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Billboard’s 2019 Indie Power Players: The Execs Behind Drake, John Prine, Lauren Daigle and BTS
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HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE US MUSIC PUBLISHING INDUSTRY MAKING? A BILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN IT WAS 4 YEARS AGO.
The MBW Review offers their take on some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, they chew over new statistics regarding the US music publishing (and songwriting) community’s annual revenues, and how they stack up against their friends and partners in the record industry.
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Spotify Redesigns ‘Your Library’ with Artists and Album Sections, Liked Songs Playlist, Podcasts, More
Spotify has launched a major “Your Library” update. Centered around a sleeker design and putting podcasts on an equal footing with music, the update offers features to please music fans, as well. The update is currently available to Premium users only.
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Spotify Launches ‘Your Daily Drive’ Playlist With Personalized Music, News & Podcasts
In its latest move to bring podcasts to the forefront, Spotify is launching a new personalized playlist called Your Daily Drive on Wednesday (June 11), which will combine music with news updates from popular podcasts produced by outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NPR and PRI.
Targeted at commuters, Your Daily Drive will feature music you already enjoy, new tracks Spotify thinks you’ll like and news from “reputable outlets” in a single playlist. Both the music and the news updates will be refreshed throughout the day, so your morning commute playlist shouldn’t match your evening lineup.
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How audio creators can make money with Mixcloud Select: breaking down the model
About a decade ago, Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 true fans theory predicted an alternative future for the internet. One that wasn’t funded by advertising money, but by direct human-to-human connection. Doing the math, he calculated that any creator could make a successful living based on two simple criteria. First, you have to create enough to make $100 a year in revenue from individual true fans. Second, you have to have a direct relationship to your fans.
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