Spotify's New Playlist Import Feature Targets Streaming Churn
Built-in TuneMyMusic import lets fans bring playlists from rival apps, slashing switching friction and changing how Spotify fights churn.
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Major Labels Cut Landmark AI Music Deal With Klay
UMG, Sony and Warner license catalogs to AI startup Klay, opening a controlled new revenue stream for remixable, rights-respecting AI music.
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Spotify Buys WhoSampled To Power SongDNA & Catalog Deals
Spotify's WhoSampled buy turns sample metadata into a new discovery, credits and licensing weapon for labels, publishers and catalog owners.
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TikTok's New AI Slider Could Reshape Music Discovery
TikTok's new AI-content slider could boost human-led music discovery while forcing teams to rethink how they use synthetic videos in campaigns.
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Music's 2025 Money Map: Growth With Leaks
New royalty data and fresh catalog funds reveal a music business with record cashflows, stubborn leaks, and hard choices for labels and artists.
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The Weeknd's Stadium Tour Hits $1 Billion
The Weeknd's stadium mega-tour just joined the billion-dollar club, showing how modern tours bundle tickets, sponsors, and storytelling.
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AI Cowboy Breaking Rust Tops Billboard Country Downloads
AI act Breaking Rust just turned a cheap download chart into a global AI music stress test for Nashville, DSPs and chart rules.
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Spotify’s Platinum test: lossless, AI DJ and a quiet price hike
Spotify is testing new Lite, Standard and Platinum tiers with lossless audio and AI DJ in five markets to see how much extra fans pay.
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Spotify’s NMPA video deal rewires publishing
Spotify’s new NMPA opt‑in video deal lets indie publishers license U.S. audiovisual rights directly, but keeps key royalty terms opaque.
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Deezer's AI Crackdown: 50k Tracks, 70% Fraud
Deezer data shows 34% of daily uploads are AI, 70% of plays are fraud, and a new survey finds 97% of listeners can't tell AI songs from humans.
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YouTube Claims $8B Music Payout in Past Year
YouTube says it paid $8B to music in 12 months; here’s how that reshapes marketing mixes, UGC claims, and RPM math for Q4.
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Labels Are About to License AI — Here’s the Royalty Math That Could Follow
Universal and Warner are reportedly weeks from landmark AI licensing deals. We break down the economics, risks, and what artists should do now.
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Taylor Swift Turns a 3‑Day Film Window into a Full‑Funnel Album Launch
Her one‑weekend theatrical ‘Release Party’ did $33M at the box office and doubled as a CRM and merch engine. Here’s the playbook others can copy.
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Sabrina Carpenter’s ACL Pop‑Up Is a DTC Data Engine
An Austin merch shop turns festival buzz into first‑party data and measurable revenue — here’s the ad‑tech playbook.
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Spotify Names Co‑CEOs — Ad Growth, Policy Shifts Ahead
Daniel Ek moves to executive chairman; we unpack how co‑CEOs change ads, payouts, and product priorities.
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