Dan Runcie
Founder of Trapital; analyzes the business of hip‑hop, labels, deals, catalogs, and artist monetization.
Music Assets Surge While Public Music Stocks Slump
Music is more popular than ever as an asset class in private markets, but publicly-traded music companies are near their all-time low stock prices. Quite the paradox.
Music Assets Surge While Public Music Stocks Hit Lows
Music is more popular than ever as an asset class in private markets, but publicly-traded music companies are near their all-time low stock prices. Quite the paradox.
No Role Modelz
No Role Modelz is now the 3rd most streamed 2014 song on Spotify. The song has became more and more valuable over time. It’s the type of song that catalog investors would love to own.
J. Cole's 2014 Track Beats Pop Giants in Streams
J Cole’s “No Role Modelz” is the third-most-streamed song from 2014 on Spotify. More daily and total streams than “Blank Space”, “Uptown Funk”, “Sugar”, and “Shake It Off.” Great example of why it’s hard to know in the moment which songs will...
Direct-to-Consumer Infrastructure Powers J. Cole’s Album Sales
Direct-to-consumer is still a big opportunity, even for the biggest artists in the world. That’s the opportunity EVEN saw. Build the infrastructure once, make it work at every scale, and help artists turn moments into sales. The company just powered J....
Duetti Secures $200M to Target Undervalued Music Rights
Duetti just raised $200 million. It built the infrastructure to invest in the music rights that other companies may overlook. My latest episode on Trapital sits down with Duetti CEO @ltibon to discuss. Check out our latest episode: "Follow The Money:...
Pure‑play Focus Beats Big Tech in Paid Streaming
The winners in paid streaming haven't been the deep pocketed companies. In music, it's been Spotify. In video, it's Netflix. That's not a coincidence. The difference wasn't talent or resources, the big tech companies have plenty. Instead, it was the pure-play...
YouTube Views Vs. Nielsen Ratings: Incomparable Metrics
Comparing YouTube views to Nielsen ratings is a mistake. YouTube’s views aren’t unique and only needs to be seen good a few seconds to count as a view. Nielsen measures unique concurrent viewers in an average minute. Apples and oranges.
Britney Spears Sells Music Rights, Deal Likely Low Nine Figures
Britney Spears sold her share of music rights to Primary Wave. Most of her masters are likely owned by major labels (via Jive). Max Martin wrote and produced many of her biggest hits. A low nine-figure deal is possible (as implied from...
Prediction Market Saw Gaga's Super Bowl Surprise Coming
At Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, Lady Gaga made a surprise performance. But was it a surprise? Because the day before the Super Bowl, Polymarket had Lady Gaga at 85% likely to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. That’s...