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Op-ed: Cyanite CEO Markus Schwarzer on why keywords still matter for music data

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Op-Eds • 7 min read

Op-ed: Cyanite CEO Markus Schwarzer on why keywords still matter for music data

Markus Schwarzer, CEO and co-founder of Cyanite argues that however powerful search algorithms become, keywords remain a fundamental part of the toolkit for catalogue management, acquisitions and marketing…

CMU Contributors • 28 Aug 2024

India’s streaming growth explodes to hit over one trillion streams, Gen Z pull back on streaming subscription spend

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Music Data • 8 min read

India’s streaming growth explodes to hit over one trillion streams, Gen Z pull back on streaming subscription spend

In 2023 83% of the global streaming catalogue failed to reach the new thousand stream ‘artist-centric’ threshold, while India saw exponential growth in stream volumes. Read CMU’s expert analysis of the numbers.…

Sam Taylor • 11 Jan 2024

PRS expands Nexus programme to facilitate faster ISRC/ISWC matching

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Music Data • 3 min read

PRS expands Nexus programme to facilitate faster ISRC/ISWC matching

UK collecting society PRS has announced an expansion to its Nexus data programme which aims to make it easier for record labels and music distributors to include an ISWC when delivering tracks to streaming services, so it is clear what song is contained in the recording…

Chris Cooke • 07 Sep 2023