Spotify founder Daniel Ek is committed to transforming Spotify For Artists into a “two-sided marketplace” which can monetize the relationship that the 465,000 artists that use the currently free artist marketing and data platform. The streamer also revealed that a Two-Sided Marketplace would be “margin enhancing” and is at the center of current licensing renegotiations with the major labels.
Source: Spotify To Monetize Artist/Fan Relationship With A ‘Two-Sided Marketplace’
Facebook’s refusal to pay for news in France under new legislation on the neighboring right for publishers does not have the same consequences as Google’s refusal, French Junior Digital Minister Cédric O said Monday. “Facebook doesn’t raise the same issues [as Google]. Facebook doesn’t generate the same traffic, it’s not a search engine,” he told French radio France Inter.
Source: French junior digital minister: Facebook different from Google on copyright
Speaking Tuesday at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit, Disney CEO Bob Iger suggested that you would be able to keep any program from the service if you download it and watch it offline. But Disney has since clarified that shows or movies that leave the service will also leave your device.
Source: Disney Plus downloads will disappear if titles leave the service
Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) posted a surprise profit and beat Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue as the music streaming company added more-than-expected subscribers to its premium service, sending its shares up 12%.
Source: Spotify shares surge after surprise profit, rise in paid users
In November, around 100 coders and creative writers are expected to take the National Novel Generation Month (NaNoGenMo) challenge, for which they’ll build computer programs, specialized artificial intelligence, and other digital tools capable of generating 50,000-word novels. According to a survey of 352 AI researchers, AI will be writing bestselling novels 20 years from now.
Not only is the profession of photography a dying one, but the monetary value placed on photos is lost as well. This isn’t just because of the volume of photos, but because fewer people respect anything resembling copyright or ownership of photos.
Source: A Photo Used To Be Worth A Thousand Words, But Thanks To Social Media Photos Have Lost Their Value
As audiences increasingly turn away from television and radio, opportunities for mass exposure are limited. Streaming is a stopgap offering exposure through popular playlists, but with millions of playlists in existence across numerous platforms, each with specific themes and audiences, the likelihood of any song propelling an artist or group to widespread popularity is low.
Spotify certainly looks like the big dog on the streaming block, and perhaps it really is, but some on Wall Street are beginning to think that the company is not all that its stock is cracked up to be.
A studio music licensing team can have more than a dozen employees, with multiple projects in process. Enter multi-country rollouts, which describes practically every serious film & tv production today, and the level of complexity multiplies. That calls for an umbrella, budget-focused view, which anyone across the organization (with the right permissions) can access.
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Source: Trevanna Tracks Simplifies the Chaos of Film & TV Music Licensing
Two weeks ago the Motion Picture Association branded the Polish VOD service CDA.pl as a notorious pirate site. However, the platform itself wholeheartedly disagrees. The publicly traded company accuses the MPA of continuing to spread false information, which is hurting its image and causing substantial financial damage as well.
Source: MPA’s Piracy Claims Caused Financial Damage, VOD Site Says – TorrentFreak