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How Will Finance’s Interest in Music Impact the Industry Compared to Big Tech?

Zach Fuller

16 Dec 2019

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Facebook

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With Hipgnosis continuing to acquire copyright, coupled with Warner Music Group and Providence Equity’s announcement of Tempo Music Investments, the finance industry’s interest in the recorded music...

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Why Facebook Can Be the Future of Social Music, But Isn’t Yet

Mark Mulligan

21 Mar 2019

Facebook

Facebook messenger

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Facebook recently secured licensing deals with music rightsholders in India , an important step in what has thus far been an underwhelming social music strategy since first inking rights deals in June...

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Facebook Aims to Bring The Fun Back Into Music

Mark Mulligan

5 Jun 2018

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Facebook

Facebook has announced its long mooted move into music. As widely anticipated the service offering focuses on using music to add context to social experiences. The official blog outlines two key use cases:...

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Facebook Has Got An Instagram Problem

Mark Mulligan

1 Feb 2018

Facebook

Facebook messenger

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Mark Zuckerberg dropped a bit of bombshell during the Q4 2017 earnings call. He announced that Facebook daily active users (DAUs) have fallen across some key markets, including the US. COO Sheryl Sandberg...

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Facebook The Media Company: If It Looks Like A Duck

Mark Mulligan

22 Dec 2016

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Facebook Media Company

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Yesterday Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally confirmed that Facebook is a media company , not a traditional one, but a media company nonetheless. This is something we've been thinking about a lot at...

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