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Live Nation boss: Oasis on-sale showed ‘arms race’ against bots Live Nation chief Michael Rapino appeared at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference in Los Angeles yesterday, and unsurprisingly the Oasis reunion tour was high on the agenda. The band’s use of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing feature in the UK sparked controversy, but Rapino sought to turn attention back to the issue of bots and scalping. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eru6_55w

The latest edition of the free Music Ally A Little Knowledge LinkedIn Newsletter: TikTok falls out with indie licensing agency Merlin; Vietnam's recorded music market has grown - but making money is difficult; and a few little extras! #LinkedInNewsletter #TikTok #MusicIndustry

TikTok and Roblox taken to task (again) over children’s welfare: TikTok and Roblox have separately faced criticism and concerns over the welfare of the younger users of their platforms in recent years. Yesterday saw both taken to task again in different ways. For TikTok, the latest challenge are lawsuits from 14 attorneys general in the US, co-led by New York’s Letitia James and California’s Rob Bonta. For Roblox, it’s the latest target for investment firm Hindenberg Research. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eaJnX-fD #tiktok #roblox

Influencer marketing? Chuck a six-figure sum at a random Kardashian or Paul, job done! What? It’s more complicated than that? Oh. But yes, some of the most effective influencer campaigns involve a much-bigger patchwork of influencers with smaller but hyper-engaged audiences. It’s constructing that patchwork that can take the time and effort. Now digital marketing firm round. is launching a tool that it hopes will help. It’s called Micro.wav, and has already been beta-tested by Sony Music Latin, Downtown Artist and Label Services, Warner Records, Def Jam, Polydor and AWAL... https://lnkd.in/ecDC6dNn

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Exclusive for Music Ally Subscribers: Our 2024 Country Profile on Vietnam explores the rapid growth of its recorded music market, despite ongoing challenges in generating revenue. https://lnkd.in/dFum-nw4 #musically #musicnews #readmore

TikTok and Apple Music have been buddies for a while now. The latter was the first DSP to test TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature in May 2023, then they both streamed the same Burna Boy concert that July. Now the partnership is deepening with a new feature in Apple’s iOS 18.1 software for iPhones. 9 to 5 Mac has the details: it’s a new button within the Apple Music app for sharing tracks to TikTok. “When you tap this button, the system opens the TikTok app with a card showing the song you’ve shared. You can post it as a video, photo, or send it to someone as a private message,” it reported. “Interestingly, if you choose to post it as a video or photo, TikTok will automatically link the song to your post.” So, it’s not just a sharing button: there’s some simple but effective catalogue integration going on in the background. Apple Music is the first streaming service to add this kind of integration with TikTok as far as we’re aware. Read The Full Story Here: https://lnkd.in/dxA5qRU7 #musically #musicnews #readmore

With the Music Ally Marketing Awards just over a month away, we’re excited to start highlighting some of our incredible supporters! First up: Blackstar Agency, our co-drinks sponsor. Founded in 2018, Blackstar has grown into a trans-Atlantic music marketing powerhouse, with teams in the UK, US, and Canada. Haven’t got your tickets yet? Click the link below to buy your tickets or just to find out more details. https://lnkd.in/d4W4cPB5 #MusicMarketingAwards

Darcus Beese OBE famously worked his way up the ranks from tea boy to president of Island Records, signing artists including Amy Winehouse, Taio Cruz, Florence + The Machine and Dizzee Rascal along the way. He left in 2021, and has since launched Darco Artist Partnerships, an independent company trying to rethink the business model of the majors, while retaining their age-old principles of artist development. Beese has also published a book about his career: ‘Rebel With a Cause: Roots, Records and Revolutions‘. And he is the guest for the first episode of Be Unstoppable, a new podcast launched by Ben Wynter, the founder of Power Up! Recorded as part of UD’s ‘Industry Takeover event last month at its east London Talent House, the show sees Beese talk about his career; his views on the current music industry and his ADHD diagnosis among other topics. Here are some highlights: “The major record-label ecosystem is broken. It’s not future-proof. The direction of travel, especially with majors not breaking, bringing new artists to the marketplace, they’re just becoming big distributors, and they will acquire talent. They won’t develop the talent. That’s not their business… Majors, the old typical deal is an 80-20 split. They give you 20% royalty and they keep 80% of your shit. They own 80% of everything, right? And the distribution model takes 15% to distribute your music, but doesn’t give you any hands-on, doesn’t give you any services. You’ve got to figure that out for yourself. Read The Full Story Here: https://lnkd.in/dCNWaTmi #musically #musicnews #readmore

Music Ally Publishing Summit: this Thursday 10 October Last tickets remaining for our new one-day Publishing Summit in central London: a unique forum for both major and independent music publishers and all those involved in the music publishing business to come together, address the key issues of the day, and network. Full recordings are also available to purchase if you can't join us on the day. Presented in association with ICE and partner sponsors The Mechanical Licensing Collective(MLC) and PRS for Music, the agenda includes a Keynote fireside chat between Danielle Aguirre, EVP and General Counsel, NMPA, and Alisa Coleman, COO, ABKCO. Explore the full agenda and book your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/dVpS_6q4 #MusicPublishingSummit #musically #musicnews #readmore