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Tencent Music’s ‘Super VIP’ tier costs 5 times as much as a regular subscription. Spotify could learn a lot from it.

If Spotify is wondering what features to include in its new "Super-Premium" tier, it may want to look at China's Tencent Music Entertainment

Interviews

Key Songs in the Life Of… Lylette Pizarro

Lylette Pizarro, founder of Influence Media Partners, selects the magnificent seven songs that tell the story of her life and career to date

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Deezer and DAZN strike multi-market partnership offering users access to premium music and sports content

Global expansion is planned after initial launch in France, beginning with Germany, Austria and Switzerland

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Stray Kids label JYP Entertainment generated $70m in Q2, down 37% YoY

JYP Entertainment has published its financial results for the three months ended June 30

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Capitalizing on superfans, SoundCloud ventures into merch with SoundCloud Store

It's the latest in a series of fan-focused innovations at the music streaming service

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Roblox strikes deal with DistroKid – but indie artists won’t be paid any money from it

Roblox revenues are forecast to hit $3.5bn across the course of this year

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UnitedMasters launches new $20-a-year subscription tier that allows artists to keep 100% of royalties

Once again, the indie artist services and distribution platform is bringing down the cost of doing business for artists

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Spotify has added 10 million paying subscribers this year. So has Tencent Music.

TME has half the paying subscriber base of Spotify, but has kept pace with Spotify's growth

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Sony Music Masterworks acquires majority stake in immersive and live entertainment company, Black Sky Creative

Black Sky’s recent projects include Stranger Things: The Official Store and AC/DC Official Dive Bar Takeover at the Power Trip Festival

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Iconoclast partners with Ujama Designs to acquire music rights of ‘culturally significant’ reggae artists

Partnership has kicked off with a music rights deal with reggae artist, Half Pint

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Charlotte Stahl promoted to Head of Artist & Label Partnerships EMEA at TikTok

The exec joined TikTok in 2020

Interviews

‘The instinctiveness with which an artist thinks is something to be learned from – don’t let data undermine it.’

In an exceedingly rare interview, the Pet Shop Boys’ Manager Angela Becker talks about the duo’s 40th anniversary, their enduring appeal, her 15 years on the team, working with Madonna and the importance of staying curious…

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Reach Music buys selection of rights from hit songwriter Wyatt Durrette

The deal is Reach Music's largest acquisition in the country music space so far

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UMG Nashville partners with Timbaland’s Mosley Music to discover new country talent

UMG and Timbaland have formally announced a partnership that had been running in the background for the past year

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Synchtank and AudioShake partner to offer AI stems

The collaboration will integrate AudioShake’s tech into Synchtank's platform, enabling creators to produce stems directly within their workflow

Interviews

Amra’s Tomas Ericsson on the future for PROs, songwriter royalties – and an industry crying out for transparency

The CEO of Amra explains how his company is shaking up the world of global digital royalty collections for songwriters and publishers

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David Goldsen promoted to Senior Vice President, North America A&R at Warner Chappell Music

A&R exec elevated to leadership role, on top of signing Zach Bryan, Mitski, Tones and I, Red Clay Strays, Laufey, Teddy Swims, and more

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Universal Music Group and Meta ink new global deal, covering Facebook, Instagram… and WhatsApp

Deal also covers Meta properties including Messenger, Horizon and Threads