UnitedMasters is aggregating indie music artists.
UnitedMasters is aggregating indie music artists.
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Apple leads $50M investment in UnitedMasters platform for indie musicians

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Apple led a rare $50 million investment in UnitedMasters, which has made a music distribution platform for independent artists.

The platform is aimed at democratizing the music business, enabling emerging artists to earn money and get distribution across a wide range of music platforms, from Spotify to Apple Music.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.