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Happy Monday everyone!

Over the weekend, I did a deep dive into the shape of the early 2000s era of the music industry, and how it would define the height of the battle between Internet companies and the Record Labels.

We all know about Napster’s story, and how they disrupted the way people consumed music, practically overnight, eventually being sued most famously by the rock band Metallica for copyright infringement.

In case…

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Happy Friday everyone!

It’s been an eventful week in the music industry, with Billie Eilish finally dropping her 3rd studio album ‘ Happier Than Ever’, earlier today, which has probably been off the back of her most controversial year yet.

Right from losing more than 100,000 followers on Instagram (still sitting at a sweet 88.3 Million) earlier this year for some offensive drawings posted online, to old videos resurfacing of her engaging…

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What’s up, everyone?

Yesterday, Netflix announced the launch of its first music creative and production team in the Asia Pacific region, to be based out of Mumbai 🇮🇳

What will this team really do?

Providing production support to the music creators working with Netflix in India, the unit’s job is to connect them with local music talent, besides partnering with composers, producers, record labels, publishers, and artist management teams to make music…

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Happy Monday everyone!

In what is yet another case of the Chinese government cracking down on Tech Startups in its country, Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has been ordered to give up its exclusive music licensing rights and slapped a fine for anti-competitive behavior ❌

Why so?

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the official regulatory body in China, imposed a fine of 500,000 yuan ($77,141) on the company citing violations…

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Happy Weekend Everyone!

It has been an interesting week in the music industry, with Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s SPAC Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (PSTH) pulling out of the $4 Billion Deal to acquire 10% of Universal Music Group, something that looked like all but done a few weeks back, and was covered by us in a previous newsletter.

However, with there being plans to acquire a lesser share in UMG…

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Hi Everyone,

Yesterday, I managed to read up the last chapter of the book- Tarzan Economics called ‘ Big Data, Big Mistakes’.

Will Page’s book has been a constant source of interesting anecdotes and stories for this newsletter on how the music industry works, with Page’s front row experience of overseeing the transition into streaming, as the Chief Economist of Spotify.

Taking a leaf out of the same, today’s newsletter talks about…

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Hi Everyone!

Last week, we wrote about the rise of Electronic Dance Music, and how far the culture has grown, to the point wherein most major sporting events have heavy influence from the EDM community.

With Martin Garrix repping the flag for Dance Music at the Euro 2020 this year, we couldn’t help but dig deep into the impact of these sporting anthems on the rise of a particular genre.

Remember Colombian…

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What’s good, everyone?

Last week, 31-year-old Canadian R&B Star- The Weeknd invested in a $2 million seed funding round of Chicago-based personalized music creation startup- Songfinch.

Joining The Weeknd in the seed round, were also his manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and Atlantic Records CEO and chairman Craig Kallman, among other notable music industry figures.

But what is Songfinch really?

Founded by John Williamson, Rob Lindquist, Scott Kitun, and Josh Kaplan, the last…