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🔵 Looking ahead to 2026 - some thoughts on how things will evolve
The wider trends I see emerging in the next twelve months.
🔵 Analysing the "We Are Charlie Kirk" situation
A dive into the AI-made song currently sitting at No.1 on 19 Spotify Viral charts worldwide
🔵 "It should surely be about giving people a great, durational experience of music and entertainment"
Part two of our chat with Aaron Skates, founder of Cantilever
Is AI turning music streaming services into comment sections? 💬
The century-long squeeze that led to this moment
Published on Calm & Fluffy • 
🔵 "Build a sustainable business and get value over to musicians and journalists"
A chat with Aaron Skates, founder of Cantilever
🔵 Spotify Netherlands' Viral Chart is flooded with AI-generated, far-right racist tracks
Racism, AI, Antifa responses, all playing out on the world's biggest music streaming platform
🔵 Let's talk about Universal's deal with Udio
So many questions...
🔵 Further small signs of consumer fatigue with Spotify
Plus: what's going on with that Massive Attack Spotify boycott?
🔵 Correctly predicting Spotify's AI move
(Not that I can prove it now as Music Business Worldwide beat me to it 😆)
Network Notes
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A newsletter about the music industry, technology, marketing, and the intersection of all three, brought to you by the strategic marketing agency Motive Unknown.
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