As Black Music Appreciation Month kicks off in the US, streaming service Audiomack has teamed up with the Black Music Action Coalition.
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Sony Music backs ‘Rising Star’ new-talent contest in Africa
Sony Music Africa is giving its backing to a competition for emerging and unsigned artists in Africa.
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Audiomack adds ‘Premiere Access’ feature for early music
Streaming service Audiomack is launching a new feature that will enable the keenest fans of artists to hear their new music first.
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UMG expands Audiomack deal and debuts UMusic Media Network
Two announcements from Universal Music Group to report on today. First, it has expanded its licensing deal with streaming service Audiomack.
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Music Ally Quarterly Report :: The State of Music Streaming – May 2022
Our spring 2022 quarterly report is for anyone who engages with music streaming platforms and wants to maximise their success on them: i.e. you, quite probably. In this report, we take a comprehensive look at the state of music streaming platforms around the world, and analyse their strategies, differences, successes, and challenges. We’ve broken the world’s streaming platforms into […]
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Audiomack launches a free ‘Artist Guide’ educational site
As the ‘artists direct’ community gets bigger, so streaming services are increasing their investment in educational resources for those artists: guides on how to make the most of their services, as well as wider training.
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Audiomack launches program to support future Black executives
Streaming service Audiomack is the latest music company keen to help the next generation of Black executives get a foothold in the music industry.
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Streaming service Audiomack now has its own analytics app
If you’re running a music streaming service in 2020, you need analytics for your artists, in as slick and usable an app as possible.
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Linktree inks Bandsintown, Audiomack, SoundCloud and Community deals
Smart-links firm Linktree has announced four new deals to boost its work with musicians and labels.
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Today in direct-to-fan: Audiomack Supporters, Discord Monetisation, and Facebook Stars
Another enormous shift this year was seen in artists building (and fans supporting) a robust portfolio of alternative, direct-to-fan income streams.
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Audiomack says 64% of its iOS users opted in to ad tracking
Apple now requires iOS developers to ask users if their apps are allowed to track them across other apps and websites. Early indications are that many people’s response is to […]
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Music licensing evolves in response to new tech and trends
With Covid-19 continuing to curtail gigs, festivals and awards ceremonies, the sad-but-true fact is that Britain’s showcase music event of the year has probably been the parliamentary inquiry into music streaming economics.
Despite spotlighting several white-hot music issues of the day, the inquiry has to some extent also showed some of the ways the music industry remains tied to its past: for example the debate over whether streaming a track constitutes a sale, a rental, a broadcast etc.
In music licensing, too, there has often been a sense that technology is outpacing regulation.
“When you think back, Sacem was the first licensing organisation to be set up [in 1851]… a long time ago,” says Mike Edwards, VP of music licensing and European operations at Audible Magic. “There’s a lot of legacy in music licensing… People have developed set ways of doing it, and adapting them to new uses is quite a difficult and painful task for everyone.”