MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 3 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “tidal”.
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S4E3: The Creativity Conundrum
July 25th, 2022 | Season 4 | 25 mins 38 secs
album, apple, content, creator, eminem, kendrick, mgk, music, record labels, royalties, russ, song, soundcloud, spotify, tidal, tiktok, track, umg, warner
This week, we discuss creative freedom in the music industry, and how labels are still significantly impacting the creative direction of album and song releases in 2022. Whether established or not, we unpack why artists do and don't work with labels, despite the opportunities for self-ownership in the modern streaming era.
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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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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.