Must See User Centric Explainer by Stevic MacKay of @TwelveFootNinja
Fantastic straight from the heart and blisteringly accurate critique of the “big pool” streaming model.
Category: Spotify Meltdown
Today’s Word: “Neuromarketing” at Spotify
Spotify proudly announces their research into how to harvest the brains of your fans for fun and profit. Is that what you signed up for?
It’s All About the Stock: Tone deaf Spotify Insiders Vote for Stock Buyback to Juice Their Share Price While Congress Questions Streaming Payola — @ArtistRights Watch
Spotify’s tone deaf stock buyback comes as the company is fighting fair royalties and avoiding regulation that protects culture from the Spotify juggernaut.
Not You, ARPU: Another way to value streams on Spotify
Spotify’s economic disparity is way worse than you thought when you value streams based on market capitalization.
@ashleyjanamusic’s Video Tells You All You Need to Know About Spotify’s Attitude Toward Artists
Spotify exec says come for the exposure, stay for the mansplaining.
The Curious Timing of “Spotify Untold” the Corporate Bio Book
[Update: This post first posted on July 25, 2019 while the authors of “Spotify Untold” were on their US tour marketing their Swedish language book. And then badaboom badabing, the book got optioned in August 2019 by Yellow Bird UK (which is a real production company, apparently home to the respected Swedish producer Berna Levin). […]
Riding the Third Rails: Making the case at WIPO for performer streaming remuneration
I recently co-authored a study for the World Intellectual Property Organization that was quoted by leading artists in a letter calling on the UK Prime Minister to support equitable remuneration for streaming.
The 50 Dollar Handshake Goes to Washington: Payola, Spotify and Steering Agreements
Congress finally caught on to Spotify “payola”
Honesty in Our Favor: HFA Loses Attempt to Exit Eight Mile Style Case–What implications for MLC?
Harry Fox Agency has a heavy burden in Eight Mile Style cases to prove they didn’t help Spotify cover up copyright infringement.
Hell Has Frozen Over: Apple Joins the Competition on Artist Royalty Payments with Some Good Karma
As an old sailing master once said, two boats on the water is a race. For once, the prize may be which streamery can treat artists better than their competitor.
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