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Is Warner Music Killing Music Startups?

April 26, 2017killing Music startups Warner

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Is Warner Music Killing Music Startups?

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Earlier today, news emerged that Warner Music Group had taken a $33 million writedown on its investments in startups Lala ($20 million) and Imeem ($15 million). What that means is that Warner music is giving up on these ad-supported digital music startups and moving on. This comes as no surprise to us: Rags Gupta had pointed out in a post for us that music startups are destined to fail because the labels are gouging them silly. At a royalty rate that is $10 per 1,000 plays, there is little chance any of these startups making money.