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Streaming’s problems will not be fixed by royalties alone

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

15 Sep 2023

Streaming Music

Music Streaming

Streaming Royalties

UMG and Deezer’s artist-centric royalty proposal got the amount of attention both parties probably wanted , if not necessarily the type of attention they were after. However, the intent was to kick start...

How to make artist centric artist centric

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

6 Sep 2023

Streaming Royalties

Music Streaming

Music Royalties

Deezer and UMG announced a major (in both senses of the word) shake up of streaming music royalties. This is arguably the biggest streaming market development in years, as it will set the tone for market-wide...

Up close and personal: when the algorithm goes too far

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

24 Aug 2023

artificial intelligence

Today’s entertainment world is characterised by hyper-personalisation. Everyone has a unique TikTok feed tailored specifically to their own niches. DSP playlists have names like “For You” and “Made...

Will ByteDance build the first cultural graph for music recommendations?

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

11 Jul 2023

Music Streaming

ByteDance’s long-awaited new subscription streaming app, TikTok Music, is here, with an initial launch in Indonesia and Brazil. The news overshadowed the US beta launch of ByteDance’s new music creation...

Right place, right time: Taylor Swift's track to the first $1 billion tour

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

29 Jun 2023

music marketing

Another day, another record for Taylor Swift. As Wall Street Journal broke down this week, the superstar is now on track to achieve the first $1 billion tour in music history. A billion factors and decisions...

The tap water music industry needs to become a bottled one

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Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

20 Jun 2023

Music Streaming

creator economy

Music and water are often compared to each other in the streaming age. There are many ways to express this analogy, but the bottom line is that music is becoming commoditised. To clarify, commoditisation...

As Spotify's door closes on Soundtrap, another opens

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

16 Jun 2023

Music Streaming

Writing about a new era of music fluidity last month, we noted how streaming services might align more closely with creation, as Spotify has done by acquiring music creation platform Soundtrap. Well, that...

UMG, Endel, and the case for labels in the AI space

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

1 Jun 2023

Universal Music Group

Warner Music Group

The flood of new music created using artificial intelligence (AI) will further erode major label market share, and some label executives’ recent comments about the value of human-made music seem to put...

A new era of music fluidity is here

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

23 May 2023

What do AI Drake, adaptive music, and TikTok open-verse challenges have in common? All reflect a major shift of music consumption from a passive, static, and uni-directional experience to an active, dynamic,...

Why AI generation might be just what music needs

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

25 Apr 2023

artificial intelligence

Music Streaming

In her hit ‘Saoko’, Rosalía celebrates her multi-dimensionality, singing (translated from Spanish): “I contradict myself, I transform / I’m everything, I transform”. As artists navigate the...

Music streaming’s looming generational blind spot

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

6 Apr 2023

Music Streaming

Music streaming platforms have clamoured to attract Gen Z, with good reason. The cool, new kids out-stream everyone and are pioneering new ways to engage with music, yet they are spending more time on...

Greatest Hits Radio is a strategy execution masterclass for ‘old media’ incumbents

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Blog post by Keith Jopling

14 Mar 2023

Credit where it is due, Bauer Media’s launch and rollout of Greatest Hits Radio (GHR) is the best execution of strategy we have seen in a while by an incumbent media business. Not something you would...

Spotify’s vertical feed could change music discovery, but not for the reason you think

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

9 Mar 2023

Music Streaming

Just a few years ago, Spotify’s Rap Caviar playlist was a harbinger for culture. But a lot has changed. Artists want (and need) to build deeper relationships with fans, and gen Z consumers want more...

Streaming is becoming more like radio — what now?

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

2 Mar 2023

Music Streaming

Last week, both YouTube Music and Spotify launched new, radio-like features. Spotify introduced an AI-powered voice DJ, which will talk to users about why songs are included in personalised mixes. Meanwhile,...

Should streaming take a cue from TikTok’s revamped creator program?

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

23 Feb 2023

Music Streaming

A year ago, VidCon co-founder and vlogger Hank Green posted a viral YouTube video lambasting TikTok’s $1 billion Creator Fund, claiming it delivered chump change to videos with millions of views. The...

At the Grammys and Super Bowl, the last hurrah of the mainstream era

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

14 Feb 2023

Rihanna’s performance at the Super Bowl LVII over the weekend was remarkable for several reasons, but most of all was that she had not performed a show at this scale in seven long years. “The wait...

Could AI generate music’s Instagram moment?

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

31 Jan 2023

Music Streaming

Pop quiz: Is the hit ‘Kill Bill’ sung by SZA or Ariana Grande? The answer is, of course, SZA, but TikTok users could be forgiven for any confusion. An artificial-intelligence-generated version sung...

What comes next in the music streaming model makeover

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

17 Jan 2023

Music Streaming

independent artists

The independent music community has been rallying for change to the streaming payment model for years. Now, major labels are joining the chorus. Why? The pro-rata model has long benefited bigger record...

Emerging market music cultures are shaping the global music industry

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Blog post by Srishti Das

13 Jan 2023

cultural insight

emerging markets

The music industry's focus has slowly but steadily moved towards emerging markets in order to find the next billion music consumers. The first phase of this move saw major labels consciously pushing their...

Music discovery in 2023 is about the journey, not the moment

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Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

12 Jan 2023

Music Streaming

Oversaturation was among the hottest music industry topics of 2022. By now, we have all read — and maybe gasped at — the recent estimate that more than 100,000 new songs hit streaming services daily....

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