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Too Lost Unveils a Mobile Platform Expansion to Empower Artists Anywhere, Anytime

May 13, 2025

Just how much distribution can be done on a phone? According to Too Lost, the answer is pretty much everything. For many artists and labels, the complex tasks of music distribution are frequently handled on ... Read More...

Can the Music Industry Monetize AI – And Like It? A Conversation With OpenPlay Cofounder Edward Ginis

Paul Resnikoff

May 12, 2025

Is it time for the music industry to radically reconsider its approach to AI? Edward Ginis, cofounder and Chief Client Officer of OpenPlay, is already focused on monetizing AI instead of fighting it. An arden... Read More...

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The US Emerges as Spotify’s Slowest-Growing Subscriber Market — With Big Implications for Pricing, ARPU, and Wall Street Valuations

Paul Resnikoff

April 30, 2025

Spotify touted significant year-over-year subscriber gains worldwide during its Q1 2025 earnings call. However, US-based subscribers are growing at the slowest rate compared to other worldwide regions, part of a continuing trend across North America and Europe.

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Who Gets to Control the Music Superfan? A Look at the Looming Fragmentation of ‘Superfan 2.0’

Paul Resnikoff

April 24, 2025

As the music industry plans an extreme superfan makeover, who gets to control this party? The answer might be complicated – and seriously fragmented.

Beyond Distribution: Why Controlling Your Music Data Is the New Independence

Edward Ginis

April 15, 2025

As someone who has spent years navigating the complexities of digital music, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial it is for rightsholders to take control of their content and data. The ability to manage your asset... Read More...

Scooter Braun-Led Hybe America Inks Distribution Agreement with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings

Ashley King

April 8, 2025

Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings enters a distribution partnership with Hybe America, led by Scooter Braun. The agreement sees Hybe distribute So So Def’s catalog while the two work together on releases... Read More...

Is This the Year Bad Music Deals Die? BeatBread’s ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ Aims to Help Artists and Indie Labels Vet Competing Offers

Paul Resnikoff

April 7, 2025

For those artists and indie labels lucky enough to have multiple funding offers, beatBread now offers a potentially game-changing tool for weighing competing options. Surprisingly, beatBread's initial results... Read More...

And After All That, TikTok Could Still Go ‘Poof’

Paul Resnikoff

April 7, 2025

Months after 'the ban,' there's no telling what happens to TikTok next in the US. After inching oh-so-close to a deal to secure TikTok in the US, China apparently pressed hard pause on the arrangement follow... Read More...

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Forget About Streaming — Is a Vinyl Plateau Also Happening?

Paul Resnikoff

April 3, 2025

Vinyl records are the comeback story that nobody saw coming. But are we also missing a pending plateau?

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Spotify & Apple Music Now Claim More Than Two-Thirds of Total Subscribers In the US — Here’s the Latest DSP Market Share Breakdown

Paul Resnikoff

March 27, 2025

YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora Premium, and other streaming platforms struggled to gain subscribers in 2024, as Spotify and Apple Music notched their collective leads higher.

Believe Continues Japan Expansion With ‘Landmark’ Teichiku Entertainment Distribution Deal

Dylan Smith

March 27, 2025

Believe is continuing to expand in Japan, where it and Teichiku Entertainment have finalized a “comprehensive” distribution agreement. Paris-headquartered Believe and Tokyo-based Teichiku Entertainment unvei... Read More...

Concord Confirms Partial Stem Purchase, Eyes Plans to ‘Accelerate Stem’s Global Expansion’

Dylan Smith

March 24, 2025

Concord has officially acquired Stem Disintermedia's distribution division and confirmed the spin-off of the Tone royalty platform. Nashville-headquartered Concord reached out with a formal confirmation this... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Musixmatch Re-Inks With DistroKid; Partnership Aims to Help Independent Artists Layer More Lyrics Into Their Releases

DMN Pro Weekly: The Suno Subpoena Wars Are Targeting the Music Industry’s Deepest, Darkest Secrets. Here’s Where Things Stand.

What Is Attribution?

Create Music Emerges from the Shadows as a DistroKid Minority Investor

Former Sony, Discovery, WWE Executive James Rosenstock Joins Too Lost as CFO

Too Lost Unveils a Mobile Platform Expansion to Empower Artists Anywhere, Anytime

Can the Music Industry Monetize AI – And Like It? A Conversation With OpenPlay Cofounder Edward Ginis

The US Emerges as Spotify’s Slowest-Growing Subscriber Market — With Big Implications for Pricing, ARPU, and Wall Street Valuations

Who Gets to Control the Music Superfan? A Look at the Looming Fragmentation of ‘Superfan 2.0’

Beyond Distribution: Why Controlling Your Music Data Is the New Independence

Scooter Braun-Led Hybe America Inks Distribution Agreement with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings

Is This the Year Bad Music Deals Die? BeatBread’s ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ Aims to Help Artists and Indie Labels Vet Competing Offers

Forget About Streaming — Is a Vinyl Plateau Also Happening?

Spotify & Apple Music Now Claim More Than Two-Thirds of Total Subscribers In the US — Here’s the Latest DSP Market Share Breakdown

Believe Continues Japan Expansion With ‘Landmark’ Teichiku Entertainment Distribution Deal

Concord Confirms Partial Stem Purchase, Eyes Plans to ‘Accelerate Stem’s Global Expansion’