Beatchain, Songtrust Partner Up; rightsHUB Debuts Music Rights Data Tool; Tencent Buys Into Pex

Beatchain Announces Partnership with Royalty Collection Service Songtrust — platformandstream.wordpress.com

Beatchain Announces Partnership with Royalty Collection Service Songtrust — platformandstream.wordpress.com

As of February 2021, members of Beatchain’s service will receive 20% off of the Songtrust registration fee, allowing them access to the one-stop-shop royalty aggregation tool that is used by just-breaking artists and GRAMMY-award winners alike.

rightsHUB Launches Online Music Rights Data Enrichment Tool — platformandstream.wordpress.com

Music rights data and asset management platform rightsHUB has added DataDoktor to its suite of music management tools.

AI Music Discovery Platform Andrson Launches #ReWrapped — platformandstream.wordpress.com

Andrson, an A.I.-powered music discovery platform, has launched #ReWrapped — a new feature which allows users to connect their Spotify profile to the Andrson platform, helping to discover new artists influenced by their musical taste from last year.

New European Music-Tech Programme Seeking Applications — journalofmusic.com 
 Seven-month Music Tech Europe Academy co-funded by the EU aims to develop Europe’s music-tech ecosystem.

Tencent joins $57m investment round in music licensing platform Pex — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Investment to help company scale its Attribution Engine (AE) licensing technology.

Soundstripe Paid $2.5 Million To Music Creators Last Year — musicrow.com

Soundstripe, a leading provider of royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects, has announced that it reached several significant business milestones in 2020.

Spotify, Apple and Amazon to face MPs in final streaming inquiry session — www.musicweek.com

Senior execs from the three big music streaming companies will face the DCMS Committee next week.

Vevo Launches AI-Driven ‘Moods’ To Target Ads To Attitudes — www.forbes.com

Vevo launches Moods, an artificial-intelligence tool that groups music videos into specific moods to improve the targeting of ads that run alongside them.

Spotify names Central Cee as first Radar artist of 2021 — www.musicweek.com

UK rapper Central Cee will join Spotify’s global emerging artist programme as the fourth UK & Irish act since the launch of Radar last year.

Why Musicians Need Dedicated Video Chat In 2021 — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 Video calls became a regular part of everyone’s life last year. But musicians were left to struggle with clunky, uninspiring video chat apps.

The Monkees, Marketing & The Instant Gratification Music Business — audiophilereview.com

Last week my music buddy Frank pinged me about a special deal on Amazon for a live album by the remaining Monkees.

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