Koda claims that YouTube is trying to pay its member nearly 70% less in royalties
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Author archives: Tim Ingham
Stat Of The Week: COVID-19 is hurting Universal Music Group’s revenues – but also proving its profitability
Why a quieter release slate at UMG – temporarily – might end up pleasing Tencent and its consortium
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Pro Music Rights, which sued ‘the entire music industry’, appears to have settled with iHeartRadio, Rhapsody and others
7Digital and the RMLC both file agreed dismissals “with prejudice”
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Luke Mitzman and Mike Caren sign up to co-manage Grammy-winning producer, Cirkut
Recently Cirkut has been working closely with APG-signed Ava Max
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Spotify: The Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results)
What we learned about Premium subs around the world, that Universal deal and SPOT’s advertising woes
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Spotify subscriber count grew by 8m in Q2 – but advertising revenues fell 21% year-on-year
Ad-supported revenues fall 21% year-on-year in COVID-hit quarter
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Watch out TikTok: US-based rival Triller is raising between $200m and $300m
Company is starting to pinch leading TikTok influencers for its platform
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Taylor Swift’s Folklore just made history on Spotify… and blew away the launch of her last album, Lover
Folklore streamed over 50m times more on Spotify worldwide in its first three days than Lover
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‘We’re starting to see a generation of artists born and raised on TikTok.’
Ole Obermann, TikTok’s Global Head of Music, and Believe CEO/Founder, Denis Ladegaillerie, talk charts, hits and cannibalization…
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Wiley: Management and distributor ADA cut ties with artist following antisemitic tweets
ADA says: “We oppose antisemitism and any form of discrimination and racism.”
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