Sitemap - 2023 - Network Notes

๐Ÿ”ต Reflections on 2023 and predictions for 2024

๐Ÿ”ต 2023 winds down but the AI stories just won't quit

๐Ÿ”ต How the music industry is diverging into two separate economies

๐Ÿ”ต Hipgnosis' ยฃ18M song sale raises questions

๐Ÿ”ต Spotify is learning hard lessons about podcasting

๐Ÿ”ต Spotify's layoffs: a sign of the times

๐Ÿ”ต The hidden genius of TikTok's new Artists feature for musicians

๐Ÿ”ต The next phase for social media, and what that means for artists

๐Ÿ”ต Mental wellbeing is worst among early stage musicians

๐Ÿ”ต About that "indie coalition" remark...

๐Ÿ”ต OpenAI's Struggles Highlight Growing Concerns Over Rapid Development

๐Ÿ”ต YouTube and Stability AI: a tale of two approaches to copyright

๐Ÿ”ต Where is the indie coalition?

๐Ÿ”ต Chatting music and marketing with Sean Adams

๐Ÿ”ต Could music journalists and PR people be the future of music?

๐Ÿ”ต Artist subscriptions, and what the music industry could learn from Substack

๐Ÿ”ต New/Rising Artists: Spotify doesn't want you in your growth phase... and that's OK.

๐Ÿ”ต Do we have too many stakeholders in music now?

๐Ÿ”ต Why two-tier licensing may be a positive step for DIY artists.

๐Ÿ”ต Deezer unveils a much smarter approach to streaming fraud

๐Ÿ”ต This "Bandcamp is over/dying/dead" narrative needs to stop.

๐Ÿ”ต Hipgnosis investors rebel and vote against continuing. What happens now?

๐Ÿ”ต Spotify unveils its changes to streaming payouts... but is it enough?

๐Ÿ”ต The Hipgnosis saga continues and YouTube works on AI voice cloning

๐Ÿ”ต At Hipgnosis, the house always wins

๐Ÿ”ต Attempting a balanced look at Bandcamp's predicament

๐Ÿ”ต Artists, fans and the overuse of the word "superfan"

๐Ÿ”ต Revisiting the precarious state of UK music distribution

๐Ÿ”ต Bandcamp turmoil, Discogs unrest... is the grassroots indie scene under threat?

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