#53- Facebook in Trouble, Artist Texting Fans, and is Italy the new L.A.?

The boys tackle data and discuss where the boundaries are for big companies to have access to mass data. Warner is asking fans to fork over their phone numbers to potentially interact with artists and or their marketing teams. Facebook is losing the battle of public opinion with many calling for regulation after the tech giant’s mysterious outage. Lastly, Italy is adding a new tax credit that could make it a new haven for album and artist content creation. All this and more on the Biztape!

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Sources: 

 Warner partners for texting service for Artists:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/record-labels/9639742/warner-music-artists-texting-community-partnership/

Facebook under fire:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistle-blower-hearing.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lx5VmAdZSI&ab_channel=60Minutes

Italy’s major tax break for the Music Industry:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/imagine-if-the-government-gave-record-labels-over-5m-to-spend-on-ar-per-year-in-italy-its-already-happening2/

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