Tag: user-centric

Artists have been making their voices heard more loudly on a range of issues around music and tech in recent years.

Universal Music Group published its Q2 2022 financial results yesterday, revealing a 17.3% year-on-year growth in its revenues to €2.54bn.

Warner Music Group has become the first major to sign up for SoundCloud's user-centric 'fan-powered royalties' system.

SoundCloud revealed its 'fan-powered royalties' plans in March 2021, applying them to its community of independent artists.

The latest study of what a shift from 'pro rata' to 'user-centric' systems of streaming payouts means has been published.

It's just over a year since SoundCloud launched its user-centric 'Fan-Powered Royalties' system, so how is it going?

SoundCloud has been reinventing itself over the last few years. You could say it's going back to its roots.

Tidal is the latest streaming service to explore user-centric payouts for artists. The company will roll its plans out over two phases: 'direct-to-artist payments' start today, with a full 'fan-centered royalties' system...

In July, Portishead became one of the most high-profile artists to test SoundCloud's user-centric 'fan-powered royalties' system, with a cover of Abba's 'SOS'.

The guiding principle of user-centric royalties is that the winners don't take it all; that the money, money, money is shared out more fairly; that the name of the game is to pay more to artists as a thank you for the music...

Earlier this week we reported on a SoundCloud interview with Vice that suggested the company would be taking a 45% cut from its new ‘fan-powered royalties’ (user-centric) system. The company has since revealed...

When SoundCloud announced plans to launch user-centric (or in its terms, ‘fan-powered’) payouts recently, it didn’t say how the system would affect its share of revenues. Now the company has revealed that...