2023
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Apple unveils a second-generation HomePod smart speaker
We may still be in the rumours part of the hype cycle around Apple’s plans for an AR/VR headset, but yesterday the company unveiled a new device.
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Source: Music ally
You Me At Six get some promotional welly from Amazon and TikTok
Operating in the streaming environment in 2023 is a case of balancing promotional demands from streaming and social media services.
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Source: Music ally
US Senate will hold its Ticketmaster hearing on 24 January
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights has set a date for its hearing on the ticketing industry.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify and Deezer step up their pressure for an Apple crackdown
It’s been a few weeks since the last call from Spotify for a regulatory crackdown on Apple, so it must be time for another one.
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Source: Music ally
Just how big is the music industry’s ‘fake streams’ problem?
The grumbling about how bad actors are trying to game the streaming system and siphon royalties away has slowly but surely grown.
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Source: Music ally
Streaming services need to do better by listeners and artists — HiFi is the way (Guest column)
This is a guest post by Nigel Harding, VP Artist Relations at Deezer. He argues that hi-fi audio shouldn’t be a luxury extra – but instead should be a fundamental part of the music experience. The act of creating music is intense, personal and emotional. Artists pour their heart and soul into each song and aim […]
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Source: Music ally
Kadeem Phillips: ‘If we don’t innovate country, the genre’s going to start to fall off’
The diversity within the country music industry has been a hot topic in recent times, as last year’s criticism of the sector showed.
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Source: Music ally
SoundExchange CEO: ‘If you present your case properly, you can have increases’
At NY:LON Connect, SoundExchange CEO Michael Huppe was interviewed by Will Page, author of Tarzan Economics.
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Source: Music ally
Music startup lessons: ‘Some rightsholders don’t even know what they own!’
To say that being a startup founder is “a learning experience” is a kind way of saying that it is fraught with endless challenges
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Source: Music ally
Roblox reports strong December metrics with 61.5m daily users
Roblox is one of the publicly-listed tech companies that has been enduring a rocky time on the markets in recent times.
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Source: Music ally
Now Getty Images is suing Stability AI over its training
This comes soon after a class-action lawsuit filed by three visual artists against the company, along with Midjourney and DeviantArt.
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Source: Music ally
Bandzoogle hits $100m music, merch and ticket sales milestone
More than half of that $100m has been generated in the last five years, while 75% of the total has come from merchandise.
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Source: Music ally
UK music bodies concerned by BBC Music Introducing uncertainty
In many parts of the world radio continues to play a powerful role for the music industry – including emerging acts.
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YouTube renews its livestreaming deal with Coachella festival
Coachella has been one of the flagships of YouTube’s work in music livestreams, offering it a chance to test its technologies and features.
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Source: Music ally
DAACI crowned audience favourite in NY:LON Connect startups session
The final session of the NY:LON Connect conference showcased the winners of Music Ally’s SI:X initiative, with pitches.
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Neighbouring rights: ‘We’re hitting the ground running…’
The infrastructure and enthusiasm around licensing and neighbouring rights varies a lot around the world. In a NY:LON Connect session chaired by Alison Wenham, COO, Blue Raincoat/Chrysalis Group, a panel of local global experts explained the nuances and challenges in the territories that they cover. Those experts were Pfanani Lishivha, CEO of South Africa’s SAMPRA, […]
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Source: Music ally
TikTok music boss talks short video, long-form listening and licensing
2023 is shaping up to be a fascinating year for TikTok, for reasons both positive and negative. And 2022 was eventful enough…
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Source: Music ally
Regulating the streaming economy: ‘Consumption isn’t the same as consumer’
The debate about how the music streaming economy works for artists and how it could be improved has reached new heights.
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Source: Music ally
Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt face artists’ lawsuit
Some big names in text-to-image AI were facing a new challenge yesterday: a class-action lawsuit from three visual artists.
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Source: Music ally
PRS for Music agrees new funding deal with PRS Foundation
The news follows loud protests last year after PRS for Music announced plans to cut its annual funding for the foundation by 60%.
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Source: Music ally
Nick Cave gives ChatGPT both barrels: ‘This song is bullshit’
It’s a brave person who gets the ChatGPT AI to write a song in the style of Nick Cave, then sends it to Nick Cave to see what he thinks.
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Source: Music ally
Orfium bolsters broadcasting tech with Soundmouse acquisition
Music tech firm Orfium’s CEO Rob Wells relished his mic-drop moment at NY:LON Connect 2023 yesterday.
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Source: Music ally
Diversity, equity and inclusion in music: ‘You have to look harder’
The Keychange Initiative was started to improve gender representation in the music industry. How is that mission going?
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Source: Music ally
New music formats: ‘Your fans aren’t AI. Your fans are real people’
We’ve moved from a music industry based on physical sales to one driven by streams, but what are the new music formats looming?
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Source: Music ally
WMG’s Oana Ruxandra on music’s evolution: ‘Conservatism is out the door!’
Oana Ruxandra has been a prime mover in a host of new partnerships and tech experimentation for Warner Music Group.
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Source: Music ally
Tencent targets TikTok with WeChat Channels short-video feature
Last year we reported on the enormous claimed audience for a Backstreet Boys concert that was livestreamed on WeChat: 44.2 million viewers.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube faces criticism over plans to demonetise sweary videos
Warning! If you’re filming a ****ing YouTube video, don’t ****ing swear in the first eight ****ing seconds. Or perhaps not.
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Report claims SoundHound has laid off nearly half of its staff
Last time SoundHound pinged our radar, it was preparing plans to go public via a SPAC merger with a $2.1bn valuation.
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Source: Music ally
Apple Music boss adds Apple TV+ business to his responsibilities
Oliver Schusser is one of the longest-serving executives in Apple’s music business, from the iTunes days through to Apple Music now.
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Moj parent company ShareChat holds another round of layoffs
In the wake of TikTok’s ban in India, Moj prospered. However, its parent company ShareChat is having to make cutbacks now.
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Source: Music ally
Facebook is shutting down its Creator Studio dashboard
Facebook has long had two tools for managing pages and profiles on the social network: Facebook Creator Studio and Meta Business Suite.
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Source: Music ally
PRS for Music sues LIVENow over livestreaming licensing
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, for many artists livestreaming was suddenly the only way they could connect with their audiences to perform.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok to host public votes for the 2023 Brit Awards
TikTok is heavily involved again, hosting the public vote aspect of the awards for the second year.
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Source: Music ally
Livestreaming music app Sessions has shut down
Music livestreaming app Sessions, the startup founded by former Pandora boss Tim Westergren, shut down abruptly before Christmas.
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Source: Music ally
Eight friendly meditations for the industry formerly known as music in 2023 (Guest post)
In advance of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Matt Urmy, co-founder & CEO of collaboration platform Artist Growth – which is co-sponsor of the event’s Innovation and Startups track – to share with us the exciting opportunities he sees ahead in 2023. Urmy lays out eight clear messages designed to help readers navigate an industry which has been subject to a “pretty hostile takeover”, but […]
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Source: Music ally
DCMS Committee publishes UK streaming inquiry follow-up report
We’ve been paying close attention to the UK parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming, as our past coverage shows.
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Source: Music ally
App store spending fell by 2% in 2022 (but it was still $167bn)
Data·ai (formerly App Annie) analyses the mobile apps market and makes revenue predictions. Its latest annual report has plenty of juice.
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K-Pop streams for businesses grew by more than 200% in 2022
Soundtrack Your Brand, one of the main companies providing music to shops, restaurants and other businesses, has offered some data points.
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After text-to-image AIs now there’s a text-to-playlist AI
We’ve been writing regularly about the emergence of ‘text-to-image’ AIs. Now there’s another branch to think about: text-to-playlist AIs.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok signs a licensing deal with MENA-based Rotana Music Group
While TikTok continues to butt heads with major label licensing teams behind closed doors, there is at least one new agreement to report.
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Dr Dre joins catalogue sales boom with UMG and Shamrock deals
Did you think the catalogue-acquisitions bandwagon had forgot about Dre?
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A pep talk for the independent artist in 2023 (Guest post)
In advance of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Amuse – which is co-sponsor of the event’s Artist Manager track – to share with us the exciting opportunities they see ahead in 2023. Aimed at indie artists, this “pep talk” takes stock of the music business landscape as seen from Amuse’s perspective, and offers some advice, perspective, and positive encouragement in the face […]
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Source: Music ally
UMG boss Grainge: ‘The economic model for streaming needs to evolve’
Universal Music Group chief Sir Lucian Grainge has sent his annual start-of-the-year message to employees.
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Source: Music ally
Fan-focused strategy still the best catalyst for success (Guest post)
In advance of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Vasja Veber, co-founder of music data analytics platform Viberate – and one of the co-headline sponsors of the event – to share some key insights for readers to take into the new year. Veber looks into the underlying data, and explains how building immersive artist strategies that cultivate fandom […]
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Metal band Assimilate had album stolen on streaming services
The British metal band have 130 monthly listeners on Spotify, yet they saw their album ‘Suffer in Silence’ re-uploaded to streaming services.
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Source: Music ally
More than 80% of Apple Music subscribers listen to spatial audio
Apple’s annual state-of-services post, this year written by services boss Eddy Cue, revealed new stats focused on its spatial audio feature.
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Source: Music ally
Streaming subscriptions could be ‘affordable luxuries’ in 2023
“There are no two ways about it, 2023 is going to be a challenging year” according to Midia Research MD Mark Mulligan.
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Will music streaming finally hit maturity in 2023? (Guest post)
This is a guest post by Phil Bird, head of sales, rights and royalties, (media) at Vistex. He looks ahead to what may happen in with regards to rights and income for rights holders in 2023. Phil wonders when music streaming business maturity could happen, and argues that it’s already arrived for rightsholders – plus, he sees the return of big catalogue purchases, albeit for more moderate sums. It […]
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YouTube Shorts ad revenue-sharing program kicks off in February
As YouTube turns on the advertising taps for Shorts, it’s also time to start sharing that money with creators – and music rightsholders.
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AR Rahman talks up plans for Katraar digital music platform
AR Rahman is one of the most revered Indian musicians, but now he has ambitions in the music-tech world too.
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Kano is launching some new Stem Players without Kanye West
British firm Kano started off making computers for kids, before moving into music-tech in 2021 with the Donda Stem Player.
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Belarus changes rules for rightsholders from ‘unfriendly’ countries
Alexander Lukashenko’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a knock-on effect for his country’s international status.
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Keychange adds 74 people to its talent development programme
Gender-equity organisation Keychange is starting 2023 with the addition of 74 people to its ‘Talent Development Programme’.
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Country Profile – United Kingdom 2023
The British music industry continues to stand resilient in the face of governmental and economic challenges, delivering more growth in 2022
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Mastercard uses Polygon for its new web3 artist accelerator
There are so many ‘web3 artist accelerators’ being launched at the moment, soon we’ll need a web3-artist-accelerator accelerator to help the good ones stand out from the crowd.
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Independent artist Damien Jurado removes his music from Spotify
Neil Young’s removal of his catalogue from Spotify last year sparked a small wave of similar action by likeminded artists, but not a bigger trend.
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Independence (and TikTok) fuelled Raye’s rise to UK chart summit
Hearty congratulations to British artist Raye, who sits atop the latest official singles chart in the UK with her latest release ‘Escapism’.
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Musicians press for US rule over post-termination mechanicals
In the US, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) was set up to collect mechanical royalties from streaming services, then pay them out to publishers and songwriters.
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Taylor Swift holds a flash sale for ‘Midnights’ digital albums
There is still some innovation to be had around downloads, and Taylor Swift is the latest to explore it.
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AI music startup Beatoven launches $50k fund… for human artists
From the earliest days of the modern AI-music era, startups in this area have been keen to work with human artists.
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Spotify’s latest personalised playlist is a 2023 time capsule
Spotify is hoping to inspire some musical nostalgia in a year’s time with its latest personalised playlist.
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Apple Fitness+ adds Beyoncé music and kickboxing workouts
Apple has provided a new-year update for its Apple Fitness+ workouts service, including a partnership with one of the world’s biggest artists.
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Downtown Music Holdings acquires Curve Royalty Systems
One of the more acquisitive companies in the independent music space, Downtown Music Holdings, has swooped again.
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Apple deploys AI tech for ‘digital narration’ of audiobooks
Only a small proportion of published books get audiobook versions, due to the costs of recording voice narration professionally.
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Irish regulator slaps Meta with €390m of privacy fines
Yesterday was an expensive day indeed for Meta, hit by €390m of fines from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC).
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UMG could face a class-action lawsuit over Spotify royalties
The label has been accused of withholding nearly $750m of royalties from its artists in a proposed class-action lawsuit by Black Sheep.
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Calvin Harris taps Wave for a virtual concert on TikTok
Electronic music star Calvin Harris is the latest artist planning a livestream on TikTok, with ‘The Calvin Harris Experience’ on 13 January.
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Shazam offers predictions for breakthrough artists in 2023
After a flurry of 2023 predictions at the end of last year, Shazam has published its tips for emerging artists who could break through.
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Country Profile – Greece 2023
Greece was one of the fastest growing recorded music markets in 2021, percentage wise – so why does pessimism remain?
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Report: SVOD services to slow growth in original content spend
Recent years have been boomtimes for TV production companies, thanks to the emergence of streaming video services and their enormous budgets.
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Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa wants to expand HustleSasa app
The app enables artists and retailers to sell products to fans who can pay using bank cards or mobile payments platforms.
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Amazon Music shows off 360 Reality Audio music in cars at CES
Hi-res and surround-sound music is one of the key points of competition between Amazon Music and Apple Music.
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BPI boss warns of short-video culture’s ‘unrelenting demands on artists’
Music Ally talked to outgoing BPI chief Geoff Taylor about the body’s annual figures, and music streaming and industry trends in the UK.
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Recorded music consumption in the UK grew by 4.3% in 2022
British music industry body the BPI has published its annual figures for recorded music consumption in the UK, which grew by 4.3% in 2022.
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2023’s the magic number: De La Soul’s first six albums hit streaming services in March
Since the dawn of the streaming economy, De La Soul’s back catalogue was a say-no-go area for music services. That’s now changing.
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TikTok is still battling against the political winds in the US
TikTok’s difficult end to 2022 in the US, related to security tensions with China, continued right up to the wire.
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Kids entertainment firm Moonbug’s revenues grew 148% in 2021
Moonbug Entertainment has become one of the biggest players in children’s music and YouTube videos, according to its latest financial results.
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Disturbed used an image-generating AI for latest music video
Rock band Disturbed have become one of the most prominent music artists to use image-generating AI technology to create a music video.
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NetEase Cloud Music trumpets 760k album sales for Hua Chenya
The Chinese music service has always been keen to point out that artists are selling albums on its platform, rather than only being streamed.
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The Weeknd beats Ed Sheeran for most-streamed Spotify track
Congratulations are due to The Weeknd, whose track ‘Blinding Lights’ has (at the time of writing) 3,334,180,640 streams on Spotify.
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