Music tech ownership ouroboros, 2025 edition

And so what you've ended up with, not surprisingly, is a few key players that happen to own the majority of the IP that is kind of a must have in this industry to have a product offering and a handful of distributors that have gotten scale on distribution of great user experiences like a Spotify, Amazon, a YouTube, whoever you might want to think a... See more
Colossus • Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music
Major music rights holders and tech companies are now expected to generate profits for a dizzying array of stakeholders sitting outside of industry borders, including banks, private equity firms, big-tech conglomerates, and sovereign wealth funds — not to mention public retail investors.
There has been no central resource tracking these macro shifts... See more
There has been no central resource tracking these macro shifts... See more
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