Tag: distrokid

Music distributor DistroKid has a new off-shoot: DistroVid. As the name suggests, it's focusing on music videos rather than audio tracks.

HyperTribe, the UK-based (but globally-focused) community of musicians is working with distributor DistroKid on a four-week mentoring programme that launches on 28 March.

In fact, DistroKid says that all 10,000 NFTs, created by artists using its service, were sold within a day of the launch.

We reported yesterday on distributor DistroKid's non-fungibles move with its plans to get 10,000 artists creating 'Sellouts' NFTs. You won't find anything about that on the company's socials any more though: one fast,...

Distributor DistroKid already claims to be responsible for more than a third of new tracks uploaded to streaming services. Now the company is making its move.

Twitch settled its legal dispute with publishing body the NMPA in September to create space to sign licensing deals with individual members. Now it is launching a "livestreaming music incubator program" that will work with...

It's not that long since some (although by no means all) music industry people were wondering whether digital music distribution was being commoditised...

Earlier today we reported on Spotify's latest financial results. Since that story, Spotify has published its full financials filing, including some interesting news about its investment in distributor DistroKid. That's...

There's gold in them thar distributors: DistroKid says that it has been valued at $1.3bn in a "substantial investment" made by Insight Partners.

Spotify has been coming under pressure over its ‘Discovery Mode’ test, which lets artists choose tracks to get a promotional boost in its autoplay and radio features, in return for a discounted royalty rate. Yesterday,...

Facebook has worked hard over recent years to sign licensing deals with major and independent labels and publishers covering user-generated content across its services, including Facebook and Instagram. Now it wants to swell...

DistroKid announced an update of its ‘Splits’ royalty distribution service on Friday, but what’s even more interesting is a claim made towards the end of the announcement about the distributor’s scale...