Showbiz Sandbox 637: Spotify Fighting Fraud With New Payment Plan
November 7, 2023
Spotify is changing how it pays out royalties in an effort to deter fraud, demonetize the flood of new music that almost no one listens to and frustrate those gaming the system. None of the changes will alter the amount of money paid out in royalties each year. But Spotify believes the move may add up to $1 billion a year going to actual musical artists, rather than con artists.
Meanwhile, the actors’ strike continues despite word that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP were close to a deal on a new three-year contract. Word is that one of the remaining sticking points has to do with how artificial intelligence can be used to create performances in future productions.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including a new Broadway season ramps up with plenty of new productions, Live Nation reports record earnings thanks to sales of concert tickets and Britney Spears becomes a bestselling author.
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https://deadline.com/2023/11/five-nights-at-freddys-killers-of-the-flower-moon-godzilla-minus-one-global-international-box-office-1235594101/
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Leads Slow Frame With $19.4M, ‘Priscilla’ Opens Nationwide
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/five-nights-at-freddys-box-office-priscilla-1235637013/
Gen Z Teens Want Less Sex on Screen, According to New UCLA Study
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/sex-on-screen-ucla-study-gen-z-teens-young-adults-1235768046/
Actors’ Union Mulls “Last, Best and Final Offer” as Strike Enters 114th Day
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/11/sag0aftra-actors-strike-negotiations-deal
Schedule of Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows
https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-and-announced-broadway-shows
Britney Spears’s ‘The Woman in Me’ Sells More Than 1 Million Copies
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/93629-britney-spears-s-the-woman-in-me-sells-more-than-1-million-copies.html
All Seasons Press Sues Mark Meadows over Alleged Lies in Memoir
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/93661-all-seasons-press-sues-mark-meadows-over-alleged-lies-in-memoir.html
Cedar Fair to Buy Six Flags in $1.9 Billion Theme-Park Deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-02/six-flags-cedar-fair-to-merge-in-8-billion-theme-park-deal
Phil McGraw To Launch Cable Network Anchored By ‘Dr. Phil Primetime’ Nightly Show
https://deadline.com/2023/11/phil-mcgraw-cable-network-dr-phil-primetime-nightly-show-1235593847/
Live Nation Says Record 140M Tickets Were Sold So Far This Year
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/live-nation-earnings-record-ticket-sales-1235635733/
Spotify Is Changing Its Royalty Model to Crush Streaming Fraud and Introduce a Minimum Payment Threshold
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-is-changing-its-royalty-model-to-crush-streaming-fraud/
Helen Marcus, Prolific Photographer of the Famous, Dies at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/arts/helen-marcus-dead.html
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