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Netflix closed the year with over 325 million paid subscribers globally, up 8.3% y-o-y

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Netflix posted revenue of $45.2 billion in 2025, up 16% year over year, boosted by fourth quarter revenue of $12.1bn, up 17.6% over the same quarter a year prior, thanks to membership gain. Net income for the year was of $10.98bn. The video streaming platform reported ​325 million paid subscribers at the end of the year, up from 300 million for the same period of 2024, up 8.3% year-over-year. Cost of revenue for the 12 months reached $23.27bn, up from $21.3bn in 2024. In a call with analysts, Te...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Zoe Wrenn’s ‘sonic intelligence’ startup Tamber raises $5 million in funding

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Tamber, the sonic intelligence-powered platform due to launch in May, has secured $5 million in funding in a round including investors such as Adobe Ventures, Rackhouse Venture Capital, M13, Gaingels, and IAG Capital Partners. Los Angeles–based Tamber was founded by artist, technologist, and entrepreneur Zoe Wrenn, to develop what the company calls "sonic intelligence," a new category of technology at the intersection of human creativity and machine understanding. Tamber professes to be a crea...

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Beatport elevates Matt Gralen to CEO and Helen Sartory to President/COO as Robb McDaniels becomes Executive Chairman

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Dance and electronic music platform Beatport has disclosed that Robb McDaniels will transition into the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors after nine years as CEO, effective July 1, 2026.

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The company’s President & Chief Financial Officer Matt Gralen will become CEO and Helen Sartory, currently the company’s Chief Revenue Officer, will rise to President & Chief Operating Officer. Beatport said the changes reflect "a strategic leadership evolut...

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Deezer estimates AI-generated songs represent 75,000 of daily uploads and between 1-3% of total streams

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AI-generated tracks uploaded daily to Deezer now amount to 75,000, or 44% of total uploads, according to figures released by the Paris-based music streaming platform. The number of AI-generated tracks uploaded has almost quadrupled in 12 months. A year ago, Deezer reported receiving 20,000 AI-generated tracks daily, a number that jumped to 30,000 seven months ago and to 50,000 five months ago. At the current rate, more than two million AI-generated tracks are uploaded each month. Deezer said th...

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