DMN Pro Archive - Digital Music News The authority for music industry professionals. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:21:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cropped-favicon-1-1-32x32.png DMN Pro Archive - Digital Music News 32 32 Who Shall Rule the US Copyright Office? The Latest In the War Over IP Policy Control In America https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-perlmutter-v-trump-usco/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-perlmutter-v-trump-usco/#respond Wed, 28 May 2025 06:33:17 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=321767 The battle over who controls the US Copyright Office now heads to the courts. But can ousted Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter litigate her job back? The answer is of utmost importance to the music industry and billions in IP assets — and the focus of this report. . .


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Dismantling the US Copyright Office Is Harder Than It Looks. Will the Tech Bros Regroup? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-us-copyright-office-tech-bros-surprise/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-us-copyright-office-tech-bros-surprise/#respond Fri, 23 May 2025 03:50:39 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=321452 It looked like a quick solution to a nagging roadblock for AI’s tech bros. But gutting the US Copyright Office and its IP protections is proving trickier than originally planned. Here’s the latest in the fast-moving and quickly-shifting battle over control of IP’s most important government tribunal. . .


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Music Industry Litigation Tracker https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/litigation-tracker/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/litigation-tracker/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 13:08:34 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=308905 More than 300 music industry lawsuits updated daily. US-based jurisdictions with global cases coming soon. . .


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Are Tech Bros Hijacking the Music Industry? An Urgent Look at the Latest AI Developments https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tech-bros-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tech-bros-weekly/#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 04:00:18 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=320947 The music industry is battling another flurry of AI-related developments, with few positive developments for IP owners and creators. Here’s a look at the latest whirlwind of AI-related developments and possible next steps. . .


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Spotify’s US-Based Subscriber Levels Are Declining In Early 2025, Preliminary Data Reveals https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-subscriber-2025-decline/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-subscriber-2025-decline/#respond Sat, 10 May 2025 06:00:13 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=320543 Last month, DMN Pro revealed that Spotify’s US-based subscriber growth rate was slowing in 2024 and early 2025, citing Spotify’s Q1 2025 disclosures. Now, newly obtained data reveals that Spotify’s US-based subscriber levels are actually declining, at least during the first few months of 2025. . .


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The US Emerges as Spotify’s Slowest-Growing Subscriber Market — With Big Implications for Pricing, ARPU, and Wall Street Valuations https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-q1-2025-us-growth/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-q1-2025-us-growth/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 05:00:48 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=319895 Spotify touted significant year-over-year subscriber gains worldwide during its Q1 2025 earnings call. However, US-based subscribers are growing at the slowest rate compared to other worldwide regions, part of a continuing trend across North America and Europe. . .


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Who Gets to Control the Music Superfan? A Look at the Looming Fragmentation of ‘Superfan 2.0’ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-superfan-fragmentation/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-superfan-fragmentation/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:08 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=319481 As the music industry plans an extreme superfan makeover, who gets to control this party? The answer might be complicated – and seriously fragmented. . .


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Kaboom! Music Industry Funding Surpasses $1.9 Billion In Q1, Setting the Stage for a Record-Setting 2025 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-funding-q1-2025/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-funding-q1-2025/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:46:23 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=319089 Driven by a monstrous Pophouse Entertainment infusion, music industry funding is now on a breakneck pace in 2025. According to rounds captured and compiled in DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, total core funding has surpassed $1.9 billion, potentially the start of a record-setting year. . .


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Music Industry Funding Tracker https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-funding-tracker/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=269465 A compendium of music industry funding rounds across every sub-sector and investment stage. . .


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Spotify Executives and Board Members Have Now Cashed Out a Cumulative $1.8 Billion Worth of Stock, According to Public Filings https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-stock-cashout-april-2025/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-stock-cashout-april-2025/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:00:47 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=318622 For Spotify’s top brass and insiders, it’s been a very lucrative few years. But just how much money is being cashed out. . .


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Forget About Streaming — Is a Vinyl Plateau Also Happening? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/vinyl-plateau-2025/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/vinyl-plateau-2025/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:27 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=318100 Vinyl records are the comeback story that nobody saw coming. But are we also missing a pending plateau. . .


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New Music Releases Tracker: Kid Cudi, Sleep Token, Subtronics+Flowdan, ROSÉ, Doechii+Westside Gunn, Lil Wayne, F1 the Album, More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/new-music-release-tracker/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:27:01 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=275389 The 100 most notable new music releases across all genres and countries. . .


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Spotify & Apple Music Now Claim More Than Two-Thirds of Total Subscribers In the US — Here’s the Latest DSP Market Share Breakdown https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/dsp-ranking-2024-spotify-apple-music-two-thirds/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/dsp-ranking-2024-spotify-apple-music-two-thirds/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:00:58 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=317592 YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora Premium, and other streaming platforms struggled to gain subscribers in 2024, as Spotify and Apple Music notched their collective leads higher. . .


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How Bad Is the Streaming Plateau In the US? Here’s What the Latest Data Is Telling Us https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-streaming-plateau-us-2025/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-streaming-plateau-us-2025/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:00:04 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=316947 Data released this week from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sheds new light on a seriously flattening streaming music subscriber picture in the United States. So what’s the music industry’s next move. . .


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Surprise! Spotify Ends 2024 With Near-99% Bundling Rates In the US. But What Are the Bundling Stats at Other DSPs? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-dsp-bundling-rates-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-dsp-bundling-rates-2024/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:55:08 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=316518 A detailed look at the latest bundling rates across major music streaming platforms in the United States, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, LiveOne, and many others. . .


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2025 Core Music Industry Funding Crosses the $500 Million Mark — But Remains Sharply Down from 2024 Levels https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/2025-funding-jan-feb-yoy/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/2025-funding-jan-feb-yoy/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:59:52 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=315858 Duetti's recent $200 million in debt funding pushed core music industry funding past the half-a-billion threshold for 2025, per DMN Pro's Music Industry Funding Tracker. That's certainly a big number, though it pales compared to comparable YTD fingers in 2024 and 2023. Here's a breakdown of the numbers — and a look at which companies are scoring rounds. . .


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Thomson Reuters Scored a Major AI-Related Victory This Month. But Where Do the Music Industry’s AI Cases Stand? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-thomson-reuters/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-thomson-reuters/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:30:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=315462 A flyover of where things stand in the music industry’s critical AI legal cases. . .


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Will Anybody Pay $6 Extra for Spotify’s ‘Music Pro’? A Hard Look at Spotify’s Attempt to Break the Streaming Plateau https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-music-pro-hard-look-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-music-pro-hard-look-weekly/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:10:08 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=314867 Can Spotify’s ‘super-premium’ tier break the streaming music plateau? In this report, we pick apart the rumored offerings within ‘Music Pro’ – and examine the serious challenges that each presents from both an execution and consumer adoption standpoint. . .


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Get Ready for a Sony Music + Spotify Direct Publishing Deal — But After UMG, WMG, and Sony Renegotiate, Can Anyone Else Twist Spotify’s Arm? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/umg-wmg-spotify-sony-leverage-next/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/umg-wmg-spotify-sony-leverage-next/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:15:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=314407

A look at the latest music industry scuttlebutt on Spotify’s post-bundling renegotiations with major content owners – and how the calculus keeps shifting for publishers, labels, songwriters, and artists.

If you want to force Spotify back to the negotiating table, you need. . .


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The Streaming Music Platform Pricing & Audio Fidelity Tracker (US): Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/streaming-audio-fidelity-pricing-tracker/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:54:51 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=292018 What streaming platforms are offering in terms of audio fidelity and associated pricing. . .


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In Terms of Subscribers, Spotify Is Still the Top Dog In the US — But Apple Music Is Rapidly Narrowing the Lead Ahead of Its Major Super Bowl Halftime Sponsorship https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-v-apple-music-super-bowl-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-v-apple-music-super-bowl-weekly/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:54:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=313840 If 2024 goes down as the year that streaming music entered a plateau, then 2025 could be the year that Apple Music closed the gap on Spotify’s subscriber lead — at least in the US . Here’s a look at the latest DSP market share numbers heading into Apple Music’s monstrous Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show sponsorship.

Who’s winning the race for streaming music subscriber dominance? That’s a question we keep revisiting – only to discover an ever-tightening race amongst the biggest players.

In our latest DMN Pro Weekly Report, we take a look at. . .


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Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-flatline-q4/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-flatline-q4/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:12:33 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=313324 Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subscriptions first emerged in September of 2024, part of a broader slowdown in music subscription growth in the country. Now, Spotify’s all-important subscription tier appears to be flatlining, with slight year-over-year gains surfacing for November of 2024.

After years of breakneck subscriber and revenue growth, 2024 offered the music industry a rude slowdown in music streaming subscription growth across multiple markets. Suddenly, the music industry discussion became dominated by a ‘streaming plateau’ that roiled labels, publishers, and investors while raising vexing questions about future revenue. . .


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These Shuttered Music Industry Startups Raised Over $320 Million Between 2020 and 2023 — A Look at the Latest Music Startup Crashes, Pivots, and Acquisitions https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-funding-crashes-2020/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-funding-crashes-2020/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 06:43:03 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=312830 Splashy funding announcements are extremely common in the music industry. But what happens to startups after they exit the media spotlight? It's not always pretty.

When it comes to startup success, getting the big funding round is just the beginning. Unfortunately for many startups, it's also the beginning of the end — with a brutal crash, hard pivot, or other unfortunate ending emerging just a few years later.

So how many promising music startups have crashed in the past few years? For our latest Weekly Report, we scoured our database to find out.

Dialing it back to. . .


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Fewer Than 1% of Spotify Subscription Plans Are Currently Non-Bundled and Music-Only, Late-2024 Data Shows https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-bundled-spotify-nov-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-bundled-spotify-nov-2024/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:03:06 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=312363 Spotify’s non-bundled, music-only subscriptions virtually disappeared in 2024, according to DMN Pro’s latest intel. But that’s a Spotify feature, not a Spotify bug. Here’s what the latest data shows across all plan types and tiers in the United States, and what this means for streaming royalties going forward. . .


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Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-2024-funding-annual-review/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-2024-funding-annual-review/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:22:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=311833 Music industry funding ticked upward in 2024, but year-over-year levels would have plunged if not for a few huge raises. Amid rumblings of a significant rebound, what does 2025 have in store?

Will 2025 offer a funding bounce? While we don’t have an answer to that all-important question, we certainly aren’t without valuable takeaways from 2024. Like with our prior analyses, those takeaways are made possible by DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, a one-stop database of raises from in. . .


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Spotify’s Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here’s a Look at the Latest Data https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-subscriber-declines/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-individual-subscriber-declines/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:40:33 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=310551 Full year-over-year data is revealing tepid US-based premium subscriber gains for Spotify, including near-zero growth and recent declines in the all-important Individual Premium subscriber category. . .


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Amazon Music Is Losing Ground In 2024 — And Other Takeaways From DMN Pro’s Latest Streaming Subscriber Breakdown https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-streaming-subscriber-report-dec-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-streaming-subscriber-report-dec-2024/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:30:38 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=309796 As the sun sets on a wild 2024, here’s where major streaming music platforms stand in the all-important race for paying subscribers. . .


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More Than 170 Music Festivals Were Canceled, Postponed or Simply Disappeared In 2024 — And There’s Still a Month Left https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-festivals-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-festivals-2024/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:50:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=309061 Here's a closer look at why so many mega-events crashed in 2024, and the scary possibilities heading into 2025. . .


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Drake Threatens to Burn Down the Music Industry – A Look at the Tough Decisions Ahead for UMG, Spotify, and iHeartRadio https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-drake-litigation-umg-spotify-iheartradio/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-drake-litigation-umg-spotify-iheartradio/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:30:10 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=308351 Drake's legal salvos against Universal Music Group, Spotify, and iHeartRadio aren't your typical breach-of-contract or copyright infringement disputes. Instead, the accusations target potentially explosive wrongdoings with enormous implications if proven correct. Here's a look at these legal filings and the chaos that could be next for the music industry. . .


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Spotify Isn’t the Biggest Podcasting Platform Anymore — So What Happened? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-podcasting-dethroned/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-spotify-podcasting-dethroned/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:36:04 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=307778 Spotify bet the farm on podcasts by dumping hundreds of millions of dollars on high-profile hosts and content factories. But the podcasting format is now morphing into something different – and pushing Spotify into second place. Here’s a closer look at what happened.

Quick: what’s the biggest podcasting platform on the planet?

If you answered Spotify, you can be forgiven. In 2021, Spotify quickly moved past Apple as the largest podcasting platform in the world after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to dominate the format. Acquiring exclusive rights to The Joe Rogan. . .


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Will TikTok Get Dumped Under Trump? How Everything Changed Overnight — And Why Many In the Music Industry Would Love to See TikTok Go https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-trump-tiktok-dump/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-trump-tiktok-dump/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:17:41 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=307211 A look at whether TikTok can beat the ban under the Trump Administration — and why many in the music industry couldn't care less. . .


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US-Based Recorded Music Sales Are Still 36% Below 1999 Inflation-Adjusted Peaks, Latest Data Reveals https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-recordings-inflation-adjusted/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-recordings-inflation-adjusted/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:01:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=306623 Here’s a hard, inflation-adjusted look at the actual state of recording music sales in 2024 – and where things might go next. . .


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Are CDs Coming Back? A Look at the Strange New Data on Discs https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-cds-comeback/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-cds-comeback/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:00:19 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=305887 After flatlining into obscurity, is the CD format quietly staging a comeback. . .


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Has the Vinyl Comeback Been Greatly Exaggerated? A Closer Look at Some Confusing New Data https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-vinyl-comeback-exaggerated/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-vinyl-comeback-exaggerated/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:32:54 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=305023 Has the vinyl comeback been wildly overstated? In our latest DMN Pro investigatory research report, we take a closer look at a mess of confusing new data from Luminate. . .


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Music Industry Lawsuits Aren’t Letting Up During 2024’s Final Quarter — Here’s a Look at Eight Especially Important Cases https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/litigation-update-oct-2024-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/litigation-update-oct-2024-weekly/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:59:06 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=304478 Far from slowing since DMN Pro’s last lawsuit breakdown, music industry litigation has continued ramping up both in quantity and in significance. Here’s an updated list of eight especially important suits to watch during 2024’s final quarter and into the new year. . .


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Is Goldman Sach’s Streaming Forecast Too Rosy? The Problems With the Bank’s Emerging Market Growth Theory https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/goldman-sachs-bullish-streaming-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/goldman-sachs-bullish-streaming-weekly/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 22:28:21 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=303921 Amid a streaming-growth slowdown in developed music markets, Goldman Sachs is banking on continued revenue results due largely to expansions in emerging spaces. But is this a rose-colored attempt to talk past a plateau. . .


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Music Funding Slipped In Q3 2024 to $425 Million — Who’s Still Getting the Startup Cash? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-funding-q3-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-funding-q3-2024/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:31:05 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=302921 In keeping with existing 2024 trends, third-quarter music industry funding rounds fell well short of their Q3 2023 counterparts in both volume and cumulative value.

Even so, the newly completed quarter wasn’t without signs of a possible rebound.

These and other insights are made possible by the Music Industry Funding Tracker, DMN Pro’s one-stop database of raises from in and around the music world. The Tracker, which complements this report, includes round types, amounts, participating investors, and more dating back to 2014. It. . .


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Lyte Is Melting Down After Burning Through $53 Million In Funding — Our Preliminary Report on the Warning Signs and Far-Reaching Fallout https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/lyte-meltdown-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/lyte-meltdown-weekly/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:24:03 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=302256

After $53 million in investor funding, ticketing platform Lyte is melting down—complete with a shuttered website, a rapid-fire selloff, and major disruptions for music festivals and fans. Here’s our preliminary finding on what led to the crash and the industry-wide damage.

Scrutiny of the available clues tells us that Lyte may have shown signs of distress well before it suddenly. . .


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Music Industry Funding Has Topped $360 Million During the Past Month Alone — What Are Investors Betting On? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-funding-aug-sept-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-funding-aug-sept-2024/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:00:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=301648 Between mid-August and mid-September 2024 alone, music industry companies secured over $360 million in funding. But where’s the money going. . .


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Is It Time to Turn Off Ad-Supported Streaming? Breaking Down the Multibillion-Dollar Question Amid Slowing Subscription Growth https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weeky-turn-off-ad-supported-streaming/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weeky-turn-off-ad-supported-streaming/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:28:08 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=301090 Amid slowing subscription streaming growth and a larger-than-ever number of ad-supported listeners, is it time for leading music platforms to make near-term monetization the priority?

Starting with what we know for certain, Americans don’t have a problem paying for streaming in one form or another. According to Forbes, 99% of households are subscribed to at least one streaming service. Specifically in the music world. . .


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How Serious Is the U.S. Streaming Slowdown? Here’s What the Last 10 Years of Industry Data Tells Us https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/streaming-slowdown-10-years-data-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/streaming-slowdown-10-years-data-weekly/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:00:14 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=300415 For 2024’s opening half, the RIAA reported that U.S. on-demand streaming subscriptions had grown by a modest 2.7% year over year (YoY) as subscription revenue increased by 5.1%. Amid discussions about the slowdown, what does historical data tell us. . .


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Mechanical Per-Stream Payouts Ranked (US): Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/mechanical-per-subscrriber-payouts-ranked/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/mechanical-per-subscrriber-payouts-ranked/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:13:22 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=300293 A ranking of per-stream mechanical licensing royalty payments by DSP platform, including the 'big four' streamers Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Data from SoundCloud and Tidal are coming next. . .


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Is Warner Music Really Achieving ‘Strong Subscription Streaming Growth’? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/wmg-streaming-growth-2024-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/wmg-streaming-growth-2024-weekly/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:15:15 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=299679 For Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, calendar Q2 2024 was a tale of two earnings reports — and streaming forecasts. While UMG acknowledged a subscription-growth slowdown, the Robert Kyncl-led WMG emphasized “strong” improvements. But are things as rosy as they seem for today’s third-largest major label?

DMN Pro crunched the numbers to answer that question, which is particularly pressing given the industry-wide implications of a growth slowdown at UMG.

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Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested ‘The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform’ to Find Out https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/ai-streaming-platform-test-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/ai-streaming-platform-test-weekly/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:47:09 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=299046 Is Melodio being trained on copyrighted music? DMN Pro takes a look under the AI hood. . .


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Nearly Half of All Active Music Litigation Is Being Handled by Just 12 Firms — And Other Fun Facts From Our Latest DMN Pro Weekly https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/law-firm-ranking-weekly/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:56:52 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=298566

What are the most active law firms and litigators in the music industry? Here's a ranking based on nearly 140 active cases being tracked by DMN Pro.

Litigation is hardly rare in the music industry, where each month brings a slate of new cases. But which legal professionals are representing the parties behind the suits?

A detailed answer to that question is made possible by DMN Pro’s. . .


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Could the Major Labels Lose Against Suno and Udio? A Pressing Look At Where These Critical Cases Stand https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/udio-suno-legal-update-weekly/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:11 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=297801 Two critical court cases carry the potential to change the music industry for decades to come — and this is anything but a slam dunk for the major labels. So where do things stand in these all-important battles. . .


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DMN Pro Weekly Report: 55% of Active Music Industry Lawsuits Involve Copyright Disputes. What’s the Remaining 45% About? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/legal-music-categories-aug-2024-weekly/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:26:00 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=297077 One thing the music industry doesn’t lack is litigation – or threats of litigation. But what kinds of disputes are behind the steady stream of lawsuits?

DMN Pro zeroed in on that question by analyzing data from its soon-to-be-released Music Industry Litigation Tracker. Comprehensive and filterable, the one-stop database of industry and industry-adjacent suits will feature a variety of case-specific details – from the involved parties and their counsel to assigned judges and court venues.

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]]> DMN Pro Weekly Report: Last Month, 97% of Spotify Accounts Were Classified as Bundles. Now, That Figure Is 98%. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-bundling-update-july-weekly/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:30:20 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=296566 In March, Spotify officially flipped the switch on its controversial bundling strategy. One reporting month later, the streaming giant is showing few signs of letting up.

Four months have passed since Spotify officially reclassified the vast majority of its U.S. subscriptions as bundles — thereby unlocking massive royalty savings. But just how big of an impact is the sweeping change having on stateside mechanicals?

In this DMN Pro Weekly Report, we revisit this pressing question — and find that Spotify isn't letting up on its bundling pivot. Here's what the latest data shows.

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]]> The Music Industry Is Bursting With Litigation — Here Are 10 Particularly Game-Changing Lawsuits to Watch https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/litigation-top-10-weekly/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:00:45 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=296031 From infringement complaints against generative AI developers to unpaid royalty actions targeting streaming platforms, the music industry certainly isn't lacking high-stakes litigation. Here are ten particularly important lawsuits with major implications to watch moving forward.

How many active lawsuits, conflicts, settlements, negotiations, and legal stare-downs are happening in the music industry — right now? At last count, Digital Music News is tracking more than 140 different filed lawsuits in the United States alone, all in various stages of litigation. And that doesn't include the drumbeat of cease-and-desists. . .


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The Bundling Barometer: What Percentage of Streaming Subscriptions Are Bundled? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/bundling-barometer-breakdown/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:42:24 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=295679 A breakdown of bundled offerings from the top steaming music platforms in the US: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. . .


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Spotify Went ‘Full Bundle’ And Isn’t Looking Back. But What Are the Other Music Platforms Doing? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/streaming-music-bundle-breakdown-weekly/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:00:39 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=295527 From Spotify’s now-numerous audiobook “bundles” to Apple Music One and many in between, on-demand streaming is building more multi-offering packages than ever — with considerable compositional royalty implications. But how big is bundling for leading music streaming platforms?

The question is especially pressing today amid continued controversy over Spotify’s decision to abruptly reclassify its main tiers as bundles. As lamented by the publishing space (and as broken down by DMN. . .


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What the Hell Is Going on With Hipgnosis? A Look at the Tangled Mess Just Days Before a Critical Sales Vote https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/hipgnosis-sale-july-weekly/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:45:32 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=295105 Six years and many twists later, what’s going on with Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), the Merck Mercuriadis-founded company that owns 138 high-profile catalogs? The question is front of mind in industry circles now that Hipgnosis, having for some time made headlines for its operational difficulties, is poised to sell.

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I. Introduction: Where Hipgnosis Songs Fund Stands Directly Before a Possible Sale

II. A Recap of Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s Rollercoaster 2024: Key Developments from the Year’s Opening Half

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Streaming Music Subscriber Market Share Breakdown (US) https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/streaming-music-subscriber-marketshare-us/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:07:11 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=294730 A breakdown of US-based subscribers for all major streaming music platforms (DSPs) and subscription types. . .


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It’s Been a Wild Month for AI Music. Here’s a Closer Look at the Leaps and Lawsuits of the Past Few Weeks https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-ai-june-weekly/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=294601 It's been a dizzying month for AI music. Here's a closer look at some major recent advancements in music AI technology, as well as a potentially groundbreaking pair of lawsuits lodged by the major music labels.

Thanks to a quick-moving June 2024, AI music technology has quietly taken a leap forward – and found itself at the center of two RIAA-spearheaded lawsuits. With the unprecedented technology’s evolution showing few signs of slowing, what will the corresponding music industry impact look like through the remainder of the year and beyond?

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Spotify Stands to Gain at Least Half-a-Billion a Year From Its Latest Price Increases In the U.S. Alone. Music Publishers Won’t Be Seeing Much of That. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-price-increase-half-a-billion-weekly/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:00:44 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=293556 Spotify has once again raised prices in the U.S. as well as the U.K., where individuals must now pay $11.99 and £11.99 per month, respectively, for ad-free listening. That will create a handsome windfall for Spotify and well-positioned partners like major labels. Music publishers won't fare so well, however, despite the top-line increases.

How will Spotify's latest price-hikes impact subscriber growth and revenue in the long term – including for music publishers? Many are asking that question in the wake of the pricing changes, which were announced in April. . .


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Spotify Accounted for More Than 42% of All U.S. Mechanical Royalties Prior to Its Pre-Bundling Shift, DMN Pro Analysis Reveals https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-mechanical-pre-bundle-data/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 03:45:26 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=293012 How much are streaming music platforms actually paying for publishing in the U.S.? Amid an intensifying battle over Spotify’s bundling and a corresponding mechanicals decline, here’s a comprehensive look at actual payout data preceding Spotify's big move.

DMN Pro's latest trove of exclusive data — sourced from actual mechanical payments receipts and documents — gives us the closest look yet at how Spotify's mechanical royalty payments compare to other streaming platforms in the United States. That is, for the last month before Spotify switches a large percentage of its accounts to bundled status.


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Spotify’s Lead In the U.S. Is Narrower Than You May Think — Here’s Our Latest Streaming Music Market Share Report https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-streaming-market-share-us-2024-weekly/ Thu, 30 May 2024 04:00:12 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=292462

Where do streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music stand in the world’s largest music market? Here's our detailed look at leading platforms’ subscriber stats as well as key streaming landscape takeaways, exclusively for DMN Pro subscribers.

Last week, subscriber data leaked to Digital Music News revealed that Spotify remains atop the. . .


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Sync Placement Platforms Summarized https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/sync-placement-platforms-summarized/ Sat, 25 May 2024 22:10:18 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=282521 A detailed rundown of the leading sync placement platforms for artists, managers, labels, publishers, and music supervisors. . .


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Are Music IP Acquisitions Slowing Down? Here’s What the Data Says Through 2024’s First Five Months https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-ip-ytd-report-may-2024-weekly/ Thu, 23 May 2024 05:00:41 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=291692 Amid an uncertain economic climate and cooling industry funding, how are catalog acquisitions faring in 2024? We crunched the numbers to see where the space is positioned and where it could be heading during the rest of the year.

This latest check-in on the song-rights arena is made possible by our Music IP Acquisition Tracker


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As Spotify Embraces Bundles, Mechanical Royalties Take a Hit — But Are We Missing the Big Picture Here? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/nmpa-v-spotify-bundle-big-picture/ Thu, 16 May 2024 02:45:22 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=291032 Make no mistake, music publishers aren't thrilled about Spotify's big shift towards bundled offerings.

NMPA head David Israelite has condemned in no uncertain terms Spotify’s “perversion of the settlement” behind Phonorecords IV, making clear as well that “all options” are on the table when it comes to pushing back against the “potentially unlawful” change. And the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has likewise decried the “deeply cynical move.”

Others are far less concerned. Book publishers are for obvious reasons thrilled about Spotify’s overarching audiobook buildout, which has reportedly paid them “tens of millions. . .


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$25 Tickets Are Back In Full-Force With Live Nation’s ‘Concert Week’ — But What’s the Game Here? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/live-nation-25-concert-week/ Thu, 09 May 2024 06:30:34 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=290406 About one week after reporting positive Q1 2024 financials, Live Nation has kicked off its “Concert Week” promotion, offering fans $25 tickets to shows from acts including Avril Lavigne, Dierks Bentley, and Pitbull. For a company that’s faced ample pricing criticism from both customers and lawmakers, what exactly does the promotion mean?

To date, that question has received relatively little attention in the media, where the spotlight remains on Live Nation’s increasingly strong earnings, Concert Week itself, and the Justice Department lawsuit that the Ticketmaster owner is staring down. Long the. . .


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More Than Half of 13-34 Year-Olds Still Listen to Radio Every Single Day In the US — But Can This Format Survive the Next 10 Years? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-radio-2024/ Thu, 02 May 2024 02:50:13 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=289711 The data is both encouraging or depressing — and the landscape is more complicated than ever. But where does radio stand in 2024, given a quick-evolving streaming landscape and an increasingly digital music space? Six experts tackled the complex question and discussed the medium’s path forward during our latest DMN Pro event. Here are some of the takeaways.

If radio is dead, listeners haven't quite noticed. Nielsen, in its Radio Today report, . . .


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‘What Is Radio in 2024?’ featuring will.i.am, Michael Huppe, Rahul Sabnis, Joel Denver, RJ Curtis, Lee Abrams https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/what-is-radio-in-2024/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/what-is-radio-in-2024/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:15:22 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=287919 What Is Radio in 2024? The question is surprisingly complex — so we assembled a panel for recognized radio experts to help pick it apart.

The result is a comprehensive discussion on the state of radio in all of its iterations, including broadcast, streaming, satellite, DSP-generated stations, AI DJs, car dashboards, and more. In this DMN Pro exclusive discussion, we pick apart radio's reach, the format's surprising competitive advantages, and where non-interactive listening is heading next.

We also had a few good laughs, with will.i.am keeping things light. Jump in!

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Have Music Festivals Hit Their Peak? A Look at Why Coachella and Other Big Festivals Aren’t Selling Out https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/weekly-music-festivals/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:58:01 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=288082 Following a post-COVID rebound for live entertainment, are music festivals hitting their peak? That’s the question many are asking now that sellouts are eluding high-profile events including Coachella.

For most concerts and festivals, failing to sell out isn’t necessarily indicative of a downturn. But in years past, fans promptly scooped up all the passes to Goldenvoice-organized Coachella – a driving factor behind the addition of a second weekend. That makes the 2024 installment’s comparatively lackluster commercial performance particularly interesting.

As we reported, the first weekend eventually sold out (requiring substantially more time than. . .


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Will Twitter/X Ever Pay for Music? A Closer Look At the NMPA’s Legal Battle Against Elon Musk https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/nmpa-v-twitter-x-weekly/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:01:22 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=287349 X (formerly Twitter) is grappling with a copyright infringement lawsuit from 17 NMPA-corralled music publishers demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. But given a number of setbacks in the case for publishers, will the Elon Musk-owned platform ever pay for the use of music. . .


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Spotify Price Increases Are Coming: But What Do They Mean for Labels, Publishers, Artists, and Spotify Itself? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-price-increase-industry-weekly/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:00:51 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=286732 Wall Street’s positive response to reports of additional Spotify price increases pushed shares to a 52-week high. But what would larger monthly costs mean for the platform, labels, artists, and the wider industry. . .


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Spotify Ranks Number One for Most Accurate Payments and Reporting, According to Billions of Analyzed Streams. Guess Who’s Dead Last? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-rank-number-one-accuracy-payments-weekly/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:50:52 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=286147 Streaming music has been booming for years. But amidst all the rapid growth, how is the accuracy of reporting and payments faring?

In our latest DMN Pro Weekly report, we take an in-depth look at the data to rank today’s leading platforms on payouts and overall reporting accuracy.

The results may surprise you.

Report Table of Contents

Introduction: Streaming’s Growth and the Corresponding Importance of Accurate Payments

Graph: DSPs by 2022 Payments Accuracy

Spotify’s Recent Recording Royalties. . .


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]]> What a TikTok Ban Really Means for the Music Industry — A Comprehensive Breakdown of the Winners & Losers After TikTok Is Gone https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/white-paper-tiktok-ban-music-industry-winners-losers/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/white-paper-tiktok-ban-music-industry-winners-losers/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:41:34 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=286046 TikTok is battling its greatest regulatory threat to date in the U.S., where the ByteDance-developed app’s shutdown would affect a multitude of individuals, companies, and spaces. But what does this mean for the music industry — and all of its complicated sub-sectors?

In this white paper, DMN Pro takes an exhaustive look at the post-TikTok music industry’s winners and losers, from the major labels to DSPs and artists to UGC competitors.

REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction: The Post-TikTok Music Landscape Could Give Rise to Unprecedented Changes – With Implications for. . .


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TikTok’s possible U.S. shutdown would bring music-specific consequences affecting licensing, supplemental artist income, promotion, discovery, fan interaction, and more. Though nothing to scoff at, the lost licensing revenue would pale in comparison to the absence. . .


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How the K-Pop Industry Is Becoming Less Dependent on K-Pop — A Look at the Latest Moves by Hybe, JYP, YG, SM, and Others https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/kpop-2024-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/kpop-2024-weekly/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:57:43 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=284169 Hybe kicked off March by acquiring nearly $80 million worth of SM Entertainment stock, underscoring its continued expansion ambitions following the November purchase of Exile Music. With others also diversifying amid a potential K-pop slowdown, will a global approach ensure the genre’s continued influence in the long term?

What if the success of Hybe and K-pop itself isn’t dependent on BTS – or any one act, for that matter? The company (and to some extent its rivals) has now emerged as a global business. And if early 2024 developments are. . .


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What Will UGC Licensing Look Like After the UMG-TikTok War? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tiktok-umg-ugc-licensing-weekly/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tiktok-umg-ugc-licensing-weekly/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 06:00:58 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=283630 More than one month into the TikTok and Universal Music Group standoff, all signs point to an intensifying dispute between the companies. Here's an analysis of where the high-stakes impasse stands – and how the episode's fallout could drive a fundamental shift in the way music factors into the UGC space.

It can be safely stated that February delivered little concrete progress toward a resolution for TikTok and UMG, thereby setting the stage for a possible multi-month (or longer) standoff. As a result, the conversation naturally transitions to what UMG’s aggressive approach means for. . .


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Music IP Acquisitions Are Exploding, With Early 2024 Spending Topping $2 Billion — Is This the Beginning of a Record-Setting Year? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-ip-acquisitions-2024-early/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:36 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=283046 2024’s first two months saw billions pour into music IP, with one of the largest single-catalog deals to date occurring. Amid continued streaming growth and strong listenership for the hits of yesterday, does the early momentum mark the start of a serious rebound and record-setting surge?

Just how big has 2024 been for music-focused IP acquisitions? This big: north of $2 billion was spent or committed to song rights across 2024’s first two months, with high-profile plays and a record catalog valuation.

While blockbuster agreements arrived during the same period in 2021. . .


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The Cool 100 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/the-cool-100/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:41:51 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=282526 The world's most comprehensive and balanced ranking of top songs, powered by Chartmetric. . .


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Music IP Acquisition Tracker https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-ip-acquisition-tracker/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:36:39 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=282519 A rundown of music IP purchases across publishing, recording, and other rights. . .


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How Valuable Is the Super Bowl for Artists? A Look At the Data Behind the Record-Setting 2024 Game https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/super-bowl-lviii-data-weekly/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:15:11 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=282420 The longest and most-viewed Super Bowl in history featured performances from a number of artists – chief among them Usher, who headlined a star-studded halftime show sponsored by Apple Music. But what kind of commercial results did the big game drive for the acts?

According to Nielsen, Super Bowl LVIII attracted a record 123.7 million average viewers, up markedly from LVII's approximately 115 million watchers and over 20 percent higher than LVI's viewership. Fueled by a competitive match-up that culminated in a nailbiter overtime ending – and, of course. . .


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Daniel Ek and Other Spotify Insiders Recently Sold Nearly $100 Million Worth of Company Stock — A Look at Whether This Matters https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-insider-stock-sales-weekly/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:16:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=281686 Following the release of Spotify’s Q4 2023 earnings report, insiders including CEO Daniel Ek sold a total of almost $100 million worth of company stock. Amid a push for profitability – and as shares continue to hover around a 52-week high – what does the selloff mean for the streaming giant’s 2024?

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The Universal Music-TikTok Licensing Battle Is in Full Swing — But What Do We Actually Know About TikTok’s Licensing Agreements? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/tiktok-universal-music-licensing-agreement-weekly/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 03:06:43 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=280905 Predictably, the nuances of TikTok's deal (or lack thereof) with Universal Music aren't publicly available and will likely remain confidential. But that doesn't mean we lack insight into the deal TikTok sought to secure with the major label. Here's a much closer look at the standoff and its bones of contention.

On January 30th, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the imminent end of its TikTok licensing deal. As described in an. . .


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It’s Been Three Years Since Apple Music and Amazon Music Introduced Premium Audio Upgrades. So Where Is Spotify’s ‘Supremium’? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-streaming-audio-spotify-spatial-audio/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:57:04 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=280011 After years of investing in lossless and spatial audio, Apple Music and Amazon Music have cemented premium audio as a key part of their offerings. But the market leader, Spotify, is still plotting its entry into high-definition and spatial audio, raising questions about the streaming landscape’s trajectory in 2024 and beyond.

Nearly three years have passed since Apple Music and Amazon Music announced (on the same day) far-reaching premium audio expansions, extending both to. . .


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Music Web3 Funding Decreased 51% Between 2021 and 2023 — Where Does This Sector Stand In 2024? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/music-web3-funding-report-2024-weekly/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 04:10:24 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=278341 <yoastmark class=

During 2021 and 2022, capital rushed into non-fungible token (NFT), cryptocurrency/blockchain, metaverse, and wider music Web3 startups in the music industry. But how are these businesses faring amid dramatic funding and market changes?

Following the hype surrounding music Web3 startups and their vast capital raises, how are these companies doing? With a quick-moving media cycle often skipping to the next story, a number of underperforming Web3 companies. . .


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Did You Miss DMN Pro’s ‘Missing Payments’ Event? We Archived It for You. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/dmn-pro-event-mini-conference-missing-payments/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:15:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=277857 DMN Pro Q1 2024: Missing Payments? A Look At Loss Prevention In Music

A comprehensive discussion on the state of music licensing, streaming fraud, metadata, and getting paid — with a panel of the foremost authorities in the music industry. Missing payments? Tune in!

Panel 1: UGC Licensing Pitfalls

  • Virginie Berger - Chief Business Development and Rights Officer of MatchTune
  • Alexander Baynum - Director of U. . .

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MENA’s Music Industry Is Thriving: What Does 2024 Have In Store? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/mena-music-industry-2024-weekly-report/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:30:18 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=275127 The rapid development of MENA’s collective music space, far from being a secret, has driven more than a few industry conversations and investments in recent years. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the region’s recorded music sphere grew 23.8% year over year (YoY) during 2022, with 95.5% of revenue attributable to streaming.

MENA — short for Middle East/North Africa — is an acronym getting a lot more play in music industry discussions these days.

But what's really happening in this region? In this DMN Pro report, we pick apart the. . .


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Can Spotify Achieve Profitability In 2024? A Look at a Possible Inflection Point https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-profitable-2024-weekly/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:45:04 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=272628 For a company that has never made an annual profit and accumulated losses of over $4 billion over the years, we dive into the details to decode whether Spotify’s latest moves — layoffs, podcast cuts, trimmed operational costs and raised subscription prices — can finally lead to an ecosystem in which the streaming market leader can be profitable.

In our latest DMN Pro Weekly research report, we take a closer look at the prospects of Spotify becoming profitable in 2024 and beyond.

Report Table of Contents

Scale vs. Profitability: Spotify’s Empty Pockets

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In 2023, music tech startups and companies collectively fattened their coffers with almost $10 billion in funding, according to tracking compiled by Digital Music News. Compared to. . .


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Music Industry Litigation Tracker https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/data/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 03:03:00 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=269452

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The Definitive Guide to Spotify’s Changes In Sound Recording Royalty Calculations — And Its Impact on Artists https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/spotify-royalty-changes-guide-dmn-weekly/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:45:48 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=266735 In our latest DMN Pro Weekly Report, guest author Jeff Price offers an exhaustive breakdown of Spotify’s updated payout structure for sound recording royalties — and what if means for everyone in the music industry food chain.

The most remarkable takeaway from this report? For Spotify, the percentage of total revenue allocated to sound recording royalties doesn’t decrease when its new model rolls out in 2024’s Q1. So Spotify’s bottom line won't benefit from the revamp.

But rising, developing, and indie artists will no longer receive royalties. . .


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AI vs. Copyright — A Detailed Look at the Current Legal Landscape https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/ai-vs-copyright-detailed-legal-landscape/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:48:59 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=265963 Where are the legal battle lines being drawn between the music industry and AI?  This exhaustive DMN Pro white paper takes an in-depth look at a rash of early-stage lawsuits against AI giants, while assessing the core issues at stake and potential outcomes for the music industry and musical artistry overall.

For an industry that revolves religiously around monetization and IP protection, the tigerish response from music labels, publishers, and industry bodies against AI giants is hardly surprising. The music industry’s early position on the matter of copyright places human artistry, creativity, and authorship at. . .


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The Hipgnosis v. Hipgnosis Lawsuit Is Heating Up — And It’s Uglier Than You Think https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/hipgnosis-v-hipgnosis-lawsuit-heating-up-dmn-pro/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 04:00:10 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=264535 DMN Pro Weekly Report: The Hipgnosis v. Hipgnosis Lawsuit Is Heating Up

In our latest DMN Pro Weekly Report, we delve into the complex web of companies known as 'Hipgnosis,' while previewing a legal battle between Hipgnosis entities (past and present) that promises to be ugly. Can the once high-flying Hipgnosis Songs Fund survive this latest attack without serious long-term damage?


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Despite the AI technology’s scary first steps into the music industry and multiple copyright infringement lawsuits filed against AI companies, are we also witnessing a general theme of acceptance slowly gaining steam?

Here's another complex question to add to this soup: how are monster-funded. . .


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Investors Still Aren’t Sold on Robert Kyncl’s Vision for Warner Music Group. Will That Change In 2024? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/warner-music-group-robert-kyncl-vision-dmn-weekly/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:18:57 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=260534 In our latest DMN Pro weekly analytical report, we take a closer look at investor sentiment surrounding Warner Music Group and the company's retreaded vision under CEO Robert Kyncl. WMG is the perennial number three after Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, but what's in store for 2024?

During his first 11 months as CEO of Warner Music Group (WMG), Robert Kyncl made a series of moves that he says will ultimately help the smallest of the Big Three labels to thrive. Despite these assurances and WMG’s improved Q3 financials, some investors remain uncertain. . .


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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Is Melting Down — What Comes Next for the Formerly High-Flying IP Investor? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/hipgnosis-songs-fund-melting-down-analysis/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:00:37 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=259677

Late last month, following several far-from-ideal developments for Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), investors voted overwhelmingly against the Merck Mercuriadis-founded operation’s continuation. In this in-depth report, we look at what led to the fund’s current predicament and what may come next.


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Everything You Need To Know About Recent ‘User-Centric’ and ‘Artist-Centric’ Streaming Royalty Developments https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/dmn-pro-weekly-artist-centric-streaming-royalty-developments/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 02:00:35 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=258759

In our latest DMN Pro Weekly deep-dive, we track the dizzying developments surrounding the music industry's potential shifts in streaming platform compensation and catalog the proposed changes across both user- and artist-centric compensation methods. Critical players in this report include Deezer, Universal Music Group, Spotify, Believe, AIM, A2IM, SACEM, Wagram Music, and Stem Disintermedia.

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]]> ‘Rules for AI’: Complete Mini-Conference Video https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/rules-for-ai-dmn-pro-video-full/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 23:42:30 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=258046 What are the rules for AI? The role that artificial intelligence will play in the music industry is still being cemented as 2023 comes to a close, though we’re witnessing the beginnings of a roadmap. These panels, held on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 in Los Angeles, take a closer look at how AI will impact the music industry in 2024 and beyond with some of the most important players in the business.

In our inaugural 'mini-conference,' DMN assembled a panel of leading music industry executives to sift through the deals, decisions, and emerging rules for AI. . .


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Is the Music Industry at the Beginning of an AI-Powered Expansion? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/pro/reports-weekly-10-03-2023-ai-music-opportunity/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:26:36 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?post_type=dmn_pro&p=255960 This report delves into the stream of newly-unraveling AI possibilities and deals that — for once — don’t spell doom. We take a look at the latest strategic tie-ups endorsing AI adoption, evolving AI viewpoints from mega-players in the industry, burgeoning investments in the tech, and how these developments could ultimately shape a fully -AI-powered music ecosystem.

Become a DMN Pro subscriber today to continue to receive access to these reports after November 1, 2023. Subscribing is easy, and you can view our best offers here.


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