Jaxsta, Songtradr Integration is Live; New Content Deals for Staccs; Spotify's New 'Mixes'; Apple Invests in UnitedMasters

Independent music distribution platform and tool factory UnitedMasters has raised a $50M series B round led by Apple. A16z and Alphabet are participating again in this raise.

Spotify Mixes are auto-generated personalized playlists based around your favorite artists, genres, or decades of music. They’re rolling out globally starting today for both free and premium Spotify users.

Video and audio platform Staccs has agreed content deals with French distributor Believe and DCD Rights, a UK-based distribution company. Find out all the details here…

Songtradr will utilise Jaxsta’s music credits metadata to assist in the identification of uncollected revenue resulting from the public performance of sound recordings.

Damon Krukowski of UMAW responds to Spotify's Loud & Clear website in this new interview.

Backers see a way to reach the unbanked. But any system could give the government a record of every dollar you spend.

InnerCat Music Group founder Paris Cabezas explains how a data-driven mindset helps optimize digital music distribution and collect neighboring rights royalties.

Didier Martin, CEO of France's OuthereMusic, on why classical labels like his are crying out for a shift in the streaming payout model…

Is it fair to compare podcasting with broadcast radio?

The music streaming arm of Tencent has forged a strategic partnership with JYP Entertainment, a South Korean entertainment and record label backed by K-pop groups such as TWICE, ITZY and Stray Kids.

Pick a hobby, any hobby. Sports car enthusiasts have any number of makes and models from which to choose. Watches and wine, two hobbies frequently allied with

All of Chinese thrash band Punisher's music has been wiped from the country's biggest streaming platforms.

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