EC narrows its Apple music-streaming investigation to ‘anti-steering’ issues
The European Commission launched a pair of formal antitrust investigations of Apple in June 2020. Now there’s a development.
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The Weeknd hits new Spotify milestone of 100m monthly listeners
We called this one in January! The Weeknd has become the first artist to have more than 100 million listeners on Spotify.
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Source: Music ally
StubHub hits out at Live Nation’s backing for FAIR Ticketing Act
Secondary ticketing firm StubHub has been coming in for some criticism this month, from Live Nation and David Lowery alike.
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Source: Music ally
BPI turns to games industry for its new CEO: Dr Jo Twist OBE
British music industry body the BPI has a new CEO. It has turned to expertise from outside the music industry in the form of Dr Jo Twist OBE.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify has lost its heart… it’s all about the Plus button now
The heart icon has a long history as the way to like things on social media and streaming services, but now Spotify is retiring it.
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Source: Music ally
Amazon Music bags six George Ezra tracks as spatial originals
Music streaming services love original content, and some of them also love spatial audio. George Ezra is thus in a sweet spot with Amazon.
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Source: Music ally
Copyright Analyst – ICE – London
ICE is a purpose-driven organisation, founded by rightsholders, for rightsholders. We exist to support songwriters, enabling societies and publishers to accurately compensate them when their work is used internationally. We operate at the exciting intersection of technology, music, and data. Since our 2010 launch, we have paid billions to rightsholders through deep expertise in Copyright, […]
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Music awards meet blockchain tokens for Universal Music Germany
Artists have been collecting physical awards for their sales (and now streams) achievements since the 1950s: gold, platinum, diamond etc. Now Universal Music Germany is adding a digital twist to the idea. It is working with German industry body BVMI and web3 startup Twelve x Twelve on a scheme that will complement (not replace) the […]
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David Lowery raises the alarm over state-level ticketing bills
Musician, professor and artists’ rights campaigner David Lowery has raised the alarm about a draft bill in the US state of Georgia focusing on ticketing fees. “Simply a Trojan horse bill that seems to limit artist fan clubs, indie venues and others to sell face value non-transferable tickets to fans,” is how he described it […]
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Reservoir and PopArabia sue Anghami over publishing dispute
Middle Eastern music streaming service Anghami is being sued by Reservoir Media and PopArabia for copyright infringement. According to Billboard, the lawsuit was filed in Abu Dhabi just before Christmas, but has only come to light now. It names 12 works that the publishers believe are being infringed, with a mixture of international and Arabic […]
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Bad Bunny had the biggest album but 2022 was big for K-Pop too
Last week, the IFPI crowned Taylor Swift as the top artist of 2022 globally, while announcing that Harry Styles had the biggest single of the year. The state was set for a battle between the two for the body’s final award: top album, right?. Not quite. Enter Bad Bunny, making history by becoming the first […]
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Live Nation: concerts are ‘one of the last experiences fans will cut back on’
Live music revenues are growing again, after the massive hit caused by Covid-19 and its resulting lockdowns.
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NetEase Cloud Music ended 2022 with 38.3m paying music users
The parent company of Chinese music service NetEase Cloud Music has published its latest financial results.
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Latest Block financials offer an insight into Tidal revenues
Ever since streaming service Tidal was acquired by fintech firm Block, we’ve been getting regular insights.
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DistroKid adds ‘intelligent mastering’ tool Mixea to its service
Music distribution company DistroKid has unveiled its new “intelligent mastering tool” Mixea, which costs $99 a year.
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AI music startup Aimi launches 10 live music channels on YouTube
After Amazon Music worked with Endel on a ‘Sleep Science’ playlist for its service, now another AI music startup is using a big DSP.
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Source: Music ally
Audius expands its TikTok integration with new signup feature
Decentralised streaming service Audius has a new way for artists to sign up and get verified on its platform: by using their TikTok profiles.
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Source: Music ally
The Long Tail’s Sting: The political battle over content moderation and music’s dilemma (Guest column)
The below guest post is by Tristra Newyear Yeager, Chief Strategy Officer of music/tech PR firm Rock Paper Scissors. In it, she joins the dots between some potentially meaningful and high-profile legal cases taking place in the US, and the consequences they may have on music streaming platforms globally. Newyear Yeager also describes what she thinks the less obvious effects […]
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Harry Styles ‘As It Was’ was the biggest global music track in 2022
The biggest music track globally in 2022 was Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ with 2.28bn ‘global subscription stream equivalents’.
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Source: Music ally
Taylor Swift regains top spot from BTS in IFPI global artist chart
It’s annual-awards time for global music body the IFPI, which is staggering its rankings for artists, tracks and albums over several days.
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Source: Music ally
Snapchat’s Sounds has been powering 7.6bn monthly video views
Snap launched its ‘Sounds’ feature on Snapchat in August 2020, after striking licensing deals with various labels and publishers.
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Source: Music ally
WMG-backed metaverse music startup Styngr signs deal with ICE
Styngr popped onto our radar in March 2022 when it announced a licensing deal with Warner Music Group. Now it has a deal with ICE.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify tests ‘token-enabled playlists’ with NFT partners
You may be tempted to roll your eyes at the news that some playlists on Spotify will only be available to people who’ve bought certain NFTs.
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Source: Music ally
US Copyright Office reaffirms its rules on AI-created content
The US Copyright Office has just made an important and interesting decision regarding copyright and creative AIs.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify taps OpenAI tech to create an AI-powered DJ for its service
Spotify has made a very interesting announcement today: it’s launching an AI-powered DJ feature – as in radio DJ.
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Source: Music ally
K-Pop giant Hybe’s revenues grew 41.6% to $1.36bn in 2022
South Korean music company Hybe enjoyed another bumper year in 2022, with its revenues growing 41.6% to 1.78tn won.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube Music now lets listeners create their own radio stations
We tend to think of the ‘radio’ features of streaming music as being lean-back listening governed by the DSPs’ recommendation algorithms.
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Source: Music ally
Music credits firm Jaxsta buys music biz social network Vampr
Say what you like about whether the music industry really needs its own ‘LinkedIn of the music biz’, but these companies are acquirable.
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Source: Music ally
Academy of Country Music teams up with Black Music Action Coalition
Last June, the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) published a report called ‘Three Chords & The Actual Truth’ on country music diversity.
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Source: Music ally
Shoobs hails 2022 as ‘The Year of Amapiano’ in UK live events
UK-based ticketing and live events firm Shoobs has published a review of 2022, noting that it supported more than 7,000 events.
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Source: Music ally
Release Planner, Artist & Label Services – The Orchard – London
The Orchard has an immediate opening for a Release Planner to support our Artist Services Team in our London office. You will play a vital role in the creation, maintenance and delivery of all Orchard UK Artists Services releases, working closely with Orchard Product Managers to steer release schedules in line with production and supply chain needs. […]
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Country Profile – Caribbean 2023
The Caribbean is one of the musical hot spots of recent times and Its music industry is thriving – although there is room for structural improvements.
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Ed Sheeran’s latest release is a hot sauce called Tingly Ted’s
Ed Sheeran’s latest release isn’t an album: it’s his own hot sauce brand. It’s called ‘Tingly Ted’s’ and comes in two variants.
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Marketing Manager – Driift – London
Driift are helping to facilitate an evolution in live music. We produce and promote world-class livestream ticketed events, while delivering all the tech solutions, production capabilities and streaming functionality required within an artist-sensitive and deeply creative approach. At Driift we are very passionate about marketing and are looking for someone that wants to question […]
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Music’s problem with AI training may not be the one you expect
Many of the recent controversies around creative visual AIs – those that create images mainly – have focused on training materials.
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Source: Music ally
Fortnite enlists Bandcamp to curate an in-game radio station
Epic Games acquired music platform Bandcamp just over a year ago. Now the latter is curating a Fortnite in-game radio station.
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Source: Music ally
Spotify’s TikTok-style discovery feed may be ready for action
It’s now nearly 15 months since Spotify started testing a vertically-scrolling music video discovery feed, inspired by TikTok ‘For You’.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok swaps TuneCore for FUGA as SoundOn distribution partner
TikTok’s SoundOn distribution arm is enjoying a busy start to 2023. Now it has switched distribution partners to FUGA.
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Source: Music ally
Lickd seals metaverse music deals with Empire and Kobalt
The licensing models for music in the metaverse – specifically virtual worlds and online games – are famously… nascent.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube, Meta, Twitter and Spotify (sort of) reveal their EU user figures
Last week we reported on TikTok’s announcement that it now has 150 million monthly active users (MAUs) in Europe.
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Amazon Music adds ‘Sleep Science’ playlist from AI music startup Endel
AI music firm Endel has found a new frontier for its sleep tracks: Amazon Music. It has launched a ‘Sleep Science’ playlist with the DSP.
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Source: Music ally
Snapchat reveals that it now has 750m monthly active users
Snap announces the latest figures for its Snapchat app on a quarterly basis. For example, it ended 2022 with 375 million daily active users.
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Source: Music ally
Instagram is adding messaging-based ‘broadcast channels’
Is Instagram about photos, or videos, or messaging? The obvious answer: all three, and that third prong is getting a big new feature.
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Source: Music ally
Sonos enlists Deezer to power its Sonos Radio streaming services
Sonos launched its ad-supported Sonos Radio streaming service in April 2020, and followed it up with a subscription tier.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down, replaced by CPO Neal Mohan
YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl recently left the company to take the top job at Warner Music Group.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok debuts Next Gen rap program and hits new Euro milestone
TikTok’s latest music-focused campaign is happening in the UK, and it’s based around homegrown hip-hop artists.
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Source: Music ally
Country Profile – Australia 2023
Recorded music sales in Australia reached a 15-year high in 2021, with optimism just starting to return to the market.
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Australian music body ARIA criticises TikTok over music test
TikTok limiting users from using certain commercial tracks in its app in Australia as a ‘test’ was guaranteed to go down badly with labels.
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Source: Music ally
SourceAudio sues Utopia Music over alleged acquisition collapse
Utopia Music bought a lot of companies during its rise to prominence in 2021 and 2022, but a firm that it *didn’t* buy is now a headache.
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Source: Music ally
Ex-WMG boss Steve Cooper gets into NFTs with OneOf board role
Steve Cooper may have stepped down from his last job as CEO of WMG, but he’s not shuffling away from the music industry just yet.
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Source: Music ally
Amazon Music is new lead sponsor of The Ivors songwriting awards
There’s a changing of the guard in the sponsorship roster for prestigious songwriting awards The Ivors: Apple Music out, Amazon Music in.
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Source: Music ally
Warner Chappell taps startup Song Sleuth to boost UGC revenues
Song Sleuth has built a tool to hunt down “undiscovered” royalties from user-generated content and derivative works.
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Source: Music ally
Roblox shares soar after better-than-expected financial results
There were some slightly worrying signs for gaming firm Roblox last year: falling user numbers and revenues, and a declining share price.
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Source: Music ally
Napster’s first web3 acquisition is music NFTs startup Mint Songs
Napster is buying Mint Songs, a startup that had raised $4.3m of funding to build its music NFTs marketplace.
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Source: Music ally
Keychange’s next phase has a four-point ‘Pledge Action Plan’
More than 600 music festivals and organisations have now taken Keychange’s pledge committing them to being more inclusive.
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Source: Music ally
Musicians’ Union backs FAC’s ‘100% Venues’ merch-fees campaign
The UK’s Musicians’ Union is throwing its weight behind the Featured Artists Coalition’s ‘100% Venues’ campaign.
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Source: Music ally
TikTok gets a week’s jump on Death Row Records’ streaming return
Snoop Dogg’s first act after acquiring Death Row Records was to whip its catalogue off streaming services. Now he’s putting it back on.
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Source: Music ally
Release Party rebrands as Offstage with AI-driven analytics
In 2020 we wrote about a startup called Release Party that was hosting livestreams for musicians and helping them to sell tickets.
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Source: Music ally
Yo Suzy is one of the first creative agencies for short video
Artists and their teams are facing up to the challenge of simultaneously serving TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat.
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Source: Music ally
DiMA reveals new streaming stats in Fan Engagement Report
DiMA, the US-based trade body representing music streaming services, has published a new report on streaming’s impact on listeners.
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Source: Music ally
Report: TikTok is working on a new paywalled posts feature
Rightsholders may be energetically seeking a slice of TikTok’s advertising revenue in its next set of music licensing deals.
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Source: Music ally
YouTube opens its Creator Music licensed-music library in the US
There’s money to be made in helping influencers use licensed music in their videos. TikTok certainly thinks so.
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Source: Music ally
Global independents body WIN appoints new CEO and board members
WIN is the umbrella global body for independent music, and it has a new boss – albeit one who is already part of its team.
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Source: Music ally
The latest music-streaming app is from… the Arizona Lottery?
Do the music streaming and gambling industries make for easy bedfellows? We’re about to find out with a new launch in the US.
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Spotify has a new activist investor: ValueAct Capital Management
When you hear the term ‘activist investor’ it can conjure up visions of barnstormingly angry speeches at shareholder meetings.
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Source: Music ally
NMPA boss talks AI music: ‘This is not necessarily bad…’
The boss of the US-based National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has been giving his views on creative AI.
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Ultra Music Publishing doubles down on Afrobeats in Nigeria
Ultra Music Publishing is the latest western music company to step up its activities in West Africa, with a new ‘creative hub’ in Lagos.
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Source: Music ally
MMF’s music managers accelerator gets 24-strong cohort for 2023
British management body the MMF has announced the latest cohort for its Accelerator Programme for Music Managers.
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Source: Music ally
How DO streaming algorithms change the way we listen to music?
Shall we start with a gripe? It’s time to stop talking so distrustfully about ‘the algorithms of the streaming services’.
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Source: Music ally
Improving representation in music – and what Youth Music is doing to create change (Guest column)
This is a guest post from Matt Griffiths, CEO of UK charity Youth Music. He discusses diversity and representation in the UK music industry, explores the challenges that still exist, and explains how Youth Music is tackling the issue. Representation within the industry is a systemic issue. With the BRIT Awards taking place this weekend, conversations about the […]
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Source: Music ally
IMI chairman predicts some Indian music services ‘may just vanish’
If you read our new India country profile yesterday you’ll know about industry body IMI’s desire to grow paid streaming subscriptions there.
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WMG revenues fall but new CEO says ‘music is still undervalued’
If you need another nudge on music streaming’s boom times facing their biggest challenge yet, yesterday’s WMG financials may provide it.
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Spotify is giving listeners more control of their taste profiles
Music streaming services are pretty good at analysing what you listen to, and using that as the basis for new recommendations.
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Source: Music ally
Now Hybe moves to take a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment
We wrote about tech firm Kakao buying a stake in Korean music company SM Entertainment earlier this week, but now it’s been joined by Hybe.
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Source: Music ally
Tribe XR takes its virtual-reality DJ lessons into hospitals
One of the most interesting and inventive music apps for VR headsets is Tribe XR, which teaches people to DJ on a set of virtual decks.
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Music NFTs roundup: Vault, Revelator, Guzzu…
FanDuel is one of the biggest names in the sports-betting world. Now its founders are getting into music NFTs with their new startup Vault.
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Source: Music ally
Swedish artist Theoz set for three-month concert on Roblox
Theoz, a popular influencer and musician in Sweden, is launching the ‘Theoz Vinterland’ experience on Roblox on14 February.
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Source: Music ally
Music Ally Quarterly Report :: Looking ahead to 2023
This report aims to provide cut-through on the big issues that we think will dominate 2023. In it, we’ve isolated the innovative ideas from some of the most influential thinkers across the music industry – and then drawn out the key learnings for you to take forward as the year unfolds. In this report, four key perspectives on the coming […]
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Hybe makes a move into hip-hop with Quality Control acquisition
It’s been clear for some time that Hybe’s global ambitions stretch well beyond the K-Pop that built the company in South Korea.
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Source: Music ally
Songtradr agrees acquisition deal for B2B music firm 7digital
Music licensing firm Songtradr has long had an eye for an acquisition: Big Sync Music in 2019, CueSongs in 2020, Pretzel in 2021…
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Music investment firm MusicBird secures $100m for rights deals
Despite speculation that the boom time for music catalogue valuations may be coming to an end, you still need a hefty war-chest.
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Source: Music ally
#LetTheMusicMove campaign expands to US over visa-cost fears
In 2021 at the height of the British government’s self-made Brexit mess, a campaign called #LetTheMusicMove launched in the UK.
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Source: Music ally
African streaming service Mdundo now has 23.4m active users
Mdundo is one of the well-established music streaming services in Africa, and as a public company we get a regular insight into its growth.
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Source: Music ally
David Guetta replicated Eminem with an AI (but won’t release the track)
News that David Guetta’s latest track features Eminem may not raise an eyebrow: the latest in a long line of big-name collaborations…
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Misogyny in music: ‘The imposter syndrome is created by the systems’
Today saw the second evidence session of the UK Parliament’s inquiry into misogyny in music and the music industry.
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Senior Director, Release Management (12 Month FTC) – AWAL – London
The Senior Director of Release Management oversees the global AWAL Release Management team (2 people based in New York and 3 people based in London). The team is responsible for accurate and timely creation of AWAL Recordings releases for digital and physical distribution and liaises with artist teams and internal teams to handle all aspects […]
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Senior Digital Marketing Manager (12 Month FTC) – The Orchard – London
We’re looking for an experienced digital music marketing manager for a 1 year Maternity cover to promote The Orchard’s distributed artists in the UK, Europe and beyond. The ideal candidate’s speciality lies in creating and executing strategic digital marketing campaigns designed to generate publicity and awareness, build audiences, engage fans and drive sales and revenue […]
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Behind The Campaign :: Anumita Nadesan
Harshit Agarwal and Raghav Meattle of Big Bang Music explain how they worked with Anumita to capitalise on her social media growth.
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Campaigns :: 8 February 2023 – Rihanna & Apple Music, Warner & Roblox, Spinnin’ Records, Dr Dre
Interesting and inventive new campaigns from Rihanna & Apple Music, Warner & Roblox, Spinnin’ Records, and Dr Dre.
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Tools :: Hoo.be
Smartlinks now play a vital role in music marketing campaigns. And the marketplace of link providers has grown accordingly – and so has competition among them. Platforms are constantly evolving and adding new features and integrations to diversify themselves and offer a USP to customers. Hoo.be is a relative newcomer, launching in 2021 – eight […]
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Country Profile – India 2023
This Country Profile is by our correspondent Amit Gurbaxani, who writes regularly for Music Ally on the Indian music industry.
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Source: Music ally
Biden talks crackdown on ticketing fees and kids’ data collection
US president Joe Biden gave his annual State Of The Union address last night, including a couple of legislative priorities relevant to music.
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Source: Music ally
Believe hails its billion-euro digital sales year in 2022
Distributor Believe isn’t publishing its financial results for 2022 until mid-March, but it’s pulling a stat out early to trumpet its success.
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Source: Music ally
Ticketmaster details ‘arms race against abusive ticket scalping’
There are two narratives around ticketing in the US at the moment. First, politicians piling into Live Nation / Ticketmaster…
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Warner Music buys majority stake in Indian music firm Divo
Warner Music Group’s expansion in India is continuing this morning with its latest investment: in digital media firm Divo.
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Source: Music ally
More K-Pop consolidation as Kakao buys into SM Entertainment
Fresh from selling a 4.2% stake to mobile games firm Com2uS in November, South Korean music company SM Entertainment now has another investor.
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Source: Music ally
IPO publishes study on contract adjustment and rights reversion
Contract adjustment and rights reversion are hot topics in the UK’s debate about changes to the streaming economy.
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Source: Music ally
MediaMuv co-founder accepts plea deal over $23m YouTube fraud
One of the most shocking stories in the streaming economy was a court case involving $23m of YouTube music royalties.
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Utopia sells music-biz directory Rostr back to its founders
Utopia Music’s recent reorganisation has seen its CEO depart, as well as a proportion of its staff laid off.
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NME revives famous ‘C-Series’ mixtapes as streaming playlists
Music Ally readers (and, indeed, writers) of a certain age and musical preference still mist over at the mention of ‘C86’.
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Microsoft taps ChatGPT to launch its ‘new Bing’ search engine
In our report yesterday on the emerging competition around conversational AIs and online search, we noted that Microsoft was holding an event.
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AI music startup WaveAI launches a tool for human songwriters
Here’s another story for the narrative of AI-music startups developing tools for humans’ creativity, rather than displacing them.
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FTC accepts decision that Meta can acquire music startup Within
It seems that Meta really will be completing its long-planned acquisition of virtual reality music-fitness startup Within.
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Midia Research sees fixing streaming as an ‘impossible equation’
Can any attempt to ‘fix’ streaming succeed in pleasing musicians, rightsholders AND streaming services? Midia Research fears not.
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Is the music biz ready for a world of conversational search AIs?
Nick Cave may not be a fan of conversational AI ChatGPT, but he’s certainly not scared of it. Y’know who might be scared of it? Google.
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UK study finds a sharp increase in online music infringers
Piracy isn’t as big a headline issue for the music industry nowadays as it was in the early 2000s. Which doesn’t mean it has gone away.
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TikTok launches its SoundOn distribution program in Australia
TikTok is rolling out its SoundOn distribution arm in another country, and… let’s just say the timing is interesting.
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YouTube Music workers strike over return-to-office policy
A group of workers involved in YouTube Music’s content operations have begun a strike. The staff are subcontractors for the music service.
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UMG expands its partnership with climate organisation Reverb
Environmental non-profit organisation Reverb has been working with lots of musicians and music companies in the US.
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JKBX plans to launch with $4bn+ of investable music rights
JKBX is the startup founded by former WMG / The Orchard executive Scott Cohen in late 2022, with the aim of selling music catalogue rights.
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1 Million Strong: ‘We can expand music culture to include sobriety’
The latest effort focusing on the wellbeing of musicians comes from the US, with an open letter to the music industry from 1 Million Strong.
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Production Music Sales Representative (UK) – FreshTracks – London/Remote
Production music sales representative who can respond individually to clients’ needs, enjoys travelling, and doesn’t shy away from rejection. All of our work revolves around music, from the development of our music database to our own production. LONG STORY An established Czech family business that facilitates the work of audiovisual designers internationally. Technology and […]
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Spotify CEO reveals more on healthcare startup Neko Health
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s interest in health-tech is already known, but now we have more details on a specific venture he’s involved with.
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web3 music: ‘The breakout moment isn’t Snoop Dogg dropping a collection’
It makes headlines when famous artists release a collection of NFTs, but the real innovation may come from independent musicians.
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Spotify turns to the crowd for artist and album pages ideas
When Spotify’s Chris Stoneman asked Twitter for some ideas on how to improve its artist and album pages, he got plenty of responses.
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SiriusXM hits self-pay record but Pandora is still declining
SiriusXM has published its year-end financial results for 2022. Overall, its business held up to the year’s economic headwinds well.
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YouTube’s ad revenues were down 7.8% in final quarter of 2022
Alphabet published its latest financials yesterday and they reveal a worrying trend for YouTube: a decline in its advertising revenues.
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Apple and Amazon publish their financial results for Q4 2022
It’s peak financial results season, with Apple and Amazon announcing their latest numbers yesterday, with mixed performances.
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DIY artists now account for a quarter of Spotify’s music streams
Music licensed to Spotify by the three major labels and indie licensing agency Merlin accounted for around 75% of Spotify streams in 2022.
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And the winner is…: measuring the impact of awards on streaming
This article from Last.fm is Partner Content. Win an award, sell lots of records. That used to be the equation (or certainly the presumption) in the music business. In the days and weeks after an award ceremony, record labels would put “award-winning” stickers on the front of LPs and CDs, renewing their promotional efforts and […]
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Label Manager – LuckyMe – London
Company Description “…one of the most innovative record labels of the decade, acclaimed for distinctive visual arts projects” LUCKYME® was founded in 2007: a product of the scene around Glasgow’s School of Art but quickly growing to include like-minded artists across the world. In 2015 LUCKYME® partnered with Warp. Now headquartered in Warp’s London office with a […]
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Creative Producer – Warp Records – London
Company Description For over 30 years, Warp Records has been a synonym for adventures in sound and vision. We are a leading independent label, working with ground-breaking and influential artists, including Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Yves Tumor, Kelela, Nightmares on Wax, Squid, Oneohtrix Point Never, Nala Sinephro, Autechre, Stereolab and more. Job Description Warp is looking for an […]
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Country Profile – Czech Republic 2023
Away from mainstream music business attention, the Czech Republic is quietly flourishing
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White House’s NTIA says current app store models are ‘harmful’
Another front has opened up in the pressure on Apple and Google to make changes to the way their mobile app stores work.
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Dr Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ returns to DSPs with new merch in tow
Dr Dre’s album ‘The Chronic’ was removed from streaming services last year in the wake of Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records.
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BELEM seeks publishers and songwriters for lyric translations
BELEM is the European Union-funded consortium announced last December with €2m of funding to explore lyric translation.
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Peloton CEO says the company’s ‘epic comeback’ is underway
After emerging as one of the big winners of the early lockdowns in the Covid-19 pandemic, fitness firm Peloton has been enduring tough times.
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Meta wins latest stage in battle to buy music startup Within
Meta announced plans to buy VR startup Within – the company behind music-fitness service Supernatural – in late 2021.
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TikTok is testing limits on using songs in its app in Australia
The latest skirmish in TikTok’s ongoing licensing negotiations with music rightsholders appears to be taking place in Australia.
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UK government rethinks plans for AI-training copyright exception
One of the big debates about creative AI technology at the moment concerns how these models are trained – especially on copyrighted content.
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Snapchat ended 2022 with 375m users but flat revenue growth
Snapchat’s parent company Snap announced its latest quarterly financial results yesterday. Its app ended 2022 with 375 million daily users.
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Beatport buys a majority stake in electronic music brand IMS
Beatport has been one of the more acquisitive music companies in recent years, and yesterday it announced its latest deal.
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Encore Music Tech Solutions launches with Empire Publishing deal
Startup Encore Music Tech Solutions has launched to help more music companies modernise their royalties and payments systems.
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Aimi’s new app lets listeners interact with its musical AI
We know startup Aimi as the company behind an app that provides adaptive electronic music using its AI system.
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Unison files new lawsuit against Spanish collecting society SGAE
The collecting societies sector in Spain has a chequered history. SGAE was expelled from global societies body CISAC in 2019.
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Utopia Music promises a ‘faster, leaner’ company as CEO departs
Changes are brewing at Utopia Music with the announcement yesterday that CEO Markku Mäkeläinen has left the company.
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UMG’s DSP talks include bonus pools and superfan subscriptions
We reported on Universal Music Group’s announcement yesterday that it’s working with Tidal on a new economic model for streaming.
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Spotify CEO on spending decisions: ‘I probably got a little carried away’
Regrets? He had a few, but Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also defended his company’s spending decisions in 2022 in the company’s Q4 earnings call.
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