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News The France-headquartered streaming service began rolling artist-centric payments for recorded music in 2023 Analysis News UMG has 1,300 stores in its direct-to-consumer business, and the profit margins are huge Interviews Stem founder, Milana Rabkin-Lewis, on her company, TikTok vs. UMG, AI, and much more News Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok News Merlin joins a growing list of music companies to sign up for Deezer's innovative new royalty payment model News The idea is to "declutter the platform" and "focus on tracks that are valuable to our users" according to CEO Jeronimo Folgueira Analysis Kyncl is planning 'as much automation as possible,' and more lobbying for higher prices at music streaming services Analysis Warner Music Group's CEO weighed in on YouTube's new AI tool that clones superstars' voices, and said he's talking to politicians about AI regulation. Analysis Why two deals announced in the last month are connected News Warner Music Group's CEO participated in a Q&A session on Wednesday (September 6) at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco Analysis MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next. 