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Robert Kyncl Says Warner Music Is Building a Superfan Platform

Robert Kyncl announced that Warner Music is building a new "superfan" platform to help connect its artists to their biggest supporters.

And today (Feb. 27), at the Web Summit conference in Doha, Qatar, WMG CEO Robert Kyncl announced that Warner would be building a new platform aimed at better connecting its artists with their biggest fans. The details of Warner’s app are still vague, though a source said more information should be coming in the next few weeks, and Kyncl mentioned something rolling out later this year. Last week, Universal announced an investment in Complex and NTWRK, following the latter’s acquisition of the former from Buzzfeed, aimed at connecting artists with an online shopping option for fans; that came a month after UMG chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge ’s own New Year’s memo to staff, in which he said, “The next focus of our strategy will be to grow the pie for all artists, by strengthening the artist-fan relationship through superfan experiences and products,” pointing to discussions with platform partners and in-house partnerships.

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