What If Spotify Did Direct Deals With Writers?; 'Song Sommelier' Brings Vinyl-Era Art, Storytelling to Streaming; Craft Brewed Music CEO: ‘You’ll Discover New Things’

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What If Spotify Did Direct Deals With Writers?

A look at at how Spotify’s direct deals with artists & managers could play out, and how it could following a similar model for songwriters.

'The Song Sommelier' Brings Vinyl-Era Art and Storytelling to Streaming

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Original illustrations, essays, special themes and more.

Craft Brewed Music CEO: ‘You’ll discover new things’

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I’m an odd streaming service founder – I don’t particularly like streaming. I like CDs. I like records. I want to hold the thing, own the thing, read the liner notes. Collect. But I’m also an artist manager and I realize that this train has left the station.

The Rise and Rise of Music Podcasts

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The podcast economy boom is now so great that not only did Spotify pay $100m to secure the exclusive licensing deal for the enormously popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast, news of the deal added more than $1bn to the streaming company’s market cap.

ATC managers launch new company producing ticketed livestreamed concerts

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Artist managers Ric Salmon and Brian Message of ATC Management have announced the launch of a new company that will specialise in producing and delivering ticketed livestreamed shows.

Playing Music Together Online Is Not As Simple As It Seems

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For musicians who want to play together while following social distancing guidelines, the solution goes beyond a Zoom call. Pianist Dan Tepfer leads us down the technological rabbit hole.

Spotify Is Finally Proving Its Value to Record Labels

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Its new deal with Universal Music Group supports its two-sided marketplace strategy.

Apple Music hosts virtual listening party for Victoria Monét

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Apple Music is working with artist Victoria Monét on “an exclusive virtual listening party” taking place this Thursday for her new album Jaguar.

Universal’s stake in Spotify is worth over $1.6bn… but it’s got no plans to sell up

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Vivendi’s CEO and CFO state that they have “no intention” of selling UMG’s shareholding in streaming giant.

Spotify Hits Windows Software That Downloads Tracks & Removes DRM

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A law firm acting for Spotify has taken down a piece of Windows software that allows users to download and remove DRM from music tracks while skipping ads.

Denon DJ Hardware Gets Streaming Technology

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Beatport, Denon DJ launch Beatport LINK - no laptop needed.

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Music Creation, Consumption are Changing Fast; Children's Music a Key Investment Area for the Music Business

Monday, August 3, 2020

August 3 · Issue #992 · View online Platform & Stream The Pandemic Effect: Music Creation And Consumption Are Changing Fast www.forbes.com – Share Profound changes are underway in music creation

Facebook to Finally Get the Rights to Show Music Videos; Ideas on the Future of Playlists

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August 1 · Issue #991 · View online Platform & Stream Facebook Is Set to Finally Get the Rights to Show Music Videos www.bloomberg.com – Share Facebook has completed a series of deals for the right

SiriusXM, Pandora Add Subscribers; Dolby Atmos Audio Streaming Opens Up to DIY Artists; Orson Welles and Lockdown’s Radio Renaissance

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July 31 · Issue #990 · View online Platform & Stream SiriusXM, Pandora Add Subscribers, Advertising Falls Amid Pandemic www.hollywoodreporter.com – Share SiriusXM added self-pay subscribers in its

Music Industry Has an Advertising Problem; Spotify Hits 138M Subscribers, Podcast Consumption Doubles

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July 30 · Issue #989 · View online Platform & Stream The Music Industry Has an Advertising Problem www.rollingstone.com – Share Numbers suggest that alarm bells are starting to ring for Universal,

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