DMN Pro Weekly: Get Ready for a Sony Music + Spotify Direct Publishing Deal — But After UMG, WMG, and Sony Renegotiate, Can Anyone Else Twist Spotify’s Arm?

DMN Pro Weekly: Get Ready for a Sony Music + Spotify Direct Publishing Deal — But After UMG, WMG, and Sony Renegotiate, Can Anyone Else Twist Spotify’s Arm?

A look at the latest music industry scuttlebutt on Spotify’s post-bundling renegotiations with major content owners – and how the calculus keeps shifting for every publisher, label, songwriter and artist on the field. If you […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft

Spotify's Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here's a Look at the Latest Data

Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subscriptions first emerged in September of 2024, part of a broader slowdown in music subscription growth in the country. Now, Spotify’s all-important subscription tier appears to be flatlining, […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Fewer Than 1% of Spotify Subscription Plans Are Currently Non-Bundled and Music-Only, Late-2024 Data Shows

Spotify's Individual Subscribers Are Suddenly Declining In the US — Here's a Look at the Latest Data

Spotify’s non-bundled, music-only subscriptions virtually disappeared in 2024, according to DMN Pro’s latest intel. But that’s a Spotify feature, not a Spotify bug. Here’s what the latest data shows across all plan types and tiers […]

DMN Pro Weekly: Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

DMN Pro Weekly: Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

Music industry funding ticked upward in 2024, but year-over-year levels would have plunged if not for a few huge raises. Amid rumblings of a significant rebound, what does 2025 have in store? Will 2025 offer […]

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, […]