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Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music
joincolossus.comSo, the model of the major labels certainly has changed, but by the way, after 15 years of decline and pressure, we are now in a world where the major labels continue to be the dominant players in the market and so, a good question is why is that? What is their value today to the consumer and to the artist? Democratization of music has done some... See more
Colossus • Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music
Meet Mr Beast's greatest threat:
Zack D. Films.
- 35 billion views
- $3.6 million dollars
- All in under 4 years
Here's his top 7 lessons (to make anything go viral): https://t.co/QOjmK7o0Jt
In other words, streaming is a lot more profitable for all the actual value creators after we bypass these technopolies.
Ted Gioia • If I Ran a Major Record Label...
The top 1 percent of bands and solo artists now earn about 80 percent of all recorded music revenue.
Derek Thompson • Hit Makers
In her 2014 book Blockbusters, Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse showed how mega hits have become more important across the whole entertainment industry. “Smart executives bet heavily on a few likely winners. That’s where the big payoffs come from,” she writes.
John Seabrook • The Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
Attention Economy
exploring the inner workings and dynamics of companies building products engineered to hook us, addict us, and hijack our attention to sell more ad inventory
sari and • 100 cards
Music journalists Dean Budnick and Josh Baron chronicle the behind-the-scenes history of the modern concert industry. Filled with entertaining rock-and-roll anecdotes about The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more—and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox—Ticket Masters will transfix... See more