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Exploration Weekly - Spotify, Amazon Argue Against 44% Rate Hike / TikTok Unveils New Transparency Center / US Congress Discusses Copyright Reform

“You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is »

Exploration Weekly - ByteDance Launches Resso in India / YT Posts 22% Reinstatement Rate / 2018 Global Value of Music Copyright Reached $30.1B

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” Friedrich Nietzsche -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TikTok makers ByteDance officially launched their Resso streaming service in »

Exploration Weekly - Peloton and NMPA Settle Copyright Infringement Dispute / 2019 Music Revenue Up by 13% / T-Series First to Reach 100 Billion Views

“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose” Leonardo da Vinci -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NMPA and exercise company Peloton have both fully reached a settlement »

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Paid $3B+ to Music Biz in 2019 / SoundCloud Allows Mobile Uploads / Reliance Invests $19.6M in JioSaavn Streaming Service

“I didn't do music to live; I lived so that I could do music.” Charlotte Eriksson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki wrote in her »

Exploration Weekly - YouTube Testing “Viewer Applause” / SiriusXM Invests $75M in SoundCloud / Spotify Beta-Launches “Songwriter Pages”

“Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic.” T.F. Hodge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YouTube is currently testing out »

Exploration Weekly - YT Unveils $15.1B in 2019 Revenue / TME Antitrust Investigation Put On Hold / Spotify Increases Paid User Base to 124M

“Find something that makes you happy and don’t let anyone take it away from you.” Luke Hemmings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an announcement by Google on Monday »

Exploration Weekly - Peloton’s Antitrust Countersuit Dismissed / EU Copyright Directive Cancelled in UK / BMI and RMLC Settle Radio Royalty Dispute

“You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.” Billie Joe Armstrong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A New York federal judge recently dismissed Peloton’s »

Exploration Weekly - TikTok and Merlin Enter New Licensing Deal / Amazon Music Counts 55M+ Customers / Spotify Unveils Influencer Stories Feature

“Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one »

Exploration Weekly - MLC Announces New CEO / Spotify and Warner End Licensing Dispute in India / iHeartMedia Initiates New Organizational Structure

“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mechanical Licensing »

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Unveils Podcast Ad Targeting / SiriusXM Counts 34.9M Subscribers / US On-Demand Streams Surpass Record 1 Trillion in 2019

“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.” Krishnamurti -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spotify reveals Streaming Ad Insertion, a new »

Exploration Weekly - UMG to Sell 10% to Tencent-Led Group / Streaming is 80% of US Recorded Music in 2019 / UK Breaks Record with 114B Music Streams

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach” Elizabeth Barrett »

Exploration Weekly - Pop Makes Massive Comeback in 2019 / TikTok Fuels No. 1 Hits / YouTube Updates Copyright Claims Platform

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...” Alfred Lord Tennyson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A long list of top »

Exploration Weekly - TME to Buy Back $400M of Its Shares / Maria Strong Named Acting US Copyright Register / YT Counts 800K Paid Subscribers in India

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the »

Exploration Weekly - ByteDance Tests New Music Service Resso / Merlin Inks Deal with Boomplay / Katy Perry to Fight Back Against “Dark Horse” Verdict

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” Oscar Wilde -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ByteDance, owner of TikTok, is testing a new music »

Exploration Weekly - American Law Institute Urged Not to Reinterpret Copyright Law / Spotify Drops Promo Tool / YouTube Unveils 2019 Most-Viewed Lists

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” Frank Zappa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawmakers on Wednesday wrote a letter to the director of the American Law Institute »

Exploration Weekly - MLC Leader and Partners Chosen for Data Portal / AM-FM Act Introduced in Congress / Indies Challenge Tencent’s 10% Buyout of UMG

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The »

Exploration Weekly - ByteDance to Launch Streaming Service / Musicians File Amicus Brief on CRB Rate Increase / Amazon Music Now Offers Free Version

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!” Maya Angelou -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New reports suggest that ByteDance will now make music on-demand, making available »

Exploration Weekly - MLC Funding Deal Reaches Agreement / Disney+ Hits 10 Million Subs / Amazon Music Unlimited May Feature Music Videos

“There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.” Jim Henson, Favorite Songs from Jim Henson's Muppets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- »

Exploration Weekly - Spotify Posts Q3 Operating Profit of $60M / ByteDance Reportedly Under US Investigation / PRS Launches New Data Portal

“Ethics change with technology.” Larry Niven, N-Space -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the latest Q3 financials this year posted by Spotify, operating profit reached $60 million on $1. »

Exploration Weekly - MLC Board Members Discuss Next Steps / Apple Earns $12.5 Billion in Services Revenue / Senators Call for TikTok Investigation

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra »

Exploration Weekly - House of Representatives Passes CASE Act / IFPI and WIN Launch Data Exchange Service / Yellowcard Sues Juice WRLD Over Hit Single

“I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be »

Exploration Weekly - Publishers and DSPs Negotiate MLC Costs / NMPA Requests TikTok Investigation / Katy Perry Appeals “Dark Horse” Ruling

“One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when »

Exploration Weekly - US Congress Questions Spotify in Antitrust Probe / Artists Can Claim Recordings in SoundExchange / Apple Shuts Down iTunes

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life »

Exploration Weekly - Double Damages in Peloton Copyright Case / YT Music Pre-Installed on Android / Spotify Users Can Now Add Podcasts to Playlists

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A New York court officially decided to »

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