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SoundCloud is Allowing Artists To Contact Fans (and Get Paid More)

The New Music Business with Ari Herstand

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How to Grow Your Fan Base on SoundCloud

Fermi: We have basically kind of two categories of revenue generation within our ecosystem. A fan can listen for free and we have an ad supported model backed behind that similar to other kind of Fermi music products. And then we have a subscription product as well where we actually have to go and go plus, which gives you access to things like downloading locally to your device. You get access to we have a paywall for certain tracks. Right holders can put their music in front of the paywall or behind the paywall. It unlocks a whole slew of benefits for listeners within SoundCloud.

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