Music For Sale: Why Artists Sell Their Catalogs

About this episode

The episode discusses the trend of artists selling their music catalogs and the implications of this practice.

After Olivia and Shauna share some Bridgerton (and cat) updates, they look at the trend of artists selling their music catalogs. Music ownership rights have been in the news a lot lately, especially due to Taylor Swift's fight to keep hers, so for this episode, the Junkies examine which popular artists are taking lump sum payments for a lifetime of work and explain why this is happening more now than ever before. They look at the controversies surrounding the practice and tell us that while it might have looked like a negative when Britney Spears did it, it's not necessarily a sign that all is not well with a particular artist. We have affordable and rewarding Patreon tiers! Be the first to hear new and uncensored content, if you dare! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/popculturejunkiepodcast/posts Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W Website: www.popculturejunkie.com Facebook: PopCultureJunkiePodcast Instagram: @pop .culturejunkie Threads: @pop. culturejunkie Bluesky: @pop-culture-junkie.bsky.social Email: junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram…

People in this episode

Hosts: Olivia, Shauna

Topics covered

• music catalogs
• artist rights
• music ownership
• entertainment news
• pop culture

Keywords

• music catalogs
• artist rights
• Taylor Swift
• Britney Spears
• entertainment news

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