MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 5 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “finance”.
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S4E2: The Impact of NFTs on the Music Industry
April 27th, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 56 secs
apple, artist, content, creator, crypto, finance, monetisation, music, nft, revenue, royalties, spotify, streaming, token
This week, we discuss NFTs and their potential impact on the music industry. We explore their origins, current market activity and give our predictions on what the future could hold.
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S4E1: The Square-Tidal Deal
March 16th, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 28 secs
apple, artists, content, creator, finance, jay-z, m&a, music, royalties, soundcloud, spotify, square, streaming, tidal, twitter
This week, we unpack Square's $297m acquisition of Jay-Z's TlDAL and what this means for the future of the music industry. We explore the rationale behind the deal and why this is one of the most exciting industry developments in recent years.
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S3E5: Cherie Hu | Founder and Publisher at Water & Music
December 1st, 2020 | Season 3 | 50 mins 53 secs
apple music, business, commentary, content, creator, finance, gaming, livestream, monetisation, music, podcast, publishing, spotify, strategy, tiktok, triller, twitch, vc, youtube
We welcome award-winning music-tech journalist Cherie Hu to discuss the influence new digital experiences are having on artist monetisation, how this impacts the future of the music industry, and where video games and social media fit into it all.
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S3E2: Warner Music Group IPO
June 23rd, 2020 | Season 3 | 32 mins 28 secs
apple music, artist, atlantic, competition, coronavirus, covid-19, deezer, dsp, ed sheeran, elektra, finance, funds, hip hop, ipo, label, madonna, mgk, music, musician, musictech, pandemic, pop, private equity, public markets, publishing, rap, record deal, rock, run the jewels, shares, spotify, stock, tech, tencent, tidal, venture capital, warner, warner music, wmg, youtube
With the spotlight on Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) as the year's biggest U.S. IPO, this week we dig deeper into WMG and the hotly contested battle between labels, digital service providers and other industry players.
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S1E1: The Minimum Viable Album
September 30th, 2019 | Season 1 | 38 mins 38 secs
album, creativity, detox, dr dre, eminem, finance, hip hop, labels, leaks, lil wayne, mixtapes, music, music rights, musictech, producer, production, royalties, startups, streaming era, super producer, tech, venture capital, vezt
This week, we unpack the concept of the 'minimum viable album', disruption in the royalty space and general industry buzz.