Spotify raped musicians, just to turn around and give podcasters all the money

[desjardins]

Dumb take
Podcasters negotiate directly with Spotify and sign exclusive deals, if a artist go independent and sign a similar deal than go head. It ain't Spotify fault a label negotiated a shytty deal on your behalf

 

[CrimsonTider]

Joe Budden was right

I think Spotify is wrong for betting on podcast

 

[MarcP]

UMG and etc are getting Joe Rogan bags. Ask your label why they're only paying you literal pennies when they license your music for 100s of millions if not multiple billions.

 

[Yaboysix]

Artists should start their own podcasts. Bam!! Problem solved, double double content/revenue.

 

[CrimsonTider]

It‘s apples to oranges. Joe Rogan has a listening base that most musicians can’t really compare to. More so, he is constantly producing new content. It’s not one album every 6 months, it’s new content every week. Also, this is an exclusivity deal meaning that the only place you can listen to Joe Rogan’s podcast is on Spotify. Music is ubiquitous. Most artists don’t even control their own music. With a podcast all you need is a mike and an instrument stream. You can have all the other bells and whistles buts not necessary. So they 100% control their shyt. The only way the comparison makes sense if you don’t actually think about it.

what is Spotify’s play with these podcast? They still have to get people to subscribe.

Do they want people listening to podcast and not music?

the problem with podcast is that the catalog is largely worthless

 

[KillerB88]

music has become intrinsically worthless

the person/brand is more important.

This is a dumb take. There are multi billion dollar hedge funds where their primary or only business is acquiring the publishing rights for music to collect royalties.

 

[humminbird]

This is a dumb take. There are multi billion dollar hedge funds where their primary or only business is acquiring the publishing rights for music to collect royalties.

the rights are worth something but the music isn't.
the minute people are tired of that song the rights are worth nothing.

 

[KillerB88]

the rights are worth something but the music isn't.
the minute people are tired of that song the rights are worth nothing.

Good lord.

 

[Genos]

The pirate wars are coming back

 

[Paper Boi]

i just came in here to say fukk bill simmons.

 

[humminbird]

Good lord.

all of these record companies are about go public because they need money.

music publishing only takes you so far these days

the music doesn't matter only the distribution does

 

[Paper Boi]

also if any shows that i personally listen to move exclusively to spotify, i'ma just stop listening to them.

my podcast queue already too long.

 

[NSSVO]

I think Spotify is wrong for betting on podcast

They are diversifying

 

[BEN23]

put it this way we can use Prince as an example
but substitue him for 2pac, Drake, Biggie, Jay, Nas etc if you want


Prince died with 250million after performing and dropping 20+ albums and doing blockbuster concerts, movies and events

If a podcast that gets a mill or less views an episode gets 100 million for a few years

and you only got 250 mill for nearly 50 years

This here. Y’all don’t get it. Keep talking about “ we’ll start a podcast”

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

what is Spotify’s play with these podcast? They still have to get people to subscribe.

Do they want people listening to podcast and not music?

the problem with podcast is that the catalog is largely worthless

they want to become the go to for all audio. they'll eventually add audio books and whatever else is left too.