This week, we gear up for the new year with the year in data, the year in search and some interesting news from Columbia House.
Digital culture.
The 2015 data awards.
Seasonally appropriate.
Get ready to tear up.
Wild card.
12 records for a penny!?
Yearly Archives: 2015
SoundCloud
Three links: candy, cards and drone capture.
On this week’s three links: SNL makes big news, a busted ATM gets turned into a joke and drones catching drones.
Creator updates.
Sunday Candy on Saturday night. Congrats to Chance on being the first indie artist on SNL.
Gif of the week.
Insert card as shown.
Wild card.
The future is weird.
Alex
Announcing our agreement with PRS for Music
Today, we’re happy to share some exciting news for SoundCloud creators across the globe: we’ve reached an agreement with PRS and MCPS, the collecting societies that represent the rights of over 115,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK. This deal is the first step toward a European rollout of subscription and advertising in 2016, meaning more creators can start to make more money from their tracks, in more countries.
What are PRS and MCPS?
PRS and MCPS are sister organizations that represent the interests of UK songwriters, composers and music publishers. They license and administer rights in their members’ compositions through agreements with broadcasters, record companies, live music ventures, digital service providers and others that use music.
What does this mean for SoundCloud creators?
This agreement moves us closer to a future where all creators can make money on SoundCloud. It helps us continue to be a platform that supports creators at all stages of their careers, both large and small. It will also enable future opportunities for creators to make money in new territories.
What does this mean for SoundCloud?
Over the past year or so, we’ve secured agreements with Warner Music Group, Merlin, NMPA and many independent creators, bringing more monetization opportunities to more artists around the world and a greater diversity of tracks to our 175 million monthly listeners. This deal with PRS and MCPS represents another important step towards our vision of enabling all creators to make money on SoundCloud.
While this agreement will allow us to expand services and functionality in Europe in 2016, this development won’t have any major impact on the way you use SoundCloud day-to-day.
Want more SoundCloud news?
Stay tuned here, on our blog, and to social channels for all the latest updates.