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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Trouble With TikTok Songs

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How the music streaming business opened the door to billions of dollars in fraud.


Guest: Ashley Carman, Bloomberg News reporter covering the podcasting, music, and audio beat.


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0:31.0

I started my interview with Ashley Carmen by asking her to listen to a song or rather a clip of a song.

0:42.0

So do you do you know what that was?

0:55.0

Yes, I am very well aware.

0:58.0

Can you tell me what it was?

1:00.0

Yes, so it's a song called Hey Kids by an artist named Molina.

1:06.0

She's a Danish Chilean singer.

1:09.0

And Ashley knows the song because it was a key part of a story she just wrote.

1:13.0

Ashley covers all things audio for Bloomberg News.

1:17.0

I asked her to humor me and listen to another clip.

1:25.0

What's this one?

1:30.0

So that's the same song Hey Kids, but it's set up.

1:36.0

If you wanted Hey Kids on a streaming service like Spotify and found that track,

1:42.0

it might seem like the Molina song, but it's not.

1:46.0

Someone else, not the singer, not the music label, is making money when you listen to it.

1:52.0

I met the co-owners of the label that Molina is signed to.

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