We reported on a $1m pre-seed funding round for startup SymphonyOS in August. Now it has signed a deal with UnitedMasters.
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Spotify and Amazon Music sign up for Music Fights Fraud taskforce
Streaming manipulation is well and truly on the music industry’s radar in 2023. ‘Music Fights Fraud’ is the latest initiative tackling it.
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UnitedMasters taps Nigerian producer Sarz for Africa expansion
Distributor UnitedMasters is the latest music industry company hoping to sign more artists from across Africa.
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Another beats marketplace launches… from UnitedMasters
We reported yesterday on the launch of subscription-based service Beatopia, but now distributor UnitedMasters wants in on the action.
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Twitch launches a livestreaming music incubator scheme
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 emerging artists.
It’s called ‘The Collective’ and will see those artists given education in Twitch’s ‘livestream playbook for music’ then, once they graduate from the scheme, given investment and support by the Amazon subsidiary.
Amazon Music, Discord, DistroKid, Rolling Stone, TuneCore and UnitedMasters are among the partners for The Collective, with an open applications process – although DistroKid and TuneCore will also be helping to choose artists for the program.
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UnitedMasters raises $50m funding at a valuation of $550m
It’s not that long since some (although by no means all) music industry people were wondering whether digital music distribution was being commoditised…
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UnitedMasters can now pay artists in… cryptocurrency?
It’s usually the domain of blockchain startups, with the twist usually being that there’s no immediate way for the artists to convert that cryptocurrency into ‘fiat’ cash.
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TikTok wants to help brands license music to use on its app
The boundary between user-generated content and sponsored or branded content is important for music rightsholders, who feel strongly that if a video on a social app or video service is being paid for by a brand, it should be a proper sync.
But what about brands who want to use original music for their own content? One of those services, TikTok, is trying to help with its new ‘Sound Partners’ program.
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BeatBread is working with distributors on artist advances
Clients include UnitedMasters, Symphonic Distribution and Horus Music, who are all using its ‘chordCashAI’ system for automated advances options.
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Apple leads $50m funding round for distributor UnitedMasters
Remember when Spotify invested in distributor DistroKid back in October 2018? Now its biggest rival is making a similar move. Yesterday, Apple led a $50m Series B funding round for UnitedMasters, alongside […]
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Soundtrack by Twitch offers licensed music to streamers
Livestreaming platform Twitch is launching a new feature, Soundtrack by Twitch, with a catalogue of licensed music for its community of creators to use in their streams.
The Amazon-owned company has licensed more than 1m tracks from more than 30 independent labels and distributors for the beta launch, in what’s its second attempt at an in-house music library.
Labels on board include Anjunabeats, Chillhop, Empire, Monstercat, Nuclear Blast and Alpha Pup. The initial distributor partners are DistroKid, UnitedMasters and SoundCloud.
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TikTok teams up with UnitedMasters for first distribution deal
TikTok has already shown its potential as a talent pool of young musicians, who can show off their skills, build an audience and then parlay this into label deals – […]