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Talking ‘garbage’: How can Spotify and co sort the dregs of the music business from the hidden treasures?

On Sir Lucian Grainge's bluntness, Believe's rebellion, and why a careful balance is required to find a true 'artist-centric' formula

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Four things we learned from Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s Q3 earnings call… that wasn’t ‘Merchants of Garbage’

From Deezer to AI and China, UMG's leadership team discussed a number of key topics for the business

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Deezer’s ‘artist-centric’ model now has a new ‘user-centric’ element which, despite not really being ‘user-centric’, is quite a clever idea.

MBW Explains: Digging into what Deezer's latest addition to 'artist-centric' really means

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Deezer added 600,000 new subscribers in Q3, and its revenues rose 5.5% YoY

Deezer has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2023

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Spotify is embracing elements of Universal Music Group’s ‘artist-centric’ royalties model – following a new multi-year licensing deal between UMG and Daniel Ek’s platform

Spotify's plans fit with the broad hopes of Sir Lucian Grainge's wishes as outlined at the start of 2023

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Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud and introduce a minimum payment threshold. Its plan? To shift $1 billion in payouts towards ‘working artists’ over the next 5 years.

Exclusive: Music Business Worldwide has learned of Spotify's plan to introduce a number of new measures in Q1 2024 – and shift $1 billion away from bad actors

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Analyst that double-downgraded Universal Music Group over AI, streaming concerns earlier this year just upgraded firm’s stock

William Packer at BNP Paribas Exane has been impressed by UMG's Deezer deal and its work with AI companies

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Gap between music and video streaming prices widens as Netflix announces $3 hike to Premium subscriptions

Netflix Premium will now cost $22.99 per month in the US, up $3 from $19.99, an increase of 15%