Social media service Pinterest has entered into new partnerships with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, BMG and Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label industry.
According to a press release announcing the series of partnerships, “With these new offerings, users will now be able to add tracks from Ed Sheeran, Silk Sonic, Anitta and more to their Idea Pins.”
Launched in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in May 2021, Pinterest’s “Idea Pins” allow creators to post short-form video content directly on Pinterest.
Idea Pin creation includes video recording and editing of up to 20 pages of content. Videos can be 60 seconds long.
Pinterest first partnered with Epidemic Sound to provide music for creators’ Idea Pins.
The new partnerships expand Pinterest’s existing royalty-free music library to include licensed tracks powered by B2B digital music platform 7Digital.
Additionally, according to the announcement posted on Wednesday, October 19, music licensing company Rumblefish provides Pinterest with music metadata and licensing management services.
Pinterest, a San Francisco-based social media platform based on image sharing, has a huge global following, with 433 million global monthly active users in Q2 2022. This MAU figure, however, fell by 5 % year over year.
Pinterest posted revenue of $666 million in the second quarter, up 9% year-on-year.
Along with the new music and artist catalog, now available on iOS and Android, Pinterest says it’s rolled out a new music UX “to make it even easier for Pinners and creators to find and add their favorite tracks to Idea Pins. ” .
Users will now be able to search for the desired track by song title, artist or keyword and then add the music to Idea Pins:
“Music plays a vital role in enhancing storytelling and empowering the storytellers, creators and Pinners who inspire the world every day on Pinterest,” said Malik Ducard, Chief Content Officer, Pinterest.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin and BMG to bring the latest music to our platform and elevate the content and inspiration created on Pinterest.”
“The future of media will be based on music.”
Oana Ruxandra, WMG
Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development, WMG said: “The future of media will be based on music.
“WMG, including our publishing partners at Warner Chappell, are incredibly excited to partner with Pinterest to help inspire their users to engage, design and imagine. Together, the creative potential of Pinterest audiences will be virtually endless. »
“This partnership has been a truly collaborative process to visualize how Pinterest creators can make music an integral part of their experience on the platform.”
Jeremy Sirota, Merlin
Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, said, “This partnership has been a truly collaborative process to visualize how Pinterest creators can make music an integral part of their experience on the platform.
“We are excited to bring indie music into Pinterest’s exciting feature. Merlin members are excited to see the content that comes out.The music industry around the world
