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⏩ One Liners: RAK Publishing, FAC Artist Ambassadors, CIISA + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 4 min read

⏩ One Liners: RAK Publishing, FAC Artist Ambassadors, CIISA + more

Bella Figura snaps up RAK catalogue; Deezer does ad-sales deal with Global; Big Life Management promotions; new Artist Ambassadors for FAC; new music from Lambrini Girls, mui zyu, LYLO…

Sam Taylor • 23 Apr 2024

Here’s what happened when we asked cutting edge AI chatbots to pretend to be millennials who had scrapped their streaming subscriptions.

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ChatGPT • 2 min read

Here’s what happened when we asked cutting edge AI chatbots to pretend to be millennials who had scrapped their streaming subscriptions.

Millennials are more likely to cut their streaming subscriptions. We wanted to know why, but couldn't find any to ask - so asked ChatGPT and Claude to pretend to be Millennials. Confusing? You bet. Fun? Maybe.…

CMU • 06 Mar 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

Kyncl reveals Warner's levers for growth in 2024 and beyond

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Warner Music • 3 min read

Kyncl reveals Warner's levers for growth in 2024 and beyond

In his latest investor call, Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl outlined his strategy to further grow the major’s revenues, talking in particular about physical products, the evolution of streaming pricing and revenue models, and opportunities in developing music markets.…

Sam Taylor • 17 Nov 2023

Deezer set to roll out Universal Music endorsed "artist centric" model to royalty payments in France next month

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Streaming • 5 min read

Deezer set to roll out Universal Music endorsed "artist centric" model to royalty payments in France next month

Deezer has announced that it will start using a new “artist-centric” system for allocating royalties in France next month, which will prioritise “professional artists” and “active engagement”, and exclude functional audio…

Chris Cooke • 06 Sep 2023

Music Rights • 4 min read

US Copyright Royalty Board reconfirms 15.1% streaming rate for songwriters and publishers

The CRB upheld an increase in streaming royalty rates from 10.5% to 15.1% for 2018-2022, despite appeals from most streaming services. Rates are reviewed every five years. The NMPA aims for a 20% rate for 2023-2028. Streaming services seek to limit financial commitment to under 70% of revenue.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jul 2023

Streaming • 2 min read

Apple Music increases baseline subscription rate to 10.99

Apple Music is increasing its baseline price from £9.99 to £10.99, with many people hoping that other services - including Spotify - will follow suit…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2022

Spotify • 1 min read

Spotify might be about to launch platinum level with higher quality audio

Spotify appears to be testing customer response to a possible 'platinum' plan including "HiFi, Studio Sound, Headphone Tuner, Audio Insights, Library Pro, Playlist Pro and limited-ad Spotify podcasts”.…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2022

Spotify • 5 min read

Spotify confirms launch in 85 new markets, plus new tools galore and high quality audio, in big announcements splurge

Ahead of Spotify's Chief Legal Officer appearing in front of MPs as part of the inquiry into the economics of streaming, Daniel Ek trotted out a bunch of impressive sounding stats at a Spotify event called Stream On…

Chris Cooke • 23 Feb 2021

Digital services and platforms news • 3 min read

Norwegian crime agency investigating Tidal data fiddling allegations

In a streaming market dominated by Spotify, Apple and some super buzzy emerging market players, at least Tidal has its…

Chris Cooke • 15 Jan 2019

Digital services and platforms news • 2 min read

Norwegian collecting society reports Tidal to police over Kanye and Beyonce stat allegations

So this is getting interesting fast. The Norwegian collecting society Tono has filed an official police complaint against Tidal over…

Chris Cooke • 15 May 2018

Tidal • 2 min read

Tidal denies fiddling the figures, accuses newspaper of “smear campaign”

Tidal has dubbed a newspaper article that accuses the streaming firm of fiddling the figures related to two albums where…

Chris Cooke • 10 May 2018