SoundCloud is hoping to be a profitable business in 2023, but that’s going to involve further reducing its headcount.
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SoundCloud’s new ‘Fans’ feature helps artists identify superfans
SoundCloud has unveiled ‘Fans’, a new product that helps artists message their most engaged fans, and understand who they are.
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Merlin signs up to Soundcloud’s fan-powered royalty system
Indie licensing agency Merlin has announced a global licensing deal that lets Merlin members and their artists participate in FPR on SoundCloud.
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SoundCloud has a new CEO: its president Eliah Seton
It’s not so long since SoundCloud’s CEO stepped down to be replaced by its president. Now it’s happening again.
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SoundCloud is testing its own TikTok-style discovery feed
SoundCloud is testing its own new feed, called ‘Discover’, enabling listeners to swipe through 30-second preview clips.
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Music streaming remuneration: ‘The value is fans, less so scale’
Remuneration is THE hot topic in the music industry of 2023, in terms of the models used by streaming services for their payouts.
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Music startup lessons: ‘Some rightsholders don’t even know what they own!’
To say that being a startup founder is “a learning experience” is a kind way of saying that it is fraught with endless challenges
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SoundCloud ended 2021 with 130m listeners and 19.2% revenue growth
SoundCloud doesn’t describe them as listeners, we should note.
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SoundCloud launches joint venture with music firm Third & Hayden
Traditional music industry boundaries continue to blur, particularly around artist development.
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SoundCloud is launching an official music bot for Discord
Users of chat platform Discord will soon be spoiled for choice when it comes to ways to play music within it.
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SoundCloud rebrands creator tools with growth in mind
Spotify for Artists; Apple Music for Artists; Amazon Music for Artists… and now SoundCloud for Artists.
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Metadata moves: SoundCloud x Session and BMG x Cyanite
The music industry’s efforts to improve the quality of its metadata continue, with partnerships key to those improvements.