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AI could enable a golden age of audio piracy

Rutger Rosenborg

28 Mar 2024

audiobooks

Podcasts

Spotify

Everyone knows the story: In the early 2000s, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing platforms like Napster, Kazaa, and LimeWire helped digital music piracy proliferate, ultimately decimating recorded music revenue...

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Audiobooks enter their streaming era, but will it pay off?

Rutger Rosenborg

3 Jan 2024

audiobooks

Spotify

Streaming

Most people agree that streaming saved the recorded music industry, but that only happened because demonetised digital consumption helped bring it to the brink of death in the first place. The internet...

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Creators will unlock audio for Gen Z listeners

Annie Langston

19 May 2022

generation z

audio content

creators

When thinking of Gen Z entertainment, the format that comes to mind is creator platforms, primarily TikTok, which continues to dominate younger audiences while audio consumption is still in early stages...

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NFL Adding Music to Its Playbook

Alistair Taylor

4 Nov 2019

archived footage

audio content

curated playlists

The NFL continues expanding its reach with the news that it is providing both video and audio content to global streaming services Spotify and Tidal. This follows the NFL’s recently- announced partnerships...

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