Deezer In The News

Responsibility for AI copyright infringement rests with platforms, and 3 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl’s Goldman Sachs interview

Warner Music Group's CEO participated in a Q&A session on Wednesday (September 6) at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco

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JP Morgan says Universal’s ‘artist-centric’ model will bring a 9% revenue increase to major labels. No wonder it’s just increased its price target for UMG.

Deezer this week revealed it has struck an agreement to start paying UMG's artists via an 'artist centric' model

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UMG: ‘Artist-centric’ payments on Deezer can’t exceed 100% of platform’s royalty pool

New model will ape streaming's pro-rata model, with a finite pool of royalties divided by market share

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On… Deezer nuzzling up to Universal’s ‘artist-centric’ model, a potential mass deletion, and a controversial tweak (update)

It's been a big day in the music business – and it's raised a lot of possibilities...

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Who owns Deezer today?

Access Industries is Deezer's biggest shareholder, with ownership of over a third of the company

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Popular artists to get ‘royalty boost’ on Deezer as platform readies ‘artist-centric’ model with Universal Music Group

Deezer and UMG announce the launch of what they call the "first comprehensive artist-centric streaming model"

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Multiple criminal gang members confirm they’ve used Spotify for money laundering in bombshell new report in Sweden

An explosive new report from Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden focuses on the end purpose of streaming fraud on Spotify for organized criminals: laundering money.

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The UK’s One Media IP renews distribution deal with The Orchard, securing $1m advance

AIM-traded One Media IP raised £6.04 million (approx. USD $8m) in 2020