Universal and Sony Music Ink Licensing Deals With Audiomack Streaming Service

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Universal and Sony Music, the two largest music companies in the world, have inked licensing agreements with the music streaming and discovery service Audiomack. The company signed a deal with Warn…

“Audiomack is a powerful platform for music discovery and the development of emerging talent,” said Avery Lipman, co-founder and current President and COO of Republic Records. “We’re excited at Republic Records to continue to work closely with Audiomack to break artists and expand our existing superstars’ fanbase.”

“Audiomack serves a unique listener base that is distinct from the audiences found on competing platforms,” said Vanessa Wilkins, Audiomack’s Director of Music & Data Partnerships. Now boasting more than 17 million monthly active users, Audiomack was launched 2012 by Dave Macli and David Ponte. The company originally focused on the mixtape community and says it was the first platform to feature music from now-popular hip-hop artists that include A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Migos, Fetty Wap, Kevin Gates, and Chance The Rapper.

In 2015, the platform rolled out its Audiomack Monetization Platform , which combines ad revenues and distributes to artists by stream count, and later added a premium subscription tier for listeners, which costs $4.99 per month and offers added functionality in addition to removing ads.

 

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