Co-Labs Archives - Music Ally https://musically.com/category/co-labs/ Analysis, knowledge and skills for the modern global music business Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:59:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://musically.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-music-ally-square-favicon-32x32.png Co-Labs Archives - Music Ally https://musically.com/category/co-labs/ 32 32 212918794 Understanding Latin America’s Music Market: Platforms, Fans, and Growth Opportunities https://musically.com/2026/06/30/understanding-latin-americas-music-market-platforms-fans-and-growth-opportunities/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:59:36 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=272622

By Randi Zimmerman, Content Specialist, Symphonic Latin America was one of the fastest-growing recorded music regions in 2024, with revenue up 22.5%. Today, the region continues to shape global pop, […]

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Building a More Trusted Platform for Artists and Listeners https://musically.com/2026/06/24/building-a-more-trusted-platform-for-artists-and-listeners/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:47:27 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=272284

In today’s music landscape, it’s more important than ever for artists to build real connections with their listeners. Artists want to represent themselves authentically, deepen their relationships with fans, and […]

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How ‘Superfandom’ is Reshaping Music Streaming’s Next Chapter https://musically.com/2026/06/12/how-superfandom-is-reshaping-music-streamings-next-chapter/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:41:53 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=271515

By Con Raso, CEO and founder of music cloud platform Tuned Global.Streaming executives from SoundCloud, Audiomack, and Tuned Global say the future of music platforms lies in community, local scenes – and […]

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Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs https://musically.com/2026/05/29/why-we-built-an-ai-music-video-generator-that-listens-to-songs/ Fri, 29 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=270321

In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […]

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Music, Sports, and the Fans Who Got There First https://musically.com/2026/04/27/music-sports-and-the-fans-who-got-there-first/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:53:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=268116

A couple of years ago, I was standing in a live music venue in my hometown of Paris, France and tears started streaming down my face uncontrollably. The artist on […]

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AI Is Already Training on Music. The Real Question Is: Who Gets Paid? https://musically.com/2026/04/22/ai-is-already-training-on-music-the-real-question-is-who-gets-paid/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:34:16 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=267595

AI is already learning from music. Quietly, constantly, and at a scale most people don’t fully see yet. While the industry debates hypotheticals, the real shift has already happened. The […]

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Creators’ needs now: how SACEM is adapting to new modes of creation https://musically.com/2026/04/21/creators-needs-now-how-sacem-is-adapting-to-new-modes-of-creation/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=267577

This is the second episode in a two-part series about the evolution of CMOs – recorded as collective management organisations undergo their most significant transformation in decades. In this episode, Sacem’s […]

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How CMOs are scaling globally, collaborating across industries, and rethinking the creator relationship https://musically.com/2026/04/09/how-cmos-are-scaling-globally-collaborating-across-industries-and-rethinking-the-creator-relationship/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:29:57 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=266765

Music consumption today is borderless, but the systems that manage it have historically been national. Collective management organisations are undergoing their most significant transformation in decades. On one hand, they […]

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From Access to Infrastructure: How Managers Can Win at Streaming  https://musically.com/2026/04/06/from-access-to-infrastructure-how-managers-can-win-at-streaming/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:50:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=265968

For the first decade of streaming, success was largely about access. The industry focused on getting music onto digital service providers as quickly and widely as possible, and solving distribution […]

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The Foundation of Trust: Why Royalty Infrastructure is the Key to Artist Retention in 2026 https://musically.com/2026/04/03/the-foundation-of-trust-why-royalty-infrastructure-is-the-key-to-artist-retention-in-2026/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=265960

Artists and rightsholders have unprecedented leverage over where to house their catalogs. Legacy brand prestige is no longer enough to retain them; instead, your artist network’s loyalty depends heavily on […]

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The 2025 Royalty Numbers are in: Loud & Clear Updated with new Data & Takeaways https://musically.com/2026/04/02/the-2025-royalty-numbers-are-in-loud-clear-updated-with-new-data-takeaways/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:06:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=265975

Artists deserve transparency about how music streaming works.  That’s why we launched Loud & Clear in 2021 — to share detailed data on Spotify’s royalty payments, break down how money […]

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D2C before DSPs is music’s parallel economy. Here’s the data from EVEN. https://musically.com/2026/03/24/d2c-before-dsps-is-musics-parallel-economy-heres-the-data-from-even/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:11:06 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=265550

This post is written by Mag Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of EVEN, a direct-to-consumer music infrastructure platform. EVEN has onboarded over 500,000 artists through distribution partnerships with UnitedMasters, Too Lost, […]

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The Open Innovation CMO: Sacem Lab, New Tech, and Creator Tools –  with Julien Lefebvre, Head of Innovation and SACEM Lab https://musically.com/2026/03/24/the-open-innovation-cmo-sacem-lab-new-tech-and-creator-tools-with-julien-lefebvre-head-of-innovation-and-sacem-lab/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:05:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=265249

Collective management is no longer just about collecting royalties; it’s about innovating infrastructure and offering direct services. In the second in a special series of Music Ally Focus we were […]

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EMERGE: Chatting with European music data https://musically.com/2026/03/19/emerge-chatting-with-european-music-data/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:30:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=264876

David Weiszfeld’s career has focussed around solving a recurring problem: how to navigate the glut of data relating to artists and songs. After leaving Universal Music in 2013 and founding […]

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How to Turn Spotify Data into Algorithmic Growth https://musically.com/2026/03/11/how-to-turn-spotify-data-into-algorithmic-growth/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://musically.com/?p=264467

Algorithmic recommendations are no longer a secondary growth channel. They are central to how music is consumed – and at Base for Music, this is something we work on every […]

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