Radio Edit
a newsletter for the music industry
The Hard Quartet, Audiomack's emergence as an unlikely Spotify contender, and how the music-branding business became a billion dollar industry
Ora Cogan, soaring ticket prices, YouTube Music hits 125M subs, and a new tax provides a possible lifeline for indie music venues
The Voidz, Spotify's AI gamble, music to refine to, and Duetti raises $200M; expands into publishing catalog acquisition
BANKS, big deals in the music industry, Tomorrowland's Sirius channel, and how a corporate merger 25 years ago changed the concert business forever
Girl Tones, the BRITs, global revenue trends, and what it takes to run a small record label
Hurray For The Riff Raff, fan remixing, the death of the classic film score, and helping 'middle class' songwriters get the money they're owed
Wishy, letterpress, Vince Staples' Netflix buy-in, and the guy who awards shows call to make sure the red carpet is just right
JPEGMAFIA, Photoshop for iPhone, YouTube Shorts revenue, and the Recording Academy's membership application deadline
Maruja, Fyre Fest 2, Three Six Zero's distro partnership, and Country radio programmers ponder shorter life spans of singles
Paris Texas, superfan ticketing tiers, Sirius' podcast business, and how a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets
Kelela, Instagram DMs, a facelift for the Shrine, and TuneCore launches new analytics dashboard for self-releasing artists
House Of Protection, Lisa's new comic, vinyl pre-order problems, and TikTok's top music exec exits after helping turn a lip-synching app into a music industry force