STREAMING PLAYOLA: Deezer is taking an novel approach to revenue generation by offering artists a pay-for-play. Yes, charging artists. So how does it work? Deezer is partnering with an online music promoter called Feature.fm, which touts the ability to “guarantee your songs get played and heard on streaming radio stations to a targeted audience”. Deezer is now one of those streamers who’s distributing Feature’s paid content. I see two problems with this setup. First, Feature’s business model stinks like the old Playola schemes did back in the early days of radio . . . sure I’ll play your music, just palm me a $20. And second, the insertion of paid Feature music into Deezer’s algorithm for song selection means listeners will hear artists who have artificially prioritized themselves up on the platform. So it won’t be the best music for individual listeners, just music which is paying the most to be heard. http://www.insideradio.com/free/deezer-will-now-play-an-artist-s-music-for-a/article_0aa96666-8ac6-11e6-b842-43d7214a6613.html
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM?: Warning . . . be prepared to have your mind blown on this last one. The following infographic has been making the rounds on FB and LinkedIn, and I thought it was worth sharing. It visualizes the top 10 Food & Beverage companies and all the brands each owns. It’s pretty much every F&B item you could consume, all owned by a handful of parent companies. The article below also ranks them by annual global revenue. If you cover one of these parents/brands this is a useful sheet to keep handy. I know the visual below is a bit of an eye chart – a larger version is available on the link. (One note – you might be wondering where P&G is on this list. OxFam created this infographic for food-based companies. And since P&G is more of a non-food CPG they weren’t included.) http://www.businessinsider.com/10-companies-control-the-food-industry-2016-9/#general-mills-3
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