Streaming Royalty Payments Leap for Indie Labels; Can Programmatic Be SoundCloud’s Next Big Revenue Driver?

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, recently announced that royalty payments to its 700-plus members for audio streaming hit $353 million for the 12 months ending March 2017 -- a 52 percent jump over the previous year.

SoundCloud launched a subscription service, SoundCloud Go, in March to compete more directly with services like Spotify and Pandora, but hasn’t reported metrics around its user growth. “This has been a year for a wave of ad product launches,” said Megan Hartman, programmatic lead at SoundCloud.

We spoke wth Royalty Exchange about how they've completely changed with world of buying and selling publishing.

Pandora Media on Monday named Roger Lynch as the new chief executive at the internet radio company. Pandora selected its new boss almost two months after company co-founder Tim Westergren stepped down from the job.

A reflection on key trends in music, tech, and user interfaces. Soundcloud is saved, for now. On top of whatever strategic decisions they make to be able to

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