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SoundCloud’s New Fan-Powered Royalty Model Could Shake Up Music Streaming Forever

After years of platform reformation and corporate restructuring, audio distribution platform SoundCloud has announced a new fan-powered royalty model, which the company touts as a “game-changing” innovation to empower independent artists. The new model is predicated on fan bases, whose streaming activity will drive and dictate payout rates to the artists they listen to. With the ambitious move, …

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Spotify will prioritize artists, labels in recommendations for lower royalty payouts

by: Dancing Astronaut Staff Nov 4, 2020 Artists and labels will soon have another promotional tool on Spotify to get music in front of more users—after the streaming giant gets its cut, of course. On Monday, November 2, the platform announced a new feature, “Discovery Mode,” appearing in Spotify’s Radio and Autoplay features upon launch. …

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Spotify to Offer Algorithm Visibility Boost in Exchange for Royalty Cut

A new blog post published by Spotify revealed that creators will now have the ability to boost their visibility in the platform’s radio and autoplay algorithms. The post, which was shared on the streaming giant’s website, detailed the “new experiment.” In this new experiment, artists and labels can identify music that’s a priority for them, and …

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