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NetEase Cloud Music Enters into Direct Digital Distribution Agreement with Sony Music Entertainment

May 18, 2021

NetEase Cloud Music and Sony Music Entertainment have entered into a direct digital distribution relationship. Under the agreement, NetEase Cloud Music will make music from SME available to its users in Chin... Read More...

Vivendi shareholders approve plan for UMG IPO

It’s Official: Believe Is Plotting a $600 Million-Plus IPO on the Paris Stock Exchange

Dylan Smith

May 10, 2021

Back in November of 2020, reports indicated that Believe was considering arriving on the stock market with a more than $2.4 billion (€2 billion) IPO. Now, the indie label distribution company has officially a... Read More...

Muso.AI Partners With Music Story to Dramatically Overhaul Streaming Metadata and Crediting

Paul Resnikoff

April 27, 2021

Muso.AI has developed a promising solution to help streaming services render missing credits an issue of the past. Now, the metadata platform aims to deepen the impact of that solution through a newly finaliz... Read More...

Want to Make Your Music Blow Up on TikTok? Here Are 8 Proven Tips

Paul Resnikoff

April 12, 2021

Many artists, including quick-rising creators and established acts alike, have enjoyed substantial commercial success as a result of viral TikTok trends. But what’s the secret to blowing your music up on TikT... Read More...

As Streaming Takes Over, Music Metadata Is Becoming More Critical for Musicians. How Critical, You Ask?

Paul Resnikoff

March 22, 2021

Music metadata: it’s the oft-overlooked chore that can make a music career successful – or doom it to obscurity. Today, music metadata impacts everything in an artist's career, including distribution, discov... Read More...

K-Pop Returns to Spotify After Licensing Row Settled With Korean Label Kakao M

Ashley King

March 11, 2021

K-pop returns to Spotify after a global licensing deal was struck between Spotify and Kakao Entertainment. Representatives from both companies confirmed an agreement allows Kakao M content on Spotify again. ... Read More...

Distrokid Now Offers Snapchat Distribution for Independent Artists

Ashley King

March 9, 2021

Distrokid now offers independent and DIY artists distribution on Snapchat, and the opportunity to be featured in users' Snaps. Snapchat has more than 265 million daily active users, with five billion Snaps e... Read More...

Distrokid Adds Twitch to Its Distribution Menu — Complete With Artist Attribution

Ashley King

February 25, 2021

DistroKid now supports Twitch's new music licensing platform called Soundtrack – with artist attribution. Amazon-owned Twitch is refusing to license music from rightsholders for streamers. A massive DMCA tak... Read More...

Distrokid Launches a ‘Matchmaking Service’ for Artists Seeking Label Deals

Dylan Smith

January 29, 2021

DistroKid has launched a “matchmaking service,” Upstream, for artists who are seeking record-label deals. DistroKid founder Philip Kaplan recently unveiled this artist-label “matchmaking service.” The “free,... Read More...

Spotify Is Removing Hundreds of Thousands of Indie Tracks Over ‘Artificial Stream’ Violations — DistroKid Offers Counter-Notification Process

Dylan Smith

January 6, 2021

Spotify is reportedly removing hundreds of thousands of indie tracks over alleged “artificial stream” violations; DistroKid is already offering a “counter-notification” process for artists whose songs have be... Read More...

Believe Digital Is Reportedly Flirting With a $2.4 Billion IPO

Dylan Smith

November 13, 2020

Believe Digital is reportedly considering a 2021 IPO, which would generate nearly $2.4 billion (€2 billion). A recent report from Reuters shed light upon the multibillion-dollar flotation, but Believe Digita... Read More...

Tencent Music Just Expanded Its Merlin Indie Licensing Deal

Ashley King

October 27, 2020

Tencent Music Entertainment has renewed its multi-year agreement with independent label rights agency Merlin. The renewal will see both organizations deepen their longstanding strategic partnership. Both org... 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

NetEase Cloud Music Enters into Direct Digital Distribution Agreement with Sony Music Entertainment

It’s Official: Believe Is Plotting a $600 Million-Plus IPO on the Paris Stock Exchange

Muso.AI Partners With Music Story to Dramatically Overhaul Streaming Metadata and Crediting

As Streaming Takes Over, Music Metadata Is Becoming More Critical for Musicians. How Critical, You Ask?

K-Pop Returns to Spotify After Licensing Row Settled With Korean Label Kakao M

Distrokid Now Offers Snapchat Distribution for Independent Artists

Distrokid Adds Twitch to Its Distribution Menu — Complete With Artist Attribution

Distrokid Launches a ‘Matchmaking Service’ for Artists Seeking Label Deals

Spotify Is Removing Hundreds of Thousands of Indie Tracks Over ‘Artificial Stream’ Violations — DistroKid Offers Counter-Notification Process

Believe Digital Is Reportedly Flirting With a $2.4 Billion IPO

Tencent Music Just Expanded Its Merlin Indie Licensing Deal