Share this postCreators Face an Evolving Challenge Protecting IP; Why Does Twitter Still Matter for Musicians?platformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherCreators Face an Evolving Challenge Protecting IP; Why Does Twitter Still Matter for Musicians?Platform & StreamMay 29, 2018Share this postCreators Face an Evolving Challenge Protecting IP; Why Does Twitter Still Matter for Musicians?platformstream.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareProtecting intellectual property and rewarding the creators of original works is a moving target as online technology continues to evolveAs the music industry recovers, Sony, YouTube and Spotify jostle for supremacyA noble attempt to reckon with the work of accused abusers like XXXTentacion and R. Kelly has gone very south.Family subscriptions for music streaming services are great value in big households. Now Pandora is offering a family subscription for $15, matching similar deals from Spotify and Apple Music.It’s worth remembering, Twitter still has hundreds of millions of active monthly users — and most of them have never heard your music. That’s a big untapped market right there.Spotify’s payment processor, Adyen revealed that it plans to IPO in Amsterdam next month, seeking a valuation between $7 billion and $10.5 billion.There may yet be hope for AM radio, a platform that has seen better days.In March 2018, we explored the idea of content-based (CN), context-based (CX), and hybrid (HB) playlists on the Spotify platform…if you missed it, check it out here for some context (pun fully…In this interview, James Martin of Midem speaks with Sam Hill, Director of Digital Marketing at BMG UK, about his job, advice he'd give to those starting in the music industry, where he thinks the music industry is headed, and why he doesn't think data should drive 100% of decisions....Paul Wilson looks at what dealers do right...and wrong...Multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook is giving fans a chance to listen to his new album 'People Are My Drug' one week early.PreviousNext