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🔵 Music's dirty secrets pt. 2: the bot farms driving fake fan engagement
Fan burner accounts - now operating at scale
🔵 Primary Wave/Kobalt. Concord/BMG. Which will be the next big consolidation moment?
The bigger companies are merging or selling - but is that a bad thing?
🔵 Thoughts on the Ninja Tune sale to Concord
The questions we should be asking as an industry now
🔵 "When everyone is super, no one will be"
The rush to layer AI onto everything is underway... and it's exhausting
🔵 Piracy is in rude health in 2026 - and it is all powered by DSPs
If you thought the Anna's Archive leak was bad...
🔵 Updates/followups on recent articles
Comments and feedback from my articles of late
🔵 Death by a thousand bots
The new agentic loop that never stops releasing AI-made music
🔵 Universal/Downtown - a few thoughts now that it's going ahead
The acquisition passes EU regulator scrutiny, but what does it mean for the future?
🔵 Fan burner accounts: music's latest dirty secret
Why these accounts are on the rise, and what that means for where social is headed for artists
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