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Both music and video streaming services in big are fighting to mitigate the amount of infringing content. This time, YouTube takes the lead by introducing new measures to streamline its copyright claim process.

Spotify has some big news coming. As Music Business Worldwide has reported, the music streaming company is planning to make significant changes to its current royalty payout system in Q1 2024. The goal? Shifting USD $1 billion in royalty payments over the upcoming 5 years to ‘legitimate working’ artists and rights holders.

A few weeks after Spotify revamped their artist profiles with a ‘brand new’ tab-based design, a new dedicated Merch Hub was, too, debuted on the platform. It is powered by the Canadian e-commerce company Shopify.

Starting your professional music journey, maintaining a stable music career, or taking on a new music project can be tricky. There are many things one has to consider or that may get in the way. One of them is one’s financial situation. Thinking about how to spare money or earn enough of it to finance both your current life and your future in music might feel heavy and discouraging. Luckily, there are plenty of funding and investment opportunities for both emerging and established music professionals to help achieve their goals and take their career to the next level. In this article, we’ll show you how to get around music funding and what opportunities are actually available.