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independent · music business desk ed. 2026.08.15

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Money

Rights, royalties and revenue

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Streams and Sales Track Two Different Audiences — Not One Funnel

The standard mental model of audience development treats fandom as a pipeline: a listener discovers an artist through a stream, becomes a…

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