Deezer and Universal Music Group’s partnership on a new ‘artist-centric’ streaming payouts model has got the music industry talking.
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Deezer’s artist-centric model should be universal with a small ‘u’ (Guest column)
This is a guest post written by Martin Mills of Beggars Group, Darius Van Arman of Secretly Distribution, Stephan Bourdoiseau of Wagram Stories, and Emmanuel de Buretel of Because Music. […]
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Amazon Prime Video to include ads unless viewers pay more
Ever since Spotify first launched, the workings of a ‘freemium’ music-streaming service have been clear. If you listen for free, you get ads.
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Deezer puts its price up again… Will its rivals follow suit?
Not so long ago we were wondering which music-streaming service would jump first and put up its prices. Now Deezer has jumped twice.
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AIM boss sees risks in UMG and Deezer’s ‘two-tier system’
The latest industry comment on UMG and Deezer’s plans for a new ‘artist-centric’ system of streaming payouts comes from AIM.
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Juice starts project exploring ‘F2P’ business models for music
F2P? That’s the abbreviation for ‘Free-to-Play’, the model that helped the games industry surge in revenues over the past decade.
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Deezer defends artist-centric plans… but Impala calls for more debate
In theory, there are plenty of people in the music industry who like the idea of ‘artist-centric’ streaming payouts.
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UK Music and FanFair Alliance deliver their latest calls for reform
The UK’s political parties are preparing for ‘conference season’, and the music industry is setting out its lobbying stall in readiness.
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Spotify boss disagrees with JPMorgan’s ’30-second track’ theory
A recent claim about Spotify by analysts at JPMorgan is sparking a debate that goes right to the top of the company.
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Believe criticises Deezer and UMG’s ‘reverse Robin Hood’ plan
Deezer’s new ‘artist-centric’ model, co-designed with UMG, is going to debut in France first. Believe isn’t a fan of all its aspects however.
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British musicians average £20.7k of annual earnings from music
British organisations Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union have teamed up to publish the UK’s first ever ‘Musicians’ Census’ this morning.
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UMG gives more info on how Deezer ‘double boosts’ will work
In their announcement of a new ‘artist-centric’ payouts model for streaming this week, UMG and Deezer introduced the idea of ‘double boosts’.