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Concord’s Stem Acquisition Price Is Topping $100 Million — According to the Latest Industry Intel

March 20, 2025

Concord Music's rumored acquisition of Stem Disintermedia is fetching a bigger price tag than previously thought, according to DMN sources. For those who love that music industry deal flow, here's 'another o... Read More...

DMN Pro Exclusive

How Bad Is the Streaming Plateau In the US? Here’s What the Latest Data Is Telling Us

Paul Resnikoff

March 19, 2025

Data released this week from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sheds new light on a seriously flattening streaming music subscriber picture in the United States. So what’s the music industry’s next move?

Looks Like Warner Music Is Still Open to Acquisitions, After All: WMG’s ADA Music Buys RSDL.io to Augment Its Distribution Platform

Ashley King

March 19, 2025

Earlier this month, Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl said indie distribution acquisitions were off the table — but he didn't swear off buyouts entirely. Now, ADA, the global independent music distribution ... Read More...

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Surprise! Spotify Ends 2024 With Near-99% Bundling Rates In the US. But What Are the Bundling Stats at Other DSPs?

Paul Resnikoff

March 13, 2025

A detailed look at the latest bundling rates across major music streaming platforms in the United States, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, LiveOne, and many others.

Genius Too Lost partnership for distribution

Genius Partners With Too Lost On a New Music Distribution Venture

Ashley King

March 13, 2025

Genius is teaming up with Too Lost to leverage the music tech company’s distribution and administrative processes. The team up will allow the Genius Distro team to focus on talent identification, marketing, a... Read More...

Is Concord About to Acquire Stem? The Leaks Are Wildly Divergent

Ashley King

March 11, 2025

Several trade publications are reporting that Concord is in talks with Stem for an acquisition—though those reports are wildly different. Here’s what we know so far. Trade publications including Billboard, T... Read More...

WMG passed on Believe, Robert Kyncl says it will build and expand its own distribution services

After Passing On Believe for Approximately $1.8 Billion, WMG Says They’re Not Shopping for Indie Distributors Anymore

Ashley King

March 11, 2025

WMG CEO Robert Kyncl says the label isn’t shopping for any indie distributors, instead building and expanding their own distribution capabilities. Warner Music Group is looking into expanding their in-house ... Read More...

Behold the Arrival of ‘Streaming 2.0’! Just One Question: What’s ‘Streaming 2.0’?

Paul Resnikoff

March 10, 2025

As UMG mega-studs like Lucian Grainge and Michael Nash continue to plot the strategy behind 'Streaming 2.0,' a bevy of questions are swirling. What will this bold and daring future of music streaming look lik... Read More...

Impala opposes UMG's planned Downtown acquisition

Impala Doubles Down on Opposition to UMG’s Planned Downtown Acquisition, Says ‘Music Lovers & Artists Will Suffer’

Ashley King

March 3, 2025

European music trade association IMPALA is flashing warning signs about the proposed UMG acquisition of Downtown Music through its Virgin Music Group subsidiary. UMG announced back in December 2024 that it h... Read More...

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Will Anybody Pay $6 Extra for Spotify’s ‘Music Pro’? A Hard Look at Spotify’s Attempt to Break the Streaming Plateau

Paul Resnikoff

February 19, 2025

Can Spotify’s ‘super-premium’ tier break the streaming music plateau? In this report, we pick apart the rumored offerings within ‘Music Pro’ – and examine the serious challenges that each presents from both an execution and consumer adoption standpoint.

Looks Like the Spotify Remix Wheels Are in Motion — DIY Distributors’ Terms Are Adding Expanded Derivative-Work Permissions

Dylan Smith

February 18, 2025

Amid renewed indications that the remix and mashup wheels are in motion at Spotify, DIY distributors including CD Baby are updating their terms with expanded permissions for derivative works. Multiple artist... Read More...

Tipalti DMN unclaimed royalties, fraud, missing metadata

DMN & Tipalti Explore The Industry’s Big Black Box — With Some Surprising Solutions for Unclaimed Payments and Fraudulent Streams

Ashley King

February 10, 2025

One of the biggest problems the music industry faces is accurate accounting of royalties (or lack thereof) to rights holders and creatives, affectionately known as the nefarious 'black box'. Although exact fi... 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

Concord’s Stem Acquisition Price Is Topping $100 Million — According to the Latest Industry Intel

How Bad Is the Streaming Plateau In the US? Here’s What the Latest Data Is Telling Us

Looks Like Warner Music Is Still Open to Acquisitions, After All: WMG’s ADA Music Buys RSDL.io to Augment Its Distribution Platform

Surprise! Spotify Ends 2024 With Near-99% Bundling Rates In the US. But What Are the Bundling Stats at Other DSPs?

Genius Partners With Too Lost On a New Music Distribution Venture

Is Concord About to Acquire Stem? The Leaks Are Wildly Divergent

After Passing On Believe for Approximately $1.8 Billion, WMG Says They’re Not Shopping for Indie Distributors Anymore

Behold the Arrival of ‘Streaming 2.0’! Just One Question: What’s ‘Streaming 2.0’?

Impala Doubles Down on Opposition to UMG’s Planned Downtown Acquisition, Says ‘Music Lovers & Artists Will Suffer’

Will Anybody Pay $6 Extra for Spotify’s ‘Music Pro’? A Hard Look at Spotify’s Attempt to Break the Streaming Plateau

Looks Like the Spotify Remix Wheels Are in Motion — DIY Distributors’ Terms Are Adding Expanded Derivative-Work Permissions

DMN & Tipalti Explore The Industry’s Big Black Box — With Some Surprising Solutions for Unclaimed Payments and Fraudulent Streams