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🔵 Spotify is learning hard lessons about podcasting
It turns out this isn't an easy win after all
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🔵 Spotify's layoffs: a sign of the times
Profit comes by increasing revenue... or cutting overhead
🔵 The hidden genius of TikTok's new Artists feature for musicians
Handy for artists, but there's arguably a much smarter play going on here
🔵 The next phase for social media, and what that means for artists
How social media's evolution might benefit the broadcasters, but potentially save the introverts too
🔵 Mental wellbeing is worst among early stage musicians
And that's before all these remuneration changes pass more money up to bigger artists....
🔵 About that "indie coalition" remark...
Or, why we need a top level, international entity to protect commercial interests
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🔵 OpenAI's Struggles Highlight Growing Concerns Over Rapid Development
... and what this all means in the context of the music industry
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🔵 YouTube and Stability AI: a tale of two approaches to copyright
Is this also moving too fast for everyone now? I suspect it might be.
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🔵 Where is the indie coalition?
Trade bodies abound, but action seems somewhat lacking as the majors buy up businesses
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🔵 Chatting music and marketing with Sean Adams
All the day's news, plus a podcast deep dive into music and marketing
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A newsletter about the music industry, technology, marketing, and the intersection of all three, brought to you by the strategic marketing agency Motive Unknown.
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