🧐 Royalties WTF

All things royalties, profit-share, and art+commerce, from the experts at Infinite Catalog.

Loud(er) & Clear(er)

Our annual breakdown reading between the lines of Spotify's Loud & Clear report

Mar 19 •

🤑 Spotify exec cashouts but make it streams/artists

In related news, Spotify is paying songwriters and publishers $150m less per year now

Aug 2, 2024 •

🎰 Major labels aren't betting on GenAI, at least with YouTube

"No points thanks, we'll just take the buyout"

Jul 12, 2024 •

🤝 Integrations in the royalty stack are a win for independents everywhere

Integrations between music platforms shouldn't be revolutionary, and yet...

Feb 16, 2023 •

True Royalty Stories: New Order's Blue (and very expensive) Monday

We take a look at how New Order lost money on every copy they sold of their iconic single Blue Monday

Oct 25, 2022 •

MBW Guest Post: How Four Tet vs. Domino Points To Our Industry's Profit-Share Future

Originally published on Music Business Worldwide

Oct 4, 2022 •

🌳This Song Plants Trees (At Artists' Expense)

How streaming services calculate royalties, featuring trees

Sep 26, 2022 •

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