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IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

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Spotify • 4 min read

IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model

The European independent music community has lots of questions about the changes Spotify is making to the way it calculates what money is due to the record industry each month…

CMU Editorial • 07 Dec 2023

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Tidal • 1 min read

Tidal lays off 10% of its staff

Following Spotify’s announcement that it will reduce its global workforce by 17%, Tidal has made 10% of its staff redundant as part of wider downsizing at parent company Block…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

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MLC • 1 min read

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

US mechanical rights collecting society The MLC has unveiled a network of five partners to help with the matching process that gets songwriters paid when their music is streamed…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

Spotify has confirmed that the dramatic downsizing of its workforce announced earlier this week will cost the company up to €145 million…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 06 Dec 2023

Cloudflare says ruling in Universal dispute is an "important push-back"

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Cloudflare • 1 min read

Cloudflare says ruling in Universal dispute is an "important push-back"

Internet services company Cloudflare says a recent ruling in the German courts was an “important push back against misguided attempts to address online copyright infringement through the DNS system"…

Chris Cooke • 06 Dec 2023

Spotify to cut its global workforce by 17%

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Spotify • 4 min read

Spotify to cut its global workforce by 17%

Spotify has announced it is cutting about 17% of its global workforce - around 1500 employees - in a bid to build “a stronger, more efficient Spotify for the future”, citing concerns about debt costs.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Dec 2023

TikTok launches new promo tools for artists

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TikTok • 1 min read

TikTok launches new promo tools for artists

TikTok has launched a new feature called Artist Account that provides promo and fan engagement tools for musicians on the social media platform…

Chris Cooke • 01 Dec 2023

Sony Music digital chief asks Congress to close "legal loopholes" to ensure artists can stop authorised AI voice clones

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Sony Music digital chief asks Congress to close "legal loopholes" to ensure artists can stop authorised AI voice clones

Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business Dennis Kooker has spoken at a US Senate session on AI calling for a US-wide publicity right to make it easier for artists to stop authorised voice clones…

Chris Cooke • 30 Nov 2023

European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

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European Parliament • 2 min read

European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

The Culture Committee in the European Parliament has called for new rules in the European Union in relation to music streaming, seeking more transparency about streaming service algorithms and forcing platforms to better credit music-makers and rightsholders…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

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Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

Operation 404, an anti-piracy scheme led by the Brazilian government, has published an update on its work tackling stream-ripping sites and unlicensed MP3 download apps…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2023

Spotify confirms changes to its payment process - including the 1000 plays a year threshold

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Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify confirms changes to its payment process - including the 1000 plays a year threshold

Spotify has confirmed the changes it is making to the way it pays out royalties each month, with new policies around stream manipulation and functional audio, and the 1000 plays a year threshold that tracks must pass to earn anything at all…

Chris Cooke • 22 Nov 2023

Specifics of Spotify's deal with Google on in-app payments revealed in Epic court case

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Specifics of Spotify's deal with Google on in-app payments revealed in Epic court case

Details have been revealed about Spotify’s deal with Google around in-app payments on Android devices - when users make payments via Spotify’s own transactions system it doesn’t have to pay any fees to the tech giant…

Chris Cooke • 22 Nov 2023