The Man Spending Billions on Rock Music Royalty; Spotify Canvas & the Impact on Album Artwork; Multiview Media's New Multi-Camera Angle Streaming Platform

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Meet the Man Spending Billions on Rock Music Royalty

Not a week seems to go by without some musician selling their songwriting catalog for big bucks. Although a handful of companies are buying them up, the driving force behind this trend is Merck Mercuriadis.

The rollout of Spotify Canvas: How will this impact album artwork?

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Spotify has made its Canvas feature available beyond their beta testers. What does this mean for the wider music community?

Multiview Media launches multi-camera angle streaming platform

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British startup Multiview Media has launched its multi-camera angle streaming platform.

Spotify confirms it’s (finally) testing a live lyrics feature in the U.S.

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Spotify confirmed it’s testing a new, synced lyrics feature in the U.S. market, following a report from Engadget.

Universal Music Group Partners With TikTok for Artist Collabs, Data & More

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Universal Music Group and TikTok have entered a new licensing deal and partnership for new initiatives involving digital marketing, A&R, user data and more.

Default music player can be set to Spotify in iOS 14.5 beta

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Apple has finally offered the ability to set Spotify as your default music player for Siri commands.

Indie star Tom Vek wants to transform music streaming one album at a time

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We spoke to Tom Vek about his new music streaming device, which he hopes will revolutionize the way we listen to music.

Music Publishing Simulator Shows Financial Struggle For Songwriters In Streaming Era

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The simulator shows different portions of music publishing deals and how much money a songwriter would get from millions of streams.

How Covid is ‘creating a new genre’ for live music

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From a DJ in a hot air balloon to stars singing in streets, Covid has forced artists to be creative.

Joe Rogan reveals he convinced Spotify to keep JRE podcast on video

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Joe Rogan’s iconic JRE podcast could have been audio-only on Spotify, had he not convinced the platform to keep it on video.

Distributor PlayTreks hopes to stand out with analytics focus

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At last week’s indies session at the UK’s parliamentary inquiry into music streaming, Aim boss Paul Pacifico suggested that major labels buying independent distributors wasn’t necessarily a concern as long as new independent firms sprung up to keep that sector thriving.

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