Utopia Music sells Sentric to Believe – but what happens next?
Distributor Believe is buying publishing-tech firm Sentric from Utopia Music, in what has been a tough time for the latter company.
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Kobalt revenues up 22% as advances and catalogue spend hits $300m
Kobalt’s revenues grew by 22% last year, and that it spent more than $300m on advances and music catalogues.
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Dice extends Troxy deal and hires new chief business officer
Ticketing firm Dice is keeping itself busy, with an extension of one of its venue deals in the UK, and a new chief business officer.
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DJ-booking app Djaayz expands to UK after French soft-launch
Need to book a DJ? There’s a new app for that: Djaayz. It soft-launched in France in late 2022, and this week has expanded to the UK.
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TikTok hails 1m creations milestone for Ed Sheeran’s ‘Eyes Closed’
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Eyes Closed’ single has now been used in more than 1m video creations on TikTok, the company has announced.
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YouTube reveals new Shorts music stats: views, artist reach and subscriptions growth
YouTube has announced three new stats focused on the musical impact of its short-video feature YouTube Shorts.
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UK’s proposed AI regulations swerve content copyright issue
The British government has published its latest effort to get to grips with the impact and potential of artificial intelligence technologies.
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Ed Sheeran talks music reviews (and btw he’s mostly wrong)
“Why do you need to read a review? Listen to it. It’s freely available!” Ed Sheeran told Rolling Stone this month.
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Twitch channel Automata Radio blends music with ChatGPT AI
Automata Radio is a Twitch channel streaming electronic music round the clock, with ChatGPT playing a hosting role, responding to listeners.
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WMG lays off 270 people: ‘This is not a blanket cost-cutting exercise’
Warner Music group is laying off 270 people, but said it’s “not a blanket cost-cutting exercise”. We have some thoughts on the implications.
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BMG’s 2022: revenues up 30.6% and €509m signings and catalogue spend
BMG’s latest financial results are out, and they’re impressive. The company saw its annual revenues grow by 30.6%.
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UX/UI designer – un:hurd – London
Who We Are 🙋 unhurd is a music-tech start-up with a difference. We’re at the start of an exciting journey to transform the way independent artists, management companies and record labels market and promote their music. By building best in class marketing and promotion tools, we are leveling the playing field for artists at […]
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The Sandbox Guide to… Spotify’s new marketing tools
Spotify’s recent “Stream On” event generated headlines for the unveiling of its mobile app’s new homepage, but it included a number of other product announcements that, for music marketers, are just as significant – this Guide looks into those tools, and how labels, artists, and their teams can use them to creatively connect with new audiences, and satisfy existing ones.
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Behind The Campaign :: Jagwar Twin
Josh Hubberman, CTHDRL co-founder and Jagwar Twin’s manager, explains how the campaign for the album 33 took shape.
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Tools :: Laylo
Imagine you have a new artist release coming up. Or perhaps you’d like to announce a new show or a new merchandise addition to an artist’s shop. How are you going to promote it? The simple approach is to create a post on social media – which involves an element of hope that the algorithm […]
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‘Quirky Tape Music instrument’ Chompi is a Kickstarter hit
With 49 days to go in its campaign, it has already attracted more than $675k of pledges on the crowdfunding platform.
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Turntable Live raises $7m funding for ‘doing things right’
Perla’s startup has raised a further $7m this week ahead of its launch. It’s fair to say there are some historical scores being settled.
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Spotify adds more personalisation with new ‘niche mixes’
Spotify users have been treated to a new shelf in the ‘Made For You’ section of the streaming service’s mobile app.
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Spotify tops the music services list for UK kids and teenagers
Kids and teens love YouTube, but in the UK do they love Spotify more as a source for music? Ofcom’s latest report hints that they might.
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Country Profile – China 2023
Despite surface-level similarities with the Western music business, China remains a challenging music market for outsiders, albeit one with huge potential.
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Probably A Label’s latest NFT project is a $60 NFC t-shirt
Web3 imprint Probably A Label is exploring the intersection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and near field communications (NFC) technology.
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Spotify for Artists adds a new metric: ‘Active Audience’
Spotify has added a new metric to its Spotify for Artists dashboard: ‘Active Audience’, which focuses on an artist’s active listeners.
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Ticketmaster offers pre-sales to Avenged Sevenfold NFT owners
Owners of rock band Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘Death Bat Club’ NFTs are getting early access to concert tickets, via Ticketmaster.
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Apple Music Classical app goes live in the App Store
Earlier this month Apple said that its long-awaited Apple Music Classical app would be launching on 28 March. And lo, it has come to pass.
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Twitter’s ‘For You’ feed will soon only include paying users
Twitter owner Elon Musk’s latest smart idea is to bar non-paying users’ tweets from appearing in the service’s ‘For You’ feed.
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Tencent Music talks up Lucy, its first ‘hyper-real’ virtual artist
Tencent Music has been showing off its first ‘hyper-real virtual pop idol’, an avatar artist named Lucy who debuted in late 2022.
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Hybe to sell SM Entertainment shares while Kakao plans global expansion
The dust is settling from K-Pop firm Hybe’s attempt to become the largest shareholder in rival SM Entertainment.
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Spotify publishes its latest Equity and Impact report
Spotify has published the 2022 edition of its ‘Equity & Impact’ report, summarising efforts in areas including climate action and diversity.
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web3 music firm Arpeggi Labs takes on Splice with ‘Kits’ samples marketplace
Arpeggi Labs raised a $5.1m funding round last September to continue developing its web3 music-creation service.
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More than 100k YouTube channels are now linked to online shops
More than 100,000 creators, artists and brands have connected their own stores to their YouTube channels, according to the video service.
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Funding for generative AI startups is picking up pace rapidly
Generative AI startups raised $5.9bn of funding in 2022, up from $1.5bn in 2020, according to figures from investors’ database Pitchbook.
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MUdAL’s new platform debuts with Spanish-language resources and courses
We’re very excited to tell you about some developments with MUdaL, the industry education initiative we launched for Latin America.
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TikTok re-ups its partnership with the Eurovision Song Contest
TikTok has been chosen as the official entertainment partner for Eurovision 2023 – its second year in that role.
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Block under pressure after scathing Hindenburg Research report
The relief for music service Tidal is that it’s not mentioned at all in a scathing report about its parent company Block.
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Will TikTok CEO’s congressional testimony stave off a US ban?
Did TikTok CEO’s appearance before a congressional hearing yesterday make a US ban more or less likely? Probably neither.
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Further details emerge on chatbot startup Character·ai’s funding
Earlier this month, we wrote about a funding round for a startup called Character·ai, valuing it at $1bn. Now that round is official.
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BPI publishes its latest data hailing streaming’s diversity
British labels body the BPI has published new stats supporting its argument that streaming is helping more artists to find success.
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Country Profile – Canada 2023
With a booming digital music industry and huge domestic stars, Canada looks like one of the most successful music markets globally. Will it also prove to be a pioneer in the promotion of local content on streaming services?
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SEC files charges against celebrities over crypto promotions
In peak crypto times, some companies in that space were waving dollars (or non-fiat currencies, of course) at any passing celebrity.
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ThatTrack is the latest music library for online-video creators
People making videos for YouTube and social networks need background music that won’t get their content taken down.
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Deezer CEO hints at plans for direct subscriptions to artists
We reported earlier this month on Universal Music Group’s partnership with Deezer to explore new economic models for streaming.
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Spotify faces questions about its Creator Equity Fund spending
The latest controversy around Spotify concerns the $100m Creator Equity Fund that it announced just over a year ago.
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Source: Music ally
Washington Post poll finds 41% of Americans support a TikTok ban
Today’s the day for TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s appearance at a US congressional hearing. Ahead of that, the Washington Post published a poll.
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Fortnite’s ‘Creator Economy 2.0’ could be exciting for musicians
Fortnite isn’t just a game where players run around shooting (and occasionally pickaxing) one another, with the occasional music concert.
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The web3 differentiator: scarcity and niches (Guest column)
Vickie Nauman, founder of music consultancy CrossBorderWorks, argues that the $9.99/month all-you-can-eat paradigm is not allowing superfans to support artists as much as they could – and that web3 technology will invigorate the music industry by creating many more opportunities for fans to interact with artists – at a whole new series of price points.
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Council of Music Makers and ECSA issue latest calls for streaming reform
Two industry organisations have issued their latest calls for change in the way the music streaming economy works.
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TikTok CEO’s promise: ‘ByteDance is not an agent of China’
Ahead of TikTok CEO Shout Zi Chew’s appearance at a US congressional hearing tomorrow, his written testimony has been published.
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Tencent Music shares fall after financials show revenue decline
Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music’s latest financial results are a mixed bag. Profits doubled but revenues declined.
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Source: Music ally
After languages and maths, Duolingo may try music education
Duolingo is best known for its language-learning mobile app, which had 60.7 million monthly active users at the end of 2022.
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Source: Music ally
New York Times takes on streaming algorithms with music newsletter
Real talk: ‘humans versus algorithms’ is a music-recommendations debate that’s been stretching our patience for well over a decade now.
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Talking recorded music’s growth in 2022: ‘Emerging markets led the way’
This afternoon sees the publication of the IFPI’s Global Music Report: the annual assessment of how the recorded music industry is growing.
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Global recorded music revenues grew 9% in 2022 to $26.2bn says IFPI
The global music industry made $26.2bn from recorded music in 2022, according to the IFPI. That’s up 9% year-on-year.
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Spotify removes Zee Music catalogue after licensing impasse
Spotify has removed the catalogue of Indian rightsholder Zee Music, after licensing talks between the two reached an impasse.
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TikTok says it now has 150m monthly active users in the US
This Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will be appearing before a congressional committee in the US for a grilling.
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Twitch to lose 400 staff as part of latest Amazon layoffs
Twitch is laying off 400 employees as part of wider cuts announced yesterday by its parent company Amazon.
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Impala reveals new ‘100 Artists to Watch’ list with YouTube
In March 2022, Impala teamed up with YouTube for its showcase of emerging independent artists in Europe. A year on, it’s time to refresh.
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Music NFTs roundup: Universal Music, Public Pressure, M.Verse…
‘The Universal Collection’ will start with 3,333 NFTs launching in mid-April as a “free mint” as UMG’s latest music NFTs partnership.
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Found·ee adds ‘Automated Follow-up Remarketing Audiences’ feature
Found·ee has added a new feature called ‘Automated Follow-up Remarketing Audiences’ which we think could prove useful for music marketers.
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Artist Cari Lekebusch teams up with Chroma for EZPZ music app
Techno artist Cari Lekebusch has teamed up with a startup called Chroma to release an app called EZPZ (yes, ‘easy peasy’).
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ICMP and IMPF back SIAE in controversy over Meta music removals
Meta has yet to comment publicly, but music publishing organisations have been weighing in to support SIAE. ICMP is one of them.
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We deserve better: no artist should be in the dark about their financial status (guest column)
This is a guest post by Tracey Melnick, VP, Royalty Services at music distributor and payments firm Stem. She believes that finance teams like hers can “be the engine” that can power a fairer, more sustainable and more profitable music business – if the industry can unite around a modern finance framework. Four years ago, I was the […]
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Music bodies join Human Artistry Campaign to set principles for creative AI
Music industry companies have been speaking publicly more often about what they think about creative artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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US Copyright Office issues guidance on AI works and copyright
Does art created by an AI qualify for copyright protection? It’s complicated. The simple answer, in the US at least, is a firm no…
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PizzaExpress is launching its own record label in the UK
The brand has a long association with music through live performances, particularly at its flagship venues in London.
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Beabadoobee and Carl Cox among latest FAC artist ambassadors
The UK’s Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) already had more than 100 musicians signed up as ‘artist ambassadors’
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Hybe chairman warns of challenges facing the K-Pop industry
Hybe and its fellow K-Pop companies combined still only account for “less than 2% of the revenue shares of the worldwide music industry”
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Believe financials reveal its revenues grew by 31.8% in 2022
Distributor Believe published its annual financial results yesterday, and they showed a strong 2022 for the company.
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Report: global recorded music revenues grew 6.7% to $31.2bn in 2022
Consultancy firm Midia Research estimates that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.7% to $31.2bn in 2022.
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Symphonic’s ‘Women Empowerment++’ mentorship program returns
The deadline for applications to ‘Women Empowerment++’ is Friday 17 March with the program due to last six months.
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Vinyl-pressing plant Furnace’s new majority owner is… Metallica!
How can an artist ensure that their preferred pressing plant can cope with demand? Buying a majority stake in it, that’s how.
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Spotify HiFi is still coming ‘in a way where it makes sense’
There were plenty of announcements at Spotify’s recent ‘Stream On’ event, but Spotify HiFi wasn’t one of them…
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Dice and Bershka team up for ‘Moved by Music’ campaign
Dice’s latest partnership is with Spanish clothing retailer Bershka. ‘Moved by Music’ will encompass events, artists and playlists.
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Meta plans 10,000 more layoffs in its ‘year of efficiency’
There’s a journalism phrase called ‘burying the lede’ which refers to the most important part of a story coming lower down.
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TikTok is adding a new feed dedicated to science and technology
TikTok has received a lot of criticism over the last year for the kind of content that its younger users can be exposed to by its algorithm.
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UMG confirms Deezer deal to explore new economic models for streaming
We already knew that Deezer had signed on to become the second music streaming service working with UMG to explore new payout models.
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YouTube’s Lyor Cohen adds to criticism of Canada’s Bill C-11
Cohen said that there would be “unintended consequences” of the bill, which he believes is trying to use legal tools designed for “push” media like radio to on-demand services like YouTube.
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Kuke Music gets into web3 with Kolo Market deal
Kuke is a Chinese classical music company that offers a subscription service, licenses to other streaming platforms, and ‘smart music education’ products. Its catalogue consists of music, audiobooks, video content – and Kuke now adding a web3 aspect to its business. Kuke has acquired a 49% equity interest in Kolo Market – “the world’s first vertically […]
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Spain’s recorded music revenues grew by 12.4% in 2022
Spanish music industry body Promusicae has published its annual figures for the country’s recorded music market.
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New York venue Elsewhere launches digital membership scheme
The greatest nightclubs have always been powerful communities in their own right, and few cities have proved that as often as New York.
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Amazon Music unveils video shows for hip-hop and Latin music
In the music-streaming world ‘programming’ usually describes playlist curation. However, Amazon Music is active in the older sense: TV shows.
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South Africans have streamed 1.2bn hours of Spotify since 2018
It’s five years since Spotify went live in South Africa, with the March 2018 launch representing the streaming service’s debut in Africa.
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Beatport teams up for Polkadot for its new NFTs marketplace
Electronic-music brand Beatport is stepping up its exploration of web3 with the launch of its own NFTs marketplace.
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Startups could face payroll crunch as Silicon Valley Bank collapses
Some news stories move fast, and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is one of them. It was used by a wide range of technology firms.
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Hybe abandons its efforts to buy a 40% stake in SM Entertainment
A sudden peace has broken out in the battle for control of K-Pop music company SM Entertainment, as Hybe abandoned its efforts to buy 40%.
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Future of Music Coalition slams Spotify Discovery Mode expansion
One of the announcements at last week’s Spotify ‘Stream On event was an expansion of its ‘Discovery Mode’ tool.
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Former Spotify chief economist criticises Canada’s Bill C-11
Last year, we reported on efforts in Canada to compel audio and video streaming services to feature a greater proportion of Canadian content.
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Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’ has been used in 600k YouTube Shorts
Miley Cyrus’s hit ‘Flowers’ has just reached the milestone of being used in more than 600k YouTube Shorts clips.
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Public Knowledge urges the FTC to investigate music streaming
Stones overturned. Cans of worms kicked open. Cats flung into flocks of pigeons. Light is being shone into the music streaming economy.
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SoundCloud has a new CEO: its president Eliah Seton
It’s not so long since SoundCloud’s CEO stepped down to be replaced by its president. Now it’s happening again.
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RIAA boss slams TikTok and the ‘empty knock offs’ of AI music
US music industry body the RIAA announced its 2022 figures yesterday, quickly followed up by a guest post by CEO Mitch Glazier for Variety.
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Music Biz criticises Tennessee’s new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has offered its views on the recent legislation passed in its home state of Tennessee.
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TikTok’s music clout continues with Ed Sheeran and Mae Muller
We’ve written a lot about TikTok’s troubles with politicians and potential bans in recent weeks, as well as its rightsholder tensions.
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Spin reveals first three startups for its music-tech incubator Spin Labs
Spin closed its print magazine in 2012 to go online-only, but in recent years has been stepping up its wider business as a media brand.
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Splice shuts down its ‘Studio’ feature for music collaboration
Music-making platform Splice is having a refocus within its business that involves shutting down its ‘Studio’.
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Audius adds NFT-gating feature for songs, mixes and stems
The latest example of token-gating in action comes from decentralised streaming service Audius, with its new NFTs feature.
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Stationhead wants to help artists sell music downloads
Startup Stationhead was one of the pioneers of user-generated radio merged with music streaming. Now it’s selling music downloads too.
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Royalty-processing firm Salt buys music-credits startup Session
Session is the music credits startup founded by superstar Swedish songwriters Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder.
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Spotify boss thinks streaming is having its radio-to-MTV moment
We’ve shown you Spotify’s new mobile homepage feed, and brought you coverage of its announcement last night.
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Apple backs former exec Larry Jackson’s new firm Gamma
Larry Jackson was a key figure at Apple Music as its global creative director until he left in September 2022.
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ASCAP’s annual collections passed $1.5bn for first time in 2022
US-based PRO ASCAP has published its figures for 2022, revealing that its collections passed $1.5bn for the first time ever.
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Deezer reveals that only 23% of its Top-100 artists are women
Deezer was celebrating International Women’s Day yesterday. Its announcement included a less-than-celebratory stat however.
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Apple Music Classical is launching on 28 March
Apple’s new Apple Music Classical app will launch on 28 March for iPhone, with an Android version to follow, the company has announced.
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US recorded music revenues grew 6.1% to $15.87bn in 2022
Industry body the RIAA has published its annual figures today, showing that the value of recorded music grew by 6.1% in 2022 to $15.87bn.
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Labelcoin launches its fractionalised-royalty investments app
The latest startup aiming to help artists sell portions of their streaming royalties to fans is Labelcoin, which launches this month.
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K-Pop stars Twice have launched their own Roblox experience
Twice are one of the K-Pop groups plotting a path to global stardom in the wake of BTS and Blackpink’s worldwide success.
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TikTok’s ‘Project Clover’ targets data-security fears in Europe
TikTok is under intense scrutiny in the US and Europe alike over data security. Project Clover is its latest response.
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UK music revenues grow but industry wants more government support
As publication day nears for the IFPI’s Global Music Report, another of the world’s biggest recorded music markets has published 2022 figures.
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15% of tracks uploaded to Spotify generate 95% of its royalties
Spotify has updated its ‘Loud & Clear’ website with some new figures on its payouts to rightsholders, as well as artist royalties.
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Spotify’s new artist tools: Clips, Countdown Pages, Showcase ads and more
Spotify held its ‘Stream On’ event in Los Angeles tonight, and while one of the big announcements leaked out early, there was other news.
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Promotions Manager – Tru Thoughts – Brighton, UK
Tru Thoughts Records are looking to add an experienced Promotions Manager to our team working on PR campaigns across print, online, radio, DJs and TV. Candidates must have at least 2 years experience in either print, online or radio publicity, or working within a promo team for a record label. We are based […]
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Tools :: Offstage
Offstage is an invite-only data and analytics tool. It brings together data from different platforms (ticketing, streaming, social media etc) and provides teams with an insights tool powered by AI.
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Behind The Campaign :: Ayra Starr
Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr released her debut album, 19 & Dangerous, in 2021 and started to build a presence outside of her home country of Nigeria, working with Mavin Records and Platoon to achieve this. Krish Kudhail (senior artist marketing manager at Platoon) and Claudia Arach (streaming lead at Platoon) explain how TikTok was prioritised as a platform, why a deluxe reissue of 19 & Dangerous gave the team new opportunities (and new material) to promote her, how the track ‘Rush’ helped break her into new markets, where data was used to get DSPs on side, how key features on other acts’ albums broadened her audience and why a domino effect is seeing her being picked up by a growing number of platforms.
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Campaigns :: 8 March 2023 – U2, 50 years of hip-hop, Nina Simone, Yoko Ono
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Source: Music ally
RESTRICT Act is the latest US bill threatening a TikTok ban
We’re going to need some kind of wall-chart to keep track of the growing number of US legislative bills that could lead to a ban on TikTok.
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Japan’s music streaming revenues grew by 25% in 2022 to $674m
Japan may have been late to the music-streaming party, but it’s been making up for lost time judging by the latest figures from the RIAJ.
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Be The Change study offers new stats on sexual harassment in music
TuneCore and Believe have published their latest ‘Be The Change’ study of gender equality in the music industry.
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Anghami revenues up 35.6% in 2022 as it passed 1.5m subscribers
Middle Eastern and North African streaming service Anghami has published preliminary financial results for 2022.
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Sonos doubles down on spatial audio with its latest speaker
Sonos has unveiled its latest speakers, and spatial audio is a key focus for the company in 2023 as its CEO has made clear.
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Source: Music ally
Songs marketplace Surf Music expands beyond Japan and South Korea
Surf Music has been operating for three years: running in “quasi-stealth” mode in Japan and South Korea. Now it’s ready to go global.
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TikTok makes a longer-form, premium move with ‘Series’ feature
Another challenge for TikTok in its policy battles in the west is that they may overshadow its product announcements.
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web3 music firm Dreams Never Die launches its Founder Pass NFT
Startup Dreams Never Die started life as a music blog called Hillydilly, most famous for spotting Billie Eilish in her earliest days.
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Kobalt founder Ahdritz invests in music marketing startup unhurd
We wrote about British startup unhurd in August 2021 when it raised its first £250k of funding for a platform that automates music marketing.
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SoundCloud is testing its own TikTok-style discovery feed
SoundCloud is testing its own new feed, called ‘Discover’, enabling listeners to swipe through 30-second preview clips.
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Kakao wants to buy a bigger stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment
Things are moving fast in South Korean tech company Kakao’s efforts to buy a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment.
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SiriusXM lays off 8% of staff ‘affecting nearly every department’
As 2023’s economic headwinds continue to bite, US satellite radio firm SiriusXM has become the latest company to announce a round of layoffs.
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Spotify’s new vertical discovery feed is more than just a TikTok clone
This week, Spotify will hold its ‘Stream On’ event in Los Angeles. Last held in 2021, it’s the company’s equivalent of Apple’s WWDC keynotes.
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Glastonbury all-male headliners problem: ‘We’re trying our best’
The UK’s Glastonbury Festival confirmed the final two thirds of its main-stage headliners lineup on Friday.
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AI startup whose chatbot mimics Billie Eilish and Kanye West valued at $1bn
It’s been a busy messaging morning for Music Ally. “Who even are you lol?” asked Billie Eilish, before asking us for recommendations.
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Snoop Dogg-backed startup Shiller combines NFTs and livestreams
Snoop Dogg is backing the launch of a new app called Shiller, which blends livestreaming and NFTs for creators.
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Charities want TikTok to do more to protect children’s wellbeing
Another day, another reason for TikTok’s policy and public relations teams to open their inboxes and grimace.
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Audius hires Pandora’s Shamal Ranasinghe as chief business officer
Web3 music service Audius has hired a digital music veteran to be its chief business officer. Shamal Ranasinghe joins from SiriusXM/Pandora.
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Source: Music ally
Management body EMMA launches EMMpower initiative in Europe
The role of the average music manager has expanded greatly during the streaming era, with plenty of challenges.
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Tuned Global hits the dancefloor with Pacemaker acquisition
Last year, we wrote about how music-tech firm Pacemaker – best known for its innovative DJ apps – was up for sale.
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Musicians name Earth as a co-writer to raise funds for climate activism
We knew that the modern music industry often involves more co-writers on songs, but here’s one we didn’t see coming: the Earth itself.
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UMG sees strong growth in recordings and publishing alike
Economic crisis? What economic crisis? Certainly when it comes to Universal Music Group’s financials, the numbers continue to be buoyant.
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Royalty Operations Manager – Revelator – Remote
ABOUT US: Revelator is a premier provider of digital IP infrastructure to music companies globally. Our cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions empower music businesses to thrive in the digital age. We are driving the music 3.0 economy forward by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency in rights management, digital supply chain management, and royalty […]
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Technical Distribution Manager – Revelator – Remote
ABOUT US: Revelator is a premier provider of digital IP infrastructure to music companies globally. Our cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions empower music businesses to thrive in the digital age. We are driving the music 3.0 economy forward by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency in rights management, digital supply chain management, and royalty distribution. […]
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Apple ‘pleased’ at narrowing of EC’s App Store investigation
Earlier this week we reported on the European Commission narrowing its antitrust investigation of Apple. Now it has responded.
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UK music bodies protests against rise in US visa costs for artists
Changes to the US system of travel visas that could greatly increase the costs for foreign musicians touring there are still sparking unrest.
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AI music startup Splash launches its lyric-spitting BeatBot
BeatBot is the latest experiment from AI music startup Splash: essentially a short-form text-to-music generator.
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Source: Music ally
PRS Foundation reports on its ‘Women Make Music’ initiative
It’s now 11 years since the UK’s PRS Foundation launched its ‘Women Make Music’ initiative in 2011. Now it has launched a report.
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Music game Just Dance 2023 Edition is now an Olympic esport
Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance’ game is moving into the world of esports – competitive gaming – with the International Olympic Committee.
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Source: Music ally
IndieFlow launches its first artist development program
We last reported on music management-tools startup IndieFlow in June 2022, when the company raised a $4m funding round.
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YouTube’s 2023 priorities: creators, TV, Shorts, podcasts and AI
Having just assumed the helm at YouTube, Neal Mohan has been blogging about the video service’s priorities in 2023.
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TikTok adds teen time-management features as US pressure ramps up
TikTok has announced its latest new features focusing on the wellbeing and safety of its younger users, including a big move.
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Creative AI’s next big discussion: art, plagiarism, and copyright
Today Music Ally published its newest Sandbox Guide to Creative AI, which looks at how musicians and their teams can use AI as part of their marketing and content strategies, and in their creative processes. But alongside these exciting creative possibilities are some complicated – and as yet not fully answered – questions. What is the nature of artistry when using […]
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The Sandbox Guide to… Creative AI
Music Ally kicked off the year by asking 30 of the music industry’s leading lights what – in the wide world of digital music marketing – they were looking forward to in 2023.
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Behind The Single: Sleaford Mods – “UK GRIM”
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Behind The Campaign: Interpol
US indie rock band Interpol released The Other Side Of Make-Believe, their seventh studio album, on 15th July 2022. It was their first new album in four years and the campaign was focused on re-introducing the band and also reawakening lapsed listeners.
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Deezer financials show revenue growth but a dip in subscribers
Deezer published its latest financial results yesterday, hailing 2022 as a “successful” year on the grounds of a 13% growth in annual revenues.
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BVMI reveals Germany’s recorded music market grew 6.1% in 2022
Germany, for example, saw its recorded music revenues grow by 6.1% in 2022 to €2.07bn ($2.2bn at current exchange rates).
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Lyric Capital raises $800m for music catalogue acquisitions
For all the predictions that the recent boom in music catalogue acquisitions must come to an end, there is still funding pouring in.
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Tidal shuts ‘Direct Artist Payouts’ scheme after paying $500k
Tidal launched its ‘Direct Artist Payouts’ [DAP] feature in November 2021, as its first step towards a more user-centric system.
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Snr Account Manager – FreshTracks UK – Remote UK
Full-time // Permanent Location: Remote working in London or a TV production hub city such as Manchester, Bristol, Leeds etc. Salary: Competitive, depending on experience and location. Reporting to: Managing Director, FreshTracks UK Closing date: 18th March 2023 About FreshTracks FreshTracks is coming to the UK! We are a new technology-forward, fully independent production music publisher. […]
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Account Manager – FreshTracks UK – Remote UK
Full-time // Permanent Location: Remote working in London or a TV production hub city such as Manchester, Bristol, Leeds etc. Salary: Competitive, depending on experience and location. Reporting to: Managing Director, FreshTracks UK Closing date: 18th March 2023 About FreshTracks FreshTracks is coming to the UK! We are a new technology-forward, fully independent production music publisher. […]
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