SoundCloud In The News

How much productivity is too much productivity?

This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde

SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’.

2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars

Rhea Ghosh promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at copyright protection platform Cosynd

Prior to Cosynd, exec was Global Head of Marketing at Downtown Music Publishing

Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse

Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development

Song data startup Session, co-founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Niclas Molinder, partners with Brazil collection society UBC

UBC represents more than 50,000 members

SoundCloud enters artist development JV with Kei Henderson’s Third & Hayden

SoundCloud says this new JV is part of its 'roster' business

Utopia Music makes layoffs as it downsizes global workforce

MBW understands that Utopia's global team numbers 1,200 people. That figure includes both contractors and around 800 employees.

Raoul Chatterjee joins UK-based vinyl platform elasticStage as Chief Operating Officer

Startup raised £3.5m in a seed funding round earlier this year