The Hyper-Financialising of Music: Music Rights, Investment and New Models
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The Hyper-Financialising of Music: Music Rights, Investment and New Models
Speaker: Scott Cohen (Founder, Jukebox)
Host: Terry Tyldesley
Is Music no longer just culture— how should we think about capital? An unintended consequence of streaming has been greater transparency, data, and in turn financial innovation, which has transformed music into an investable asset class. With increasingly more capital flooding into develop this nascent market, technologists are building new products and services to drive further innovation. As rights become vehicles for institutional capital, a wave of new players—from private equity, retail investors, valuation platforms, marketplaces to blockchain-based platforms—are reshaping the industry’s structure and filling funding voids left by traditional funding sources. But what does this mean for artists, labels, distributors and the sustainability of the creative ecosystem?
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