DMN Pro Weekly: US-Based Recording Music Sales Are Still 36% Below 1999 Inflation-Adjusted Peaks, Latest Data Reveals

DMN Pro Weekly: Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested 'The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform' to Find Out

Here’s a hard, inflation-adjusted look at the actual state of recording music sales in 2024 – and where things might go next. Somewhere, in the gigantic and conflicting jumble of music industry statistics being bandied […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Music Industry Funding Has Topped $360 Million During the Past Month Alone — What Are Investors Betting On?

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Between mid-August and mid-September 2024 alone, music industry companies secured over $360 million in funding. But where’s the money going? Answering that question (and gaining a better sense of the industry’s direction in the process) […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested ‘The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform’ to Find Out

DMN Pro Weekly: Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested 'The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform' to Find Out

Is Melodio being trained on copyrighted music? DMN Pro takes a look under the AI hood. . . You are trying to view our premium content. Subscribe now for unlimited access to our reports, data, […]

DMN Pro Weekly: What the Hell Is Going on With Hipgnosis? A Look at the Tangled Mess Just Days Before a Critical Sales Vote

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Six years and many twists later, what’s going on with Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), the Merck Mercuriadis-founded company that owns 138 high-profile catalogs? The question is front of mind in industry circles now that Hipgnosis, […]

Spotify Accounted for More Than 42% of All U.S. Mechanical Royalties Prior to Its Pre-Bundling Shift, DMN Pro Analysis Reveals

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How much are streaming music platforms actually paying for publishing in the U.S.? Amid an intensifying battle over Spotify’s bundling and a corresponding mechanicals decline, here’s a comprehensive look at actual payout data preceding Spotify’s […]