Tidal launched its ‘Direct Artist Payouts’ [DAP] feature in November 2021, as its first step towards a more user-centric system.
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Music NFTs roundup: Rihanna, Def Jam, Guzzu…
Rihanna isn’t selling NFTs this week: she’s got a Super Bowl half-time show to concentrate on. But one of her producers is.
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UMG expands its partnership with climate organisation Reverb
Environmental non-profit organisation Reverb has been working with lots of musicians and music companies in the US.
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UMG’s DSP talks include bonus pools and superfan subscriptions
We reported on Universal Music Group’s announcement yesterday that it’s working with Tidal on a new economic model for streaming.
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UMG just found a streaming service to work with on ‘artist-centric’ payouts
Universal Music Group boss Sir Lucian Grainge thinks that “the economic model for streaming needs to evolve”.
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Artists denied class-action status in UMG termination rights lawsuit
A group of artists have been denied class-action status in a lawsuit focusing on termination rights and Universal Music Group.
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What do we mean by ‘artist-centric’ music streaming models?
This month, UMG boss Sir Lucian Grainge went public with his belief that “the economic model for streaming needs to evolve”.
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Dr Dre joins catalogue sales boom with UMG and Shamrock deals
Did you think the catalogue-acquisitions bandwagon had forgot about Dre?
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UMG boss Grainge: ‘The economic model for streaming needs to evolve’
Universal Music Group chief Sir Lucian Grainge has sent his annual start-of-the-year message to employees.
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Universal Music sues Triller over royalty payments and reporting
In May 2021, the pair settled their differences with a new licensing deal, but barely 20 months on the relationship has crumbled again.
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UMG could face a class-action lawsuit over Spotify royalties
The label has been accused of withholding nearly $750m of royalties from its artists in a proposed class-action lawsuit by Black Sheep.
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Music NFTs roundup: Public Pressure, 3lau, UMG…
Three interesting music NFTs and web3 stories from startup Public Pressure, artist 3lau and Universal Music Group