Music

By Corey Crossfield

Music - Issue #45

#45・ Oct 15, 2019

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Startups and change makers leveraging music and music technology to curate a more creative world.

Good Morning!

Hope you are all having a great week so far.

This Week’s Highlights

A new app called Crush wants to help you connect with your superfans.

The music business is being redefined by Generation Z.

Audius the blockchain streaming startup is becoming irrelevant.

Startup Spotlight

Startup spotlight this week is on music metadata startup, Reveel. This startup is taking on the horrible industry problem of metadata in a fresh way. They will assign you a Creator ID and then use this identifier to help you collect your revenue across different platforms. Though the landscape of the music industry is littered with ambitious companies trying to tackle this issue, this one has a good chance of succeeding.

Have a great week!

Corey & Josh

Crush app wants to help superfans keep up with fave artists

Pitched as “the music app with a heartbeat” it blends Spotify with artists’ social-media feeds

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Exclusive: Antitrust probers in Congress ask Spotify to detail alleged Apple abuses

U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe, according to two sources briefed on the investigation into allegations the iPhone maker engages in anti-competitive behavior to support its own apps.

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Why Tencent’s Embrace of the Paywall Could Mean for Spotify

Tencent’s embrace of the paywall.

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Music Business Is Being Re-Defined By Generation Z

While for years millennials were the target demographic of most music business marketing, Generation Z has since risen up as the primary stakeholder in the contemporary marketplace, which is in turn reshaping how artists, labels, and companies market themselves.

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Labels 'nervous' about Apple Music & TV+ subscription bundle plan

Labels are nervous for the new Apple Music.

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Spotify's market cap value has fallen by $15 billion in 14 months. Is declining ARPU freaking investors as much as record companies?

Spotify has less of a market cap.

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New blockchain-based music streaming service Audius is a copyright nightmare

New startup Audius says its blockchain-based music streaming service is the solution that finally pays attention to indie artists’ needs. It’s also full of pirated material that, if its promotional materials are right, the company cannot remove.

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Revelator's Original Works to handle rights and daily payments

Revelator is launching a new spin-off called Original Works, whose ambitions include processing and paying out streaming royalties on a daily basis.

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More radio, more live: where Apple Music's headed in 2020

The future of music streaming is radio, but not as we know it. Here’s what next for Apple Music, according to Oliver Schusser and Zane Lowe.

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Techstars Startup Digest Music is curated by:

	Corey Crossfield - Music Digest Curator corey.crossfield@startupdigestmail.com
	Josh Ford josh.ford@startupdigestmail.com

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