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Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. Sony Music is buying Kobalt's label and distribution arm Awal, and its neighbouring rights division. After the initial announcement, the price paid was confirmed as $430m. Stu and Joe analyse the purchase, including what the knock-on effect is on the remaining indie distributors, and speculate on what new activity the distribution space might see as competition to win over artists hots up. 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. On Tuesday 19th January, the UK parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming. The three major labels' UK bosses gave evidence, as well as from UK rights management collectives PPL and PRS for Music. The session saw some very well-briefed questions that got to the heart of some of the key issues in the debate about musicians and streaming income… and there were some moments that made us want to bang our heads against the desk. Stu and Joe analyse the session, suggest what might happen next, and wonder why glam-metal band Poison were discussed so much. 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb

Music business news, analysed in brief by Music Ally's Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow. The British music industry will be clearing some diary time next Tuesday (19 January) for the next sessions in the UK parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming. The second session will see the three major labels' UK bosses giving evidence together. Artists and songwriters who gave evidence in previous sessions appear to have successfully set the tone and direction of the inquiry, and the parliamentary committee's announcement hints at fireworks. 👋 Sign up for Music Ally’s free weekly newsletter, The Knowledge – an at-a-glance overview of the whirling, weird maelstrom that is the modern music industry. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb

This show is for artists, managers, labels, publishers and DSPs – in fact, anyone involved in this complex relationship. In the show, we'll discuss:  What should change in contracts between artists, songwriters and other rightsholders? Why do EMMA's managers want change and how can it happen? Will the EU Copyright Directives 18-20, which address contract reform, make a difference - or make things more complex?  BTW, with regards to artists' earnings, if you missed the last show on Deezer's User-Centric Payment System, you can watch it back here: https://youtu.be/emtoljpnplw  Featuring: Joe Sparrow - Lord Music Ally Contributor Patrick Ross - SVP, Digital Strategy @ Music Ally Romain Vivien - MD and board member of Believe   Virpi Immonen - vice-chair, European Music Managers Alliance Per Kviman  - chair, European Music Managers Alliance   Sign up for the next TV show: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/Twitter: https://twitter.com/musicallyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/ For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com

Andrew Jervis, Bandcamp's Chief Curator, will explain how to get the most out of Bandcamp's artist-fan relationship tools - including fan accounts, the music feed, and artist recommendations. He'll also explain best practice for selling physical and digital bundles, and show how Label accounts work.  Andrew will use recent case studies and success stories to give you inspiration - and you can ask him anything about tailoring your use of the platform to suit an artist's unique ethos, fanbase and career.  He'll dig into Bandcamp's curatorial and editorial features: Bandcamp Daily, Fan Spotlight, and The Shortlist, and explain how to best approach them.  He joins Patrick Ross, Music Ally's SVP of Digital Strategy. It's hosted by Music Ally writer Joe Sparrow. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/  For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com  Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com

Episode 14 of Music Ally TV - China, in context: understanding a music industry on the cutting edge  In this Episode: Kanjian’s VP of International Business, Tinko Georgiev, International Marketing Manager Jane Polubotko and International Business Specialist Yutong Situ explain how in China, artist branding must hit different touch-points, and how building a long-term, diversified approach across multiple businesses is essential for success.  They also explain what artists looking to break into China must do to properly engage with the market. For further reading, there are some good resources on Kanjian’s site (https://en.kanjian.com/china) explaining the Chinese music market in comparison to other types of marketplace. It's hosted by Music Ally writer Joe Sparrow and features regular panelists Henriette Heimdal, Market Development Coordinator for Europe and the UK at CD Baby, as well as Patrick Ross, Music Ally's SVP of Digital Strategy.  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/  For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT #StayHome And Learn #WithMe 

In this special episode, Joe Sparrow spoke to musicians Zoë Keating and David Lowery - two of the most prominent voices for artists’ rights in the streaming era. They spoke in the light of recent public discussions about how the model pays off for musicians – #BrokenRecord in the UK for example – and how they think streaming could and should improve. Keating has regularly published her streaming income data to further transparency around payouts for artists, and Lowery runs artist-rights blog The Trichordist, and and also filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify in 2015, which was settled in 2017. You can read the accompanying article on Music Ally here. Sign up for Music Ally's streaming TV show: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/ For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com

This episode: A learnings-focussed workshop that asks: how do you put marketing at the very centre of an artist's career? Coherence, coordination, and - yes - *synergy* are the goals in the age of multi-faceted marketing campaigns- but by its very nature, that's all complicated to do. So what are the practical steps to build a multi-platform, multi-faceted campaign that feels synchronised?   Expert guests include Ali Murphy, International Marketing Manager of Secretly Group, Charles Kirby-Welch, CEO & founder of Kartel Music Group, and Henriette Heimdal, Market Development UK & EU at CD Baby.  It's hosted by Music Ally writer Joe Sparrow and features Patrick Ross, Music Ally's SVP of Digital Strategy, as regular panelist. Sign up for the next one: https://musically.lnk.to/TVShowSignup Episodes Live Fridays 4pm CET / 3pm UK / 10am ET / 7am PT Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/ For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com  Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com

Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Joe and Stu discuss how events have, it's fair to say, moved fast since Friday for TikTok's business in the US. The latest news is confirmation from Microsoft that it's in talks about an acquisition of TikTok in the US and certain other countries, with a mid-September deadline to reach an agreement with the app's parent company ByteDance – not to mention the US president. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/ For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com #MusicAllyTV

Music Ally Today takes a key story from Music Ally’s daily music industry newsletter and gives you the analysis you need to know. Today: Joe Sparrow and Stuart Dredge discuss how Spotify ended Q2 with 138 million subscribers and 299 million monthly active users, having added eight million and 13 million respectively that quarter. Meanwhile, Spotify generated revenues of 1.89bn in Q2, up by 13% year-on-year. It recorded an operating loss of €167m and a net loss of €356m for the quarter. PLUS: Stu interviewed Daniel Ek - and he had some comments about the future of music-making that has made some artists very angry... (Full interview: https://musically.com/2020/07/30/spotify-ceo-talks-covid-19-artist-incomes-and-podcasting-interview/) Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicallybiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/musically Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicallyfb/ For more knowledge: http://learn.musically.com Music Ally is a Knowledge Company http://musically.com #MusicAllyTV