United Masters
| Website | https://unitedmasters.com/ |
| Executive Team | Steve Stoute Kristina Salen |
| Employees | 101-250 |
| Capital | 70,000,000 |
| Location | New York, NY |
| Founded | 2017 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-masters/ | |
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| https://twitter.com/unitedmasters |
United Masters gives musicians an alternative to exploitative record label deals. Artists pay United Masters a competitive rate to distributes their music across the internet from Spotify to YouTube to SoundCloud, and they split the royalties while the artist retains the rights to the master recordings.
United Masters is intended to be an alternative to the major-label system, providing digital distribution along with tools to help artists identify their superfans and market higher-margin products to them.
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- The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn to for Advice The New York Times
- How Translation’s Joel Rodriguez turned context planning into a cultural edge Ad Age
- UnitedMasters Founder Steve Stoute: Variety's Music Mogul of the Year Variety
- How UnitedMasters Brought Musicians Into The Creator Economy Forbes
- UnitedMasters extends music distro partnership with NFL through 2027 season Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters’ David Melhado on sync, brand partnerships and artist support Music Ally
- Davido Partners With UnitedMasters to Launch His Own Label Billboard
- UnitedMasters is now offering $1m advances to indie artists, plus real-time streaming royalty pay-outs Music Business Worldwide
- Can Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters Produce Another Music Business Success? Forbes
- Steve Stoute talks independence, emerging markets and how UnitedMasters artist FloyyMenor scored TikTok’s biggest song of 2024 Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters launches new $20-a-year subscription tier that allows artists to keep 100% of royalties Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters launches personalized in-app artist development feature, ‘Blueprint’ Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters’ Steve Stoute: ‘Record companies’ ownership in artists’ intellectual property will diminish.’ Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters expands its reach into Africa, partners with Nigerian producer Sarz to ’empower the next generation of African talent’ Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters taps RoEx to offer AI-powered mastering to indie artists Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters, valued at $550m, just launched its own beat marketplace Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters is worth $550m. Should it IPO? Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters now gives artists 100% of royalties via $5-per-month subscription tier Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters valued at $550m, after raising $50m in new funding round Music Business Worldwide
- After raising $1m, AI-powered marketing platform SymphonyOS partners with UnitedMasters Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters Launches in Nigeria Billboard
- UnitedMasters Launches Debut+ Subscription Tier & Make Your Debut Challenge for Aspiring Independent Artists Billboard
- From Timbaland’s Suno partnership to UnitedMasters’ direct TikTok deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Music Business Worldwide
- Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters Music Platform Reaches $550 Million Valuation Forbes
- UnitedMasters partners with Coinbase to let artists get paid in cryptocurrency Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters Raises $50M to Connect Artists and Brands ‘At Scale’ Billboard
- What Davido's partnership with UnitedMasters means for new artists Axios
- UnitedMasters hires ex-Instagram exec Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood as President Music Business Worldwide
- From Universal’s first public financials to UnitedMasters’ $550 valuation: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters Brings Financial Reality To Creative Dreams At Art Basel Miami VIBE.com
- UnitedMasters strikes direct licensing deal with TikTok… as clock ticks down on Merlin’s agreement with ByteDance platform Music Business Worldwide
- Artist platform UnitedMasters prepares for expansion in Brazil Valor International
- How UnitedMasters Gained a ‘Competitive Edge’ by Emphasizing Artist Development: ‘We Build Brick by Brick’ Billboard
- Brent Faiyaz Inks Recording Partnership With UnitedMasters Rated R&B
- Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside a16z and Alphabet TechCrunch
- Steve Stoute is the go-to guy when Meta or McDonald’s want to look cool and if the NBA or Jay-Z need advice New York Post
- Translation hires Publicis media exec as president Ad Age
- UnitedMasters Launches Beat Exchange, Marketplace to Buy and Sell Beats Billboard
- Brent Faiyaz Partners With Steve Stoute's UnitedMasters For $50 Million - Black Enterprise
- Lauren Wirtzer joins direct-to-fan music platform EVEN as Chief Operating Officer Music Business Worldwide
- Alphabet/Google leads $70m funding for startup aiming to challenge major labels Music Business Worldwide
- Steve Stoute Talks New United Masters, NBA Deal, And The Death Of Record Labels VIBE.com
- UnitedMasters Partners With EVEN To Deepen Artist-Fan Engagement Beyond Streaming HipHopDX
- Apple leads $50m investment round in Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters, joined by Alphabet and Andreessen Horowitz Music Business Worldwide
- DistroKid vs TuneCore vs UnitedMasters: Best Music Distribution Platforms for Independent Artists in 2026 Respect My Region
- 'A Brand New Paradigm Shift': UnitedMasters Execs On NBA Deal, Diversity & the Metrics of Success Billboard
- ‘If you’re an independent artist, the world is yours. You have no boundaries.’ Music Business Worldwide
- Snapchat strikes new music licensing deals with UnitedMasters, BUMA/STEMRA and more Music Business Worldwide
- Apple's $50 million investment in this music startup is the first time it's led a funding round since it backed Didi in 2017 Business Insider
- UnitedMasters Will Let Musicians Receive Pay in Cryptocurrency Bloomberg
- UnitedMasters releases app for artists to distribute music and track earnings Music Business Worldwide
- Translation, UnitedMasters Combine for New Brand-Marketing Initiatives Under Ex-Nielsen Exec Damian Garbaccio Variety
- DAVID REICH NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF UNITEDMASTERS PR Newswire
- From Scooter Braun’s billion-dollar deal to Apple’s backing of UnitedMasters: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Music Business Worldwide
- TikTok names six certified Sound Partners including Songtradr, MassiveMusic, UnitedMasters and Epidemic Sound Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters Hires Instagram’s Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood as President The Hollywood Reporter
- ‘If Drake Goes Independent, the Music Business Is Done,’ Says United Masters’ Steve Stoute Variety
- New AI-powered ‘instant’ music-making app Udio raises $10m; launches with backing from will.i.am, Common, UnitedMasters, a16z Music Business Worldwide
- The Deals: UnitedMasters Extends Synch Pact With NFL, Warner Music India Invests in SkillBox Billboard
- ‘Artists that can retain an authentic approach to social media are going to attract the fans who want to be most closely connected.’ Music Business Worldwide
- UnitedMasters, Sarz partnership paves way for artists’ 100% royalty ownership Businessday NG
- Steve Stoute on Advertising’s Lack of Soul and Need for Cultural Relevance Little Black Book | LBBOnline
- UnitedMasters and Earn Your Leisure partner with Ally Financial at SXSW rollingout.com
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- Spotify and UnitedMasters Invest in the future of Nigerian music with Fresh Finds Sessions culturecustodian.com
- UnitedMasters raises $50M, Augury reaches unicorn status plus other NYC tech news The Business Journals
- Spotify, United Masters Empower Emerging Nigerian Artists Business Post Nigeria
- New York singer Liana Banks wants creatives to learn about the music business rollingout.com
- UnitedMasters ‘Live From Lagos’ concert thrills with superlative performances Businessday NG
- The 24 power players using TikTok to transform the music industry, from marketers and record execs to artists Business Insider
- Spotify and United Masters Invest in the Future of Nigerian music with Fresh Finds Sessions TurnTable Charts
- Google’s parent company to take on record labels with startup The Music Network
- Chaucer Barnes shares how UnitedMasters stays competitive in music industry rollingout.com
- Scramble for Nigerian music distribution thickens as UnitedMasters debuts, seeks market share Businessday NG
- Coinbase is trying to cozy up to artists with new initiatives The Business Journals
- Steve Stoute Net Worth 2024: What Is The UnitedMasters CEO Worth? HotNewHipHop
- "OBO is not Joking": Davido partners with UnitedMasters to launch own label Legit.ng
- Spotify and United Masters invest in the future of Nigerian music with Fresh Finds Sessions WETALKSOUND