France’s Mediawan Rights has launched a metaverse for buyers to access new catalog releases and connect with sales execs. As the international production and sales markets continue grow and competition gets fiercer each year, distributors are under pressure to find better ways to reach acquisitions and co-productions executives.
Source: ‘Zorro’ Seller Mediawan Rights Creates Metaverse For Buyers Ahead Of Mipcom
GESAC – the pan-European grouping of song right collecting societies – yesterday published a new report on the streaming market, which provides an overview of the ongoing debates around the economics of streaming, identifying three key areas of concern: price point, algorithms and the good old slicing of the digital pie.
Source: GESAC streaming report puts spotlight on price point, algorithms and the digital pie
Among the tracks on the TikTok Top 200 that eventually reached over a million Spotify streams, 63.8% were from organic posting by the artist and other TikTok users, according to ContraBrand, while 35.5% were artist-generated content and only 9.1% were driven by influencer marketing and only 2.5% were sparked by paid ads.
Marybeth Peters, who served as the U.S. Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010, died on September 29. She was 83. Peters played a key role in adapting copyright to the digital age, including helping to implement both the 1976 Copyright Act and the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The controversial Google Book Search lawsuit also took place during her tenure, and Peters was critical of the proposed settlement, arguing that it was at odds with the law.
Source: Obituary: Marybeth Peters, Former Register of Copyrights
Spotify is vowing to remove racist, anti-semitic and other hate content from its platform following a new report that says music from a number of white supremacist acts is “prevalent” on the service. The report, published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), found a total of 40 white supremacist acts hosted on Spotify, violating the platform’s rules against “dangerous content.”
Source: White Supremacist Acts Are ‘Prevalent’ on Spotify, But the Streamer Says It’s Working On It
In diversifying its own content offering with yet another audio format alongside music and podcasts, Spotify may have unlocked a new way for artists to make more money from their fans on its platform. What if that artist and their team had access to a feature in Spotify for Artists that let them put a lock icon on a bonus track, making it accessible only to the fans who make an additional purchase?
Source: Could Spotify’s locked audiobooks model be a new way for artists to make money on its platform?
Amazon plans to limit automatic ebook returns to cases where people have read no more than 10 percent of the book, according to the Authors Guild. The change, which follows complaints that Kindle buyers were returning titles they’d fully read to get a refund, is expected to take place by the end of the year. In a press release, the guild blamed “BookTok influencers” for encouraging people to get “free” books by buying and then returning them.
Source: Amazon is tightening its ebook return policy to thwart BookTok
Spotify is bringing audiobooks to its app today. At launch, the feature functions much like a traditional audiobook service, requiring users to buy each book they want to listen to. But the company has teased more unique business models that could come in the future and look more like the freemium approach listeners have become used to with music and podcasts.
Source: Spotify now sells audiobooks
It’s no secret that growing your presence on TikTok can lead to massive opportunities. But TikTok itself is a fickle platform for content creators. Most famous TikTokers only earn a small portion of their revenue from the platform itself. Brand deals, sponsorships, record deals, and other forms of income are the bread and butter.
Source: YouTube Shorts Could Hit TikTok Where It Hurts, Creator Payments
Musicians cut their chops learning how to balance artistic collaboration and marketing their work. Even the most popular artists act as their own publicists, making sure to put on the best marketing performance and don the best persona for the brand of music they play. This approach is especially needed in indie publishing, yet its not so well appreciated there.
Source: Making Books After Music: On Rockers-Turned-Publishers