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Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative.

admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:12:57 +0000

When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite.

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IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:00:46 +0000

Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok

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Apple fined nearly $2bn in EU over ‘abusive’ app store rules for music streaming services – and it could potentially be on the hook for more damages

admin — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:02:29 +0000

Apple plans to appeal the decision

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IMPALA calls on Apple to rethink spatial audio bonus, seek ‘collaborative’ solution

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:24:44 +0000

Apple Music's higher payouts for songs available in Spatial Audio disadvantages indie artists and labels, IMPALA says

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Apple Music introduces monthly version of year-end ‘Replay’ feature

admin — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:39:25 +0000

By offering a more frequent and personalized version of Replay, Apple Music aims to capture a larger share of the market

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EU to fine Apple $539m for alleged violations in music streaming (report)

admin — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:21:10 +0000

The fine stems from an ongoing investigation launched in 2019 following a complaint from Spotify

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Spotify’s spat with Apple, its new deal with Joe Rogan and further cost-cutting: 3 things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call

admin — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:08:42 +0000

Spotify would be experimenting with a variety of payment models, were it not for the Apple Store’s so-called “app tax,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said.

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Beggars Group, Secretly, Partisan Records among indie labels pushing back against Apple Music’s higher payouts for Spatial Audio (report)

admin — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:46:07 +0000

"The new deal will badly impact our revenues," an indie record label executive says

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With ‘superfans’ in their eyes, could the major record companies now rally behind Spotify in its ‘app tax’ battle with Apple?

admin — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 02:12:40 +0000

Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight

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