sotheby 's / ˈsʌðəbiz / is a british multinational corporation headquartered in new york city .

one of the world 's largest brokers of fine and decorative art , jewelry , real estate , and collectibles , sotheby 's operation is divided into three segments : auction , finance , and dealer .

the company ’s services range from corporate art services to private sales .

sotheby 's is the world ’s fourth oldest auction house in continuous operation , with 90 locations in 40 countries .

as of december 2011 , the company had 1,446 employees worldwide .

it is the world 's largest art business with global sales in 2011 totalling $ 5.8 billion .

sotheby 's was established on 11 march 1744 in london .

the american holding company was initially incorporated in august 1983 in michigan .

in june 2006 , sotheby 's holdings , inc. reincorporated in the state of delaware and was renamed sotheby 's .

in july 2016 , chinese insurance giant taikang life became sotheby 's largest shareholder .

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sotheby’s private sales have plunged following the auctioneer’s public feud with activist investor daniel loeb .
hedge funds , including loeb’s third point , own about 25 percent of sotheby’s shares .
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dan loeb ' s third point hedge fund is stepping up its fight with sotheby ' s .
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with a 9 . 6 percent stake , the mogul daniel s . loeb is sotheby’s biggest shareholder .
sotheby’s international realty is part of a portfolio of companies and services in the enduring legacy of the sotheby ' s auction house . since its beginnings as a london book seller in 1744 , sotheby ' s auction house has expanded its brand to include other luxury services including the sotheby ' s institute , sotheby ' s international realty , sotheby ' s wine , and sotheby ' s diamonds . in each case clients receive white glove service from experts in the field . we make a committment to be sure that you receive the finest service available .
sotheby’s first partner was sherry - lehmann . the relationship ended in late 1999 .
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sotheby ' s buys new york auction house parke - bernet and expands internationally .
the result is more money for the middleman – sotheby’s – and less money for both the buyer and the seller of the artwork in question . ( if doing this didn’t make more money for sotheby’s , then sotheby’s wouldn’t do it . )
sold - out alexander hamilton sale boosts sotheby’s $ 19 . 4 million americana week
newly discovered rubens painting sells for $ 5 . 1 million during sotheby’s masters week
art inspired by the us dollar on display at sotheby ' s in london .
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with the headline : sotheby’s big investor is a power in china , too .
“world - class works of art deserve a world - class viewing experience , ” said david goodman , sotheby’s executive vice president of digital development and marketing . “whether browsing the sotheby’s auction catalogues via the sotheby’s app on samsung smart tv’s or experiencing an artwork for the first time on the frame at sotheby’s during one of our exhibitions , sotheby’s and samsung are working together to bring art to people in groundbreaking , new ways . ”
as wsj reports , taikang life “wants to influence sotheby’s strategic direction” , saying in a regulatory filing that “it wants a seat on sotheby’s board” . sotheby’s chief executive tad smith said in a statement that the auction house’s board had met with taikang’s executives and “warmly welcome their support of sotheby’s strategic initiatives” and expects “all shareholders , clients , and staff will benefit” from the move .
“i want to create china’s sotheby’s , and i want to recreate china’s cultural aristocracy , ” he told a chinese newspaper two years ago . so far , he has not commented publicly on the announcement about sotheby’s .
“members of management and the board of sotheby’s have met with taikang executives and warmly welcome their support of sotheby’s strategic initiatives , ” said tad smith , sotheby’s president and chief executive , in a statement . “sotheby’s management and board continue to implement those initiatives with the expectation that all shareholders , clients , and staff will benefit . ”
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starting this fall , ebay will start live streaming many of sotheby ' s new york sales on ebay—giving sotheby ' s a strong technology platform and access to ebay ' s 36 million frequent buyers .
sales at sotheby’s london . meanwhile , away from the market , a report issued in
evolving from a small connoisseurship program begun by sotheby ' s auction house in 1969 sotheby ' s institute is now the leader in art business education and object based learning .
in 2003 , sotheby ' s declared that selling art online was a losing business .
, ms . madeira will lead sotheby ' s global art financing arm and begins this week . she succeeds jan prasens who was recently appointed managing director of sotheby ' s
sotheby’s australia conducts auctions in melbourne and sydney . we also maintain regional representatives in adelaide and brisbane . we extend our reach globally with sotheby’s maintaining offices in 40 countries .
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daniel loeb , again , and this time he was up against auction house sotheby’s .
london is arguably the world’s leading art auction location , and the oldest . sotheby’s was established in 1744 , christie’s in 1796 , bonham’s in 1793 and phillips in 1796 .
all prospective buyers are reminded that they are bound by sotheby ' s conditions of business , details of which may be found at the back of all sotheby ' s catalogues .
sotheby’s officials say their coming sales will be among the biggest in the company’s history , though they will still be smaller than those at christie’s .
as part of its defense , sotheby’s has publicly questioned mr . loeb’s art expertise , irking him in the process .
last year , mick mcguire and daniel s . loeb agreed on the same thing : change was needed at sotheby’s .
christie ' s and sotheby ' s agree to the $ 512 million settlement reached in the class - action suit . taubman says he will pay $ 156 million of sotheby ' s $ 256 million share .
“popeye” by jeff koons and “six self portraits” by andy warhol will be auctioned by sotheby’s .
officials at sotheby ' s said they were not surprised by the loss of the estate .
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taubman resigns as chairman of sotheby ' s and brooks steps down as president and ceo .
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a collaboration between huntsman and sotheby ' s has given rise to some remarkably beautiful jackets .
sotheby ' s masterpieces of qing imperial porcelain from j . t . tai & co .
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dan loeb continued his battle against sotheby ' s with a new letter promoting third point ' s board nominees over the art house ' s slate .
modern and contemporary asian art evening sale ( 5 october 2015 ) , sotheby’s hong kong , auction scene during the sale of yayoi kusama’s ‘no . red b’ , 1960 , oil on canvas . image courtesy sotheby’s .
sotheby ' s board is currently meeting in new york city , a source tells cnbc . sotheby ' s shares fell 10 cents in morning trading . ( what ' s the stock doing now ? click here )
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what’s most intriguing about the new shareholder complaint against sotheby’s , though , is its sermonizing in defense of activist investors . as
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located in london ' s mayfair district , sotheby ' s auctions offer an extraordinary diversity of objects and works of art . exhibitions in the sotheby ' s galleries change frequently , depending upon upcoming auctions . for the most up - to - date exhibition schedules , please refer to the sotheby ' s website . sotheby ' s café , located in the new bond street auction house , serves breakfast , lunch and afternoon tea . sotheby ' s galleries are open to the public and free to visit .
in september 1983 , ownership of sotheby ' s - named after john sotheby , the original auctioneer samuel baker ' s nephew - changed hands . u . s . real estate dealer alfred taubman bought the auction house .
the battle between sotheby’s and daniel s . loeb , the outspoken hedge fund mogul and the auction house’s biggest shareholder , is heading to its final stages ,
the owners of these blood antiquities would be wise to learn from sotheby’s experience and not wait for a demand from the u . s . attorney’s office .
sotheby ' s said it was taking steps to improve its balance sheet and deliver shareholder value .
“we are looking at our options , ” said andrew gully , sotheby’s worldwide director of communications .
sotheby’s ceo may have a difficult time getting loeb to see the , um , big picture .
judge donald parsons has pushed up a date for the hearing because of sotheby’s impending shareholders’ meeting .
sotheby’s has been uniting collectors with world - class works of art since 1744 . sotheby’s became the first international auction house when it expanded from london to new york ( 1955 ) , the first to conduct sales in hong kong ( 1973 ) , india ( 1992 ) and france ( 2001 ) , and the first international fine art auction house in china ( 2012 ) . today , sotheby’s presents auctions in 10 different salesrooms , including new york , london , hong kong and paris , and sotheby’s bidnow program allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from anywhere in the world . sotheby’s offers collectors the resources of sotheby’s financial services , the world’s only full - service art financing company , as well as the collection advisory services of its subsidiary , art agency , partners . sotheby’s presents private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories , including s | 2 , the gallery arm of sotheby’s global fine art division , and two retail businesses , sotheby’s diamonds and sotheby’s wine . sotheby’s has a global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the new york stock exchange ( bid ) .
this brings the value of taikang’s sotheby’s shares to $ 233 million , ahead of investors like third point , founded by daniel s . loeb , and blackrock .
additionally , the newly updated sotheby’s app is available now on samsung smart tvs worldwide1 , bringing a wealth of new content to sotheby’s living room experience . for the first time , consumers can view sotheby’s auction catalogues in their entirety , with full imagery and data for global upcoming sales . hd auction streams are also now available for all sotheby’s new york , london , geneva , and hong kong auctions , as well as worldwide rm sotheby’s automobile auctions . the app will also fully showcase sotheby’s museum network , the hub for video programming from the world’s leading cultural institutions with more than 450 videos from 50 + museum partners .
a sotheby’s director , robert s . taubman , wrote in a note to the company’s corporate advisers last fall that mr . loeb’s suggestions were “terrible — and not good for the business . ”
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each year , sotheby’s australia conducts numerous private sales on behalf of our clients . in the past couple of years , sotheby’s australia’s private transactions have exceeded $ 4 million annually and represent about 20 % of all property sold annually .
ms . madeira joins sotheby ' s with 17 years of banking experience , most recently as a member of the global commercial banking division of bank of america merrill lynch , where she managed the bank ' s relationship with sotheby ' s including its participation in the asset - based lending facility that supports sotheby ' s financial services .
following the sotheby’s decision , lawsuits went flying . the consigner’s suit against sotheby’s and noland was dismissed ; noland’s countersuit was dropped and a sotheby’s countersuit settled , though not before some tantalizing email exchanges hit the public record . legally , it is established that the auction house has the right to revoke a work before an auction if doubts are raised about its authenticity .
in the heart of london on new bond street in 1744 , an exceptional auction house was born with a revered tradition of marketing the world’s most cherished possessions . a tradition , more than two centuries old , that provides authentic knowledge comparable to none . as the oldest company listed on the new york stock exchange ( bid ) , sotheby’s has a global network of 90 offices in 40 countries . today , sotheby’s presents auctions in eight different salesrooms including new york , london , hong kong and paris . sotheby’s offers collectors the resources of sotheby’s financial services , the world’s only full service art financing company as well as private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories , including s | 2 , the gallery arm of sotheby’s contemporary art department , and two retail businesses , sotheby’s diamonds and sotheby’s wine .
dan colen’s holy shit and andy warhol’s liz # 1 ( early colored liz ) are auctioned at sotheby’s in new york city . photograph : andrew burton / getty images
andy warhol’s “silver car crash ( double disaster ) ” at auction at sotheby’s in november . it fetched $ 104 . 5 million .
“from visiting galleries every weekend and traveling to fairs , to the analysis of data on artists and individual works…david’s approach is a seamless fit into sotheby’s ethos” cappellazo added . schrader will be joining the sotheby’s art team in the near future .
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money , december 1998 , p . 62 .
drawing on its unrivaled expertise and experience in jewellery , its legacy of trust and tradition , and its connections and connoisseurship , sotheby’s has launched an entirely new contemporary collection of modern masterpieces : sotheby’s diamonds .
wendy philips is a a guest speaker for various art and law courses at sotheby’s institute in london .
clarissa vallat is a a guest speaker for various art and law courses at sotheby’s institute in london .
bidding at the iconic sotheby’s auction house lasted 10 mins , with maezawa winning it over the phone .
jean - michel basquiat and andy warhol , untitled , 1984 - 85 . photo courtesy sotheby’s france .
proxy adviser institutional shareholder service recommended that sotheby ' s make activist investor daniel loeb a board member .
“sotheby’s : the inside story , ” was published in 1997 , and had a more pronounced effect . brendan lynch left the company , and sotheby’s announced that it was closing its london antiquities department . “it has always been sotheby’s policy to be sensitive to issues of patrimony and heritage , ” a spokesman said at the time . he added that sotheby’s would continue to auction antiquities , but solely through new york .
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and on dec . 10 , r m sotheby’s , the auction house’s automobile department , will auction janis joplin’s psychedelic 1965 porsche , valued at over $ 400 , 000 .
but by then , a federal investigation of a price - fixing conspiracy between sotheby’s and christie’s was under way as well as an array of related lawsuits . the affair , culminating in a trial of sotheby’s former chairman and principal owner , alfred taubman , drained sotheby’s of cash , and the company sold the building in 2002 for $ 175 million .
andy warhol’s “liz # 1 ( early colored liz ) ” on the block at sotheby’s , which faces a shareholder challenge on may 6 .
ritchie said that if its manhattan store is successful it may open sotheby’s wine stores elsewhere in the us .
“sotheby’s is like an old master painting in desperate need of restoration , ” mr . loeb has argued .
lacey , robert , sotheby ' s : bidding for class , boston : little , brown , 1998 .
i applied online . i interviewed at sotheby ' s ( new york , ny ) in march 2016 .
edvard munch , pikene på broen ( girls on the bridge ) , 1902 . image courtesy of sotheby’s .
here is a graph of the history of the stock price for sotheby’s , which uses the symbol bid .
the sotheby’s board is represented by none other than wachtell lipton . wachtell partner william savitt declined to comment .
sotheby ' s has been uniting collectors with world - class works of art since 1744 . sotheby ' s became the first international auction house when it expanded from london to new york ( 1955 ) , the first to conduct sales in hong kong ( 1973 ) , india ( 1992 ) and france ( 2001 ) , and the first international fine art auction house in china ( 2012 ) . today , sotheby ' s presents auctions in 10 different salesrooms , including new york , london , hong kong and paris , and sotheby ' s bidnow program allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from anywhere in the world . sotheby ' s offers collectors the resources of sotheby ' s financial services , the world ' s only full - service art financing company , as well as the collection advisory services of its subsidiary , art agency , partners . sotheby ' s presents private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories , including s | 2 , the gallery arm of sotheby ' s global fine art division , and two retail businesses , sotheby ' s diamonds and sotheby ' s wine . sotheby ' s has a global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the new york stock exchange ( bid ) .
principal subsidiaries : sotheby ' s , inc . ; sotheby ' s financial services , inc . ; sptc , inc . ; sfs holdings , inc . ; york avenue development , inc . ; fine art insurance ltd . ( bermuda ) ; oatshare limited ( united kingdom ) ; sotheby ' s ( united kingdom ) .
the activist investor daniel loeb says auctioneer sotheby ' s is lagging behind its rival christie ' s and has called for its boss to go .
mr loeb ' s investment fund , third point , is the single biggest shareholder in sotheby ' s with a 9 . 3 % stake .
clients of both christie ' s and sotheby ' s file hundreds of civil lawsuits , which are later consolidated into one class - action suit .
sotheby ' s main competitor in the global art market is the privately - held french auction house , christie ' s international . [ 8 ]
sotheby’s institute of art accepts master’s degree submissions year - round . apply early to receive priority consideration for admission , scholarships , and financial aid .
in october , sotheby ' s and its former chief executive and president , diana d . brooks , pleaded guilty to violating antitrust laws . sotheby ' s was fined $ 45 million . ms . brooks has yet to be sentenced and has agreed to testify against sotheby ' s former chairman and major stockholder , a . alfred taubman .
the new , redesigned shop is called sotheby’s wine . it is the first of its kind for the company .
sotheby’s said in its statement that it had been in discussion with the american and cambodian governments for a year .
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“the increased borrowings under our credit facility are driven by the record level of loan portfolio balances , ” jan prasens , managing director of sotheby’s financial services , told bloomberg . “art lending is a growing business for sotheby’s . ”
this makes mr . shiner among the first major hires of the cappellazzo group , which sotheby’s acquired in january .
the winter months are relatively quiet in the auction world , but sotheby ' s is celebrating february . . .
the ruling followed a $ 45m ( £30m ) fine on sotheby ' s after a separate united states investigation .
in the heart of london on new bond street in 1744 , an exceptional auction house was born with a revered tradition of marketing the world ' s most cherished possessions . a tradition , more than two centuries old , that provides authentic knowledge comparable to none . as the oldest company listed on the new york stock exchange ( bid ) , sotheby ' s has a global network of 880 offices in 69 countries . today , sotheby ' s presents auctions in eight different salesrooms including new york , london , hong kong and paris . sotheby ' s offers collectors the resources of sotheby ' s financial services , the world ' s only full service art financing company as well as private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories , including s | 2 , the gallery arm of sotheby ' s contemporary art department , and two retail businesses , sotheby ' s diamonds and sotheby ' s wine .
christie’s offered him an outside guarantee , too , no seller’s commission and a share of the buyer’s fee .
for ebay , the deal gives them the aura of the storied sotheby ' s brand as it pushes into higher - end auction items . the auction site said it ' s creating a new marketplace for collectibles that will feature sotheby ' s as the anchor .
yet in the decade that followed , online art sales started to become big business , and sotheby ' s archrival christie ' s took the lead .
loeb , who owns 9 . 6 percent of sotheby’s , is waging a proxy contest for three seats on the auction house’s 12 - member board .
on wednesday , loeb announced his latest target : sotheby’s . loeb , who already owns a stake in the auction house , released another of his acid - tipped letters . this one was aimed squarely at sotheby’s ceo william ruprecht .
sotheby’s , for its part , has been outpaced in china by christie’s and needs a stronger bridge to reach potential customers there , said mr . galbraith , the art market consultant . in 2013 , christie’s beat out sotheby’s to become the first international auction house granted a license to operate independently in china .
sotheby ' s holding ' s , inc . ( nyse : bid ) is the world ' s largest publicly traded auction house . sotheby ' s main function is to serve as the intermediary between buyers and sellers of art . auction commissions accounted for 83 % of the company ' s revenue in both 2006 and 2007 . [ 1 ]
perhaps an even more interesting question : if sotheby’s did cut back on its terms significantly but christie’s , unlike a sensible duopolist , declined to follow , how would consignors and collectors react ? would sotheby’s be considered equal to christie’s as a luxury brand if the latter’s auction sales were consistently two or three times the dollar value of sotheby’s—and if christie’s monopolized the iconic works that make headlines ? most market observers think not . so sotheby’s has to continue to be as willing as christie’s is to spend to maintain market share , even at the cost of profitability . the alternative is to risk falling back to being just another seller of high - priced goods .
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pablo picasso , bague de forme ovale . portrait de dora maar ( circa 1936–39 ) . courtesy of sotheby’s london .
the boardroom battle will be resolved at sotheby ' s annual stockholder meeting may 6 at its headquarters on york avenue .
while sotheby ' s declined to confirm the amount , mr . apsis said , ' ' it ' s a number we feel comfortable with . ' '
impressive figure . . . alberto giacometti ' s sculpture l ' homme qui marche at sotheby ' s . photograph : carl court / afp / getty images
sotheby ' s chief executive diana brooks and her counterpart at christie ' s , christopher davidge , meet and begin to discuss ways of sharing the business .
“untitled , ” jean - michel basquiat ' s 1982 art piece , sold for a record $ 110 . 5 million at sotheby’s auction of contemporary art .
the seller’s contract sets out the reserve price and the seller’s commission and associated charges such as copyright and resale royalty . you will be asked to sign a consignment agreement form which acknowledges your agreement to sotheby’s australia’s conditions of business .
a preliminary european commission report , released in april , accused sotheby ' s and christie ' s of entering into an anti - competitive cartel agreement in 1993 .
the impending departure of william ruprecht , chief executive of new york - based sotheby ' s , was widely expected after a costly proxy battle with daniel loeb , the auction house ' s largest shareholder through his hedge fund third point . loeb has publicly assailed sotheby ' s leadership .
a 2011 sotheby’s catalog shows a thousand - year - old statue believed to be from the koh ker temple in cambodia .
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pricier art could brighten sotheby ' s picture by 69 % ,
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if a private sale is not completed , you retain the option of consigning your work to a subsequent sotheby’s australia auction .
, sotheby ' s chief financial officer , adding ,
our clients and shareholders will be in very good hands .
installation view . courtesy of sotheby ' s picture library © damien hirst and science ltd . all rights reserved , dacs 2012
if the judge orders a trial , that would delay sotheby’s may 6 shareholders meeting , where the votes will be counted .
“now is not the time to diverge from sotheby’s leadership and its strategic plan , ” the company said . “we believe that replacing any of sotheby’s director nominees with mr . loeb or any of his handpicked nominees could negatively impact shareholder value . ”
originally , ms . levine said that cambodia had been informed of the sotheby’s sale “four to six weeks” before the auction . late on tuesday , however , a sotheby’s spokeswoman said that ms . levine’s recollection had been “incorrect , ” and that the auction house had notified cambodia on nov . 8 , 2010 , four and a half months before the auction date . the statue’s seller , speaking through sotheby’s , declined to be identified or to comment .
we provide full service to clients with property for sale at sotheby’s australia as well as through secondary venues . sotheby’s australia representatives will act as your primary contact through every stage of the process , from the initial visit through the settlement of each item .
at the request of the cambodian government , sotheby ' s agreed to remove the statue from sale last year , but it remains in the auctioneer ' s possession .
behind the scenes , quieter work was being done . among those opening communication lines from sotheby’s side were domenico de sole , the co - founder of the fashion house tom ford and a respected figure on the auction house’s board , and patrick s . mcclymont , a former goldman sachs banker who is now sotheby’s chief financial officer .
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more than 1 , 000 photographs from the polaroid collection are being auctioned at sotheby ' s in new york city as part of polaroid ' s bankruptcy court order .
the perception of the art auction system has been almost entirely informed by the two - party relationship between christie’s and sotheby’s from their creation . had christie’s managed to eliminate sotheby’s and essentially create a monopoly , the consequences may have changed the position of the auction house in the art world by eliminating the already scarce competition and driving up prices even more . through negotiations and cooperation with the lawyers handling the civil suit for christie’s and taubman paying a substantial portion of the settlement , sotheby’s managed to survive .
ruprecht in last week’s conference call described sotheby’s “pipeline” of future private sales as “reasonable . ” “so i don’t see any particular thunder clouds there , ” ruprecht said . “it’s a chunky and unpredictable business . ”
sotheby ' s in london is selling the statue on july 4 . experts estimate it is worth $ 1 . 5 million .
third point declined to comment and meyer was unavailable for comment . sotheby ' s did not immediately respond to requests for comment .
the buyer was hong kong conglomerate chow tai fook enterprises , sotheby’s said on twitter , which has a chain of jewellery stores .
art & home is a literary collaboration between sotheby ' s and sotheby ' s international realty , showcasing all the elements of an extraordinary life . published eight times a year , it engages readers with sophisticated content and beautiful images related to the art and real estate worlds . rich editorial about art , design and extraordinary properties - presented by the venerable brand that is sotheby ' s .
sotheby ' s adamantly denied the charges involving the newly named officials yesterday , while christie ' s refused to comment , as it has since the auction house investigation began .
a sotheby ' s official talks about jean - michel basquiat ' s 1982
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the art market , particularly in its auction form , has always been secretive and manipulative . sotheby ' s and christie ' s , dealers and collectors are all - powerful . the auction market shifts more than $ 4 billion a year , and its two powerhouses , sotheby ' s and christie ' s , control 90 % of that .
the commission began its inquiry after christie ' s approached both the us department of justice and the european commission with proof of a cartel between itself and sotheby ' s .
now mr . loeb sits on the company’s board after having all but won a bruising proxy fight . but mr . mcguire remains unhappy with how sotheby’s is being run .
the battle for boardroom seats pits mr . loeb & co . against some scions of prominent families . the board nominees put forward by sotheby’s that the dissidents seek to replace are robert taubman , a real estate developer and son of former sotheby’s ceo alfred taubman , and jessica bibliowicz , daughter of former citigroup ceo sandy weill . sotheby ' s has also nominated the renowned restaurateur danny meyer .
robert lacey ' s history of sotheby ' s suggests that this was a difficult transition period . three of the firm ' s top experts left the field around the same time . moreover , when brooks attempted to conduct an important auction herself , it failed . sotheby ' s posted just under $ 1 . 6 billion in 1996 auction sales , and christie ' s outsold them by the slimmest of margins , giving christie ' s its first lead in 42 years . although sotheby ' s posted more profits , it was a historic marker of defeat .
in 2000 christie ' s ratted on sotheby ' s by providing
information relevant
to the justice department , just weeks after christie ' s chief executive , christopher davidge , hastily resigned . davidge was followed by the two top officials of sotheby ' s , a . alfred taubman , the chairman and largest individual stockholder who bought the firm in 1983 and took it public in 1988 , and dede brooks , its chief executive . the scandal unwrapped that sotheby’s and christie’s had been in cahoots to fix commission prices .
sotheby ' s impressionist & modern art series totals £105 . 7 million / $ 139 . 6 million in london jun 20 , 2018
“the number of young people , who want to invest in apartments abroad is on the rise , ” said amit goyal , ceo at india sotheby’s international realty , a part of sotheby’s global realty network , which did business worth around $ 108 billion in . . .
sotheby ' s may be at a competitive disadvantage given that publicly traded companies are compelled to operate with a greater level of transparency .
sotheby ' s auction house is committed to exceptional service in fine and decorative arts , jewelry and wine from all over the world .
smith , a former president and ceo of madison square garden , took the helm at sotheby’s after william ruprecht stepped down in 2014 .
this lending bit is important , because over the past year sotheby ' s has built up the lending part of its business significantly .
all of the offices of sotheby ' s international realty france are recognized local experts with a reputation of . . . [ more ]
the pedestal and feet belonging to a disputed thousand - year - old statue , currently held by sotheby ' s , in cambodia .
“this might give sotheby’s an important ally in china , ” ms . maggio said . “guardian also needs a strong overseas presence . ”
liu dan’s ‘poppy’ on auction at the origo collection , the first single - owner sale of contemporary ink works at sotheby’s hong kong , april 2016 . image from blouin artino .
at sotheby’s , iss said mr . loeb and his supporters made a “compelling case” for election to the board because their criticism of the auctioneer’s management and strategy has “credibility . ”
activist investor daniel loeb , of hedge fund third point llc , started petitioning for the removal of sotheby ' s current ceo william ruprecht in august 2013 , as part of a proxy battle and campaign to make the auction a more effective competitor with arch rival christie ' s . third point was finally given three seats on sotheby ' s board last may and sotheby ' s announced last november that ruprecht would step down once a successor was found .
sotheby’s restaurant is a vibrant and contemporary restaurant set in the heart of sotheby ' s bond street auction house . offering superb service and an outstanding cuisine , the restaurant is open for light breakfasts , delicious lunches and traditional english afternoon tea . the menu is seasonal , changes weekly , and is complemented by a wine list created by serena sutcliffe , m . w . , honorary chairman , sotheby’s wine .
“there’s always been this idea in our mind that sotheby’s the business has not yet achieved the full potential of sotheby’s the brand , ” said david schick , the lead luxury analyst at consumer edge research , in an interview . “when we see any large purchaser of the stock it reflects a vote of confidence . ”
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study in black and white : christie ' s sale sparkles , sotheby ' s bombs ,
barron ' s , november 16 , 1992 , pp . 18 , 44 .
a federal grand jury in manhattan indicts alfred taubman and anthony tennant , the former chairman of christie ' s , on a criminal charge of fixing the rates sotheby ' s and christie ' s charged to sellers at auction .
in 1980 , peter wilson , sotheby ' s long - time leader , stepped down from his post and was followed by a number of other executives in quick succession . in 1982 , the company ' s chief expert on chinese art was appointed head of sotheby ' s international outside the united states . the following year , the company faced a major threat in the wave of corporate takeovers that swept the financial world in the early 1980s , when two investors amassed a large number of sotheby ' s shares and attempted a hostile takeover of the company . it was rescued by a . alfred taubman , an american businessman and patron of the arts , who formed sotheby ' s holdings , inc . , to purchase sotheby parke bernet group plc . with the approval of the company ' s leaders , taubman purchased all of sotheby ' s on november 9 , 1983 .
with sales like this , i would say that the auction houses have not lost buyer confidence , and christie ' s and sotheby ' s are likely to keep their institutionalized status .
christie ' s had no protection against civil litigation and , with sotheby ' s , agreed to pay £365 million , divided evenly between them , to customers who had lost out .
although the information was kept from the jury as prejudicial , sotheby ' s already pleaded guilty to price - fixing and paid a $ 45 million fine . sotheby ' s and christie ' s had also settled a civil suit by aggrieved customers by agreeing to pay them more than $ 512 million , and mr . taubman , to avoid further liability , agreed to foot $ 156 million of sotheby ' s share of $ 256 million plus another $ 30 million to settle a stockholder ' s suit .
sotheby ' s picture library contains hundreds of thousands of never - before - seen images in a variety of formats available for licensing for any use . from the web to high - resolution print applications , sotheby ' s provides creative professionals and the press with compelling imagery from the fine and decorative arts and beyond . the star of sotheby’s picture library is the exclusive cecil beaton studio archive , a celebratory record of the 20th century ' s great and famous .
“bloodline : big family no . 3” by the chinese artist zhang xiaogang , on preview at a sotheby’s auction in hong kong this month .
giacometti sculpture ' l ' homme qui marche i ' fetches $ 104 . 3 million , world record : sotheby ' s ( photo )
all the same , mr . baron put guidelines in place after the sotheby ' s debacle to limit losses when his judgment proves flawed .
depending on the location of the property , sotheby’s australia will provide an initial walk - through of the collection or contents of a vault , or review available listings and photographs , to determine the scope of the collection and identify the appropriate sotheby’s australia specialists to work with you .
if you have property you wish to sell , sotheby ' s team of specialists and client service representatives can . . . [ more ]
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thanks to his impressive art collection , billionaire hedge - fund manager dan loeb has won a powerful ally in his rancorous battle with sotheby’s .
private sales complement sotheby’s australia’s year - round calendar of auctions . when brokering a private sale , members of our accomplished and knowledgeable network of experts work one - on - one with the consignor to formulate an individualised approach to selling in accordance with the client’s needs and schedule . sotheby’s australia will then approach potential buyers to obtain the best offer on the client’s behalf , maintaining the renowned level of discretion we exercise in the auction process . for those clients hoping to buy privately , sotheby’s australia’s specialists will reach out to our network of contacts in order to source the property you are seeking .
last summer , sotheby ' s acquired a dutch dealership , noortman master paintings , from its owner , robert noortman , who died in january . sotheby ' s head of global sales , daryl wickstrom , said noortman approached sotheby ' s because
he had a vision that the next step in the evolution of his business was to be part of a broader art services company .
another factor may have been his $ 11 . 7 million debt to the auction house , disclosed in sotheby ' s filing about the sale to the securities and exchange commission .
sotheby ' s is the world ' s largest publicly - traded auction house . its direct competition is christie ' s international , a privately - held french auction house . otherwise , the most prominent competition in the marketplace includes :
federal agents in new york on wednesday moved to seize a thousand - year - old cambodian statue from sotheby’s , alleging in a civil complaint that sotheby’s had put the 10th - century figure of a mythological warrior up for auction despite knowing that it had been stolen from a temple .
according to forbes , collectors wanting to borrow against valuable art can use sotheby’s and christie’s , as they offer competitive rates—just so long as you are also buying or selling art through them .
may 3 , 2012 — on wednesday night , edvard munch’s 1895 pastel , “the scream” sold for a record price of just under $ 120 million at sotheby’s auction house in new york .
it said :
the commission has concluded that sotheby ' s and christie ' s entered into an anti - competitive cartel agreement in the course of 1993 which lasted until early 2000 .
in a statement , sotheby ' s said :
this sculpture was legally imported into the united states and all relevant facts were openly declared .
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sotheby ' s eyes the future ,
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sotheby ' s also announced today that it is separating the roles of chairman and ceo and that independent director domenico de sole would become chairman .
ruprecht defended his record at sotheby ' s in a recent interview from new york . he also downplayed suggestions of acrimony between him and loeb .
on an earnings call this morning , sotheby’s ceo tad smith described the performance as “solid”—an optimistic euphemism in the art market for safe but unspectacular .
“sotheby’s approach to the khmer sculpture is one of responsible and ethical market behavior and international cooperation between private and public entities , ” she said .
“now is not the time to diverge from sotheby’s leadership and its strategic plan , ” the auction house said in response to the iss recommendation .
sotheby’s is one of the world’s oldest operating auction houses founded in london , england in 1744 . today sotheby’s maintains 15 locations globally and is represented by more than 100 office in 36 countries . considered global specialists in over 70 categories including fine arts , antiques and jewellery , the firm has an annual turnover of over $ 6 billion .
china ' s taikang life insurance has bought a 13 . 5 % stake in sotheby ' s , becoming the largest shareholder of the new york - based auction company . photo : zuma press
his reputation has been tainted by sotheby ' s and schwab ,
said christopher traulsen , an analyst with morningstar .
but he ' s gotten a lot of things right .
art investors and gallery owners in china said they would be watching to see how far taikang’s stake in sotheby’s would translate into cooperation between the two companies , and perhaps guardian auctions as well .
“growing interest in international art has been a very , very strong trend , ” she said . “the reputation and brand value is very strong for chinese to come into christie’s or sotheby’s . ”
when sotheby ' s bought the andre emmerich gallery in manhattan last year , officials there said one reason was that it gave them a vehicle for handling artists ' estates . but what sotheby ' s didn ' t realize was that not every estate wants to be represented by an auction house .
sotheby ' s has tried to increase its presence in the chinese art market by opening up a branch in beijing and cultivating chinese buyers and sellers . in 1995 sotheby ' s began staging traveling exhibitions around mainland china and in 2004 they began holding sales of contemporary chinese art as its own auction category . [ 31 ] as a result , sales of asian art at sotheby ' s has tripled from $ 124 . 1 million to $ 561 . 8 million between 2001 and 2007 and sales in china accounted for 6 % of sotheby ' s total revenue in 2007 . [ 32 ]
as such mega - galleries of contemporary art as pacewildenstein continue to grow , chipping away at the auction business , sotheby ' s and christie ' s are looking for ways to expand and diversify . the latest example of both is yesterday ' s announcement by sotheby ' s that andre emmerich , the 57th street dealer , and his staff are joining the auction house to operate a division called emmerich / sotheby ' s . under the agreement , the emmerich gallery will remain open and mr . emmerich will retain ownership of its inventory .
correction : may 7 , 2014 because of an editing error , a picture caption on tuesday with an article about sotheby’s capitulation to a hedge fund manager and his allies who are seeking seats on sotheby’s board and a change in its strategic direction misstated the hedge fund manager’s given name in some copies . he is daniel loeb , not donald .
sotheby’s is clearly investing in marketing tools like video and magazine content , and executives are studying the effect they have on buyers . already , clients can receive digital recommendations for purchases , thanks in part to technology that determines a client’s tastes and needs based on previous activity . the day of the robot at sotheby’s may soon be at hand .
taikang has said it has ideas for possible members of sotheby’s board , and if mr . chen is nominated , he will not need tutorials about how the company works . when he quit as an editor for a government - run magazine and plunged into auctioneering in the early 1990s , he copied sotheby’s , right down to the fine points . he borrowed a video camera , visited a sotheby’s auction in hong kong and furtively recorded the proceedings .
last october , loeb urged sotheby ' s management to leave , likening the company to
an old master painting in desperate need of restoration .
sotheby ' s the auctioneers is being sued for the return of a 10th century sandstone statue which prosecutors claim was looted from a temple in cambodia .
giacometti sculpture ' l ' homme qui marche i ' fetches $ 104 . 3 million , world record : sotheby ' s ( photo ) | huffpost
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bandpage is a music startup based in san francisco , california that produces the application bandpage , which powers over 500,000 artists ' pages .

j. sider currently being chief executive , bandpage launched in march 2010 and is an application that allows artists to create customized fanpages within facebook .

the artist can upload and share tracks , videos , photos , and their touring schedule within facebook .

in august 2010 , billboard named bandpage one of the " top 10 best digital media startups " .

on february 12 , 2016 , bandpage was acquired by google via subsidiary youtube for $ 8 million .

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github - mewwts / bandpage : simple django app for making a band website .
bandpage ceo j sider referred me to this blog post when i requested comment . one big question is whether bandpage will keep working with some of youtube’s biggest competitors .
steps to take before bandpage sunset on may 31st effective may 31st , 2018 we are sunsetting bandpage to fully focus on developing the official artist channel program at youtube . once we sunset band…
bandpage recently rebranded from “rootmusic bandpage” , following the footsteps of fellow ggv capital investment pandora ( formerly savage beast ) which also changed its name to simply be its product . bandpage has raised a total of $ 18 . 3 million to pay for the engineering costs of scaling , as well as marketing and product development .
we are sunsetting bandpage on 5 / 31 to fully focus on developing the official artist channel program at youtube . if you haven’t already , transfer the contents of your bandpage profile to youtube . learn more : urltoken
bandpage , the central profile for musicians , was acquired by youtube for $ 8 million . ( techcrunch )
tune up your content on bandpage to get syndicated . learn more in this step - by - step video guide :
spotify’s artist pages show bandpage offers that earn musicians revenue . right now , youtube’s music app lacks these money - making tools
this bandpage everywhere platform was initially free with a $ 2 a month subscription fee for extra features . but least year bandpage ditched its plus tier , made everything free , and instead began relaying on a 15 % transaction fee for anything sold through its ecommerce integrations .
bandpage writes that “bandpage is dedicated to helping musicians build their careers by growing their fan bases and increasing their revenue on the largest digital music services in the world . by joining forces with the team at youtube , we can help artists reach their fans in more powerful ways than ever before . ”
as announced in december - in order to pave the way for new features , we ' re making important changes to the bandpage service effective today .
bandpage must continue cranking out improvements so it can fend off long - time competitor reverbnation’s band profile and fast - growing upstart urltoken . there’s a ton of runway for these companies as myspace withers , but the well - funded bandpage has a solid lead in capturing the long - tail of bands . bandpage now has to hope fans are as eager to splash their favorite artists across their facebook timelines as they’ve been to wear them on t - shirts .
as you can see above , bandpage’s offers are integrated into spotify artist pages but not the youtube music app’s musician profiles . when artists consider where to direct their fans , they’ll prioritize ones that make them more money . the bandpage acquisition could get more revenue opportunities into youtube’s properties so artists push traffic there .
publishing to ticker helped spotify score massive growth and it could do the same for bandpage . bandpage needs to do whatever it takes to keep growing its artist count since it can’t rely on big checks for custom development work from the world’s most popular acts — a model that’s helping other musician marketing services turn quick profits .
as of may 31st , 2018 we sunset bandpage to fully focus on developing the official artist channel program at youtube . you can read more about this announcement here .
more importantly , bandpage has a proven track record of increasing fan engagement and revenue . in august 2015 , the startup revealed optimistic numbers from its partnership with rhapsody , which analyzed listener data to target artists’ “superfans” and deliver push notifications to those users ' phones . bandpage’s push notifications not only generated 50 % more overall fan engagement than other personalized messages sent through rhapsody , but also drew clicks at
double the rate of google search ads , 10x the rate of facebook ads , and at over 50x the rate of traditional web display advertising , ” according to the bandpage website .
bandpage has been trying to rebuild as a cross - web tool for managing musician presences since it got steamrolled by facebook timeline . today it took a big step towards its
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bandpage , facebook’s top app for artists trying to stream and promote their music to fans , now powers 500 , 000 musician pages . just 6 months ago that number was 250 , 000 , showing the rapid shift in focus of bands from myspace and standalone websites to facebook where fan retention is better . bandpage also just announced new features that allow listeners to tell friends about favorite songs through their facebook timeline and the ticker feed with a single click .
27 . 9 million music fans interact with bandpage each month , and 870 , 000 do per day according to appdata . those numbers were stronger a month ago before timeline for pages launched , which means facebook’s redesign that prevents admins from setting an app like bandpage as their default landing page could be hurting developers . the service’s user count was even higher 6 months ago before the facebook music streaming platform launched and more people began discovering songs through spotify .
from the whole bandpage team , thank you for partnering with us over the last eight years . it ' s been an exciting journey , and we hope to be able to continue to build impactful products for you at youtube .
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luckily , bandpage quickly realized it couldn’t stay on facebook and unshackled itself . now its swift pivot seems to have paid off , or at least earned it a soft landing at youtube . bandpage created a platform that artists could update with their tour dates and t - shirts , and have them appear in tons of places through integrations with spotify , soundcloud , facebook , twitter , shazam , rhapsody , stubhub , and more , as well as google and youtube .
to keep attracting bands , bandpage today releases an update that lets it take advantage of facebook’s new timeline for pages . musician profiles are now wider , and open graph integration lets visitors post songs to the ticker without having to fill out a share prompt . they can also post that “i want to go to” or “i’m going” to tour dates . these shares fill out a dedicated bandpage section on a user’s timeline that shows what acts they’ve been jamming out to most .
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it was a grim moment , as bandpage had just raised a big $ 16 million series b from ggv capital a few months prior . it eventually had a to raise a smaller $ 9 . 3 million series c in 2014 to stay afloat .
it is also important to note that bandpage is a platform tailored for music , whereas youtube is not . although the most - searched topic on youtube was music in 2014 , there are also plenty of filmmakers , video gamers , beauty experts , choreographers , visual artists and other creators building their careers on the website . all of these creators could benefit from bandpage’s expertise , particularly with regards to niche marketing and customer segmentation , organic growth and identification of superfans , and flexibility and adaptability of business models .
youtube wants to win the love of musicians by solving their biggest problem : how to turn popularity into cash . so today it announced it’s acquired bandpage , a startup that helps artists show off and sell concert tickets , merchandise , and exclusive fan experiences .
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bandpage makes marketing easier for artists by automatically updating their profiles across spotify , soundcloud , facebook , twitter and other key streaming and social media sites . artists are also granted a substantial level of flexibility in terms of customizing their page and tailoring different experiences to different types of fans .
some of that funding , as well as profits from its $ 2 a month premium service of enhanced customization and viral features , are paying for a big presence this year at sxsw . bandpage has its own laser light - filled venue in the center of town where it’s putting on concerts for 10 straight days .
music is a cut - throat business . artists feel underpaid while the tech giants compete to offer similar streaming music services that force them to pay out almost all their earnings to record labels . bandpage could make youtube different — a place where artists and the platform capitalize on the attention music draws by selling everything surrounding it .
bandpage is the central profile that musicians use to engage and sell to hundreds of millions of fans . over half a million musicians around the world use bandpage , from up and coming artists to the biggest names in the business . here’s how it works . create a bandpage profile with your profile picture , music and photos , store , tour dates , videos and bio . keeping your bandpage profile up to date is important because it powers your store on spotify , shazam , youtube , and rhapsody . it powers your tour dates on google search , your store and tour dates on lyric sites , and your profile on places like vevo , soundcloud , xbox music , rdio and more . for the first time ever , musicians can reach their fans on these platforms , all from one central profile . so now , you can display your tour dates to more fans and sell more tickets to your shows , deepen your connection with them by making sure they see the right bio and images , and generate more revenue by getting your store in front of those fans at the right moment . at the end of the day , we want to be a driving force that helps you increase revenue , and grow your career as a musician . to get started , go to urltoken and sign up today . it’s free ! show less
[ update : according to a source familiar with what bandpage shareholders were sent about the terms of the deal , the financial documents say that the acquisition price was $ 8 million . only preferred stock will be converted into cash , and common stock will be cancelled with no payment . a second source later confirmed the deal was for around $ 8 million .
founded in 2009 , bandpage began as an app that let musicians create a special music tab on their facebook page . but after facebook shut down these page apps in 2012 , it lost 90 % of its traffic in three months . it went from 32 million monthly users and being the second most popular facebook developer behind zynga , to just a few million .
youtube recently launched its ad - free red subscription service and dedicated music app . if it can use bandpage’s money - making tools to curry favor with artists , they might be more likely to promote their youtube presence and give it early or exclusive content . that could push consumers to subscribe to youtube red for $ 9 . 99 and get all of youtube ad - free .
perhaps in response to these critics , youtube has rolled out its own tools and resources to help musicians increase both exposure and revenue , such as youtube for artists and youtube space . with the recent launch of its ad - free subscription service youtube red , the platform also seems to be experimenting with more business models , in an attempt to diversify and increase its own revenue streams . with bandpage on board , youtube musicians will hopefully be able to monetize their works more effectively compared to what other platforms have provided to date . in particular , one of bandpage’s strengths from which youtube could develop a significant competitive advantage is its ability to leverage and improve the direct artist - fan relationship online , which is relatively lacking on services like spotify and apple music .
since that $ 8 million is much less than the $ 27 . 6 million in funding bandpage raised , the deal appears to be a firesale and few will see any significant payout . several sources i contacted refused to speak due to strict orders not to discuss the financial terms . it makes sense that the company would try to keep it under wraps since the price was so low . youtube declined to comment . ]
this week ' s billboard magazine named their 10 best digital music startups of 2010 and the list includes some surprising choices . to learn more about how the process , we turned to billboard senior editorial analyst glenn peoples . many hypebot readers remember peoples from his now dormant blog coolfer how these 10 were chosen ? peoples : companies selected have good products and capable leadership , and tended to have products that try to solve a particular problem or fill a void . when looking at this general category , did you see any sectors as over or under served ? peoples : i’m not sure any particular category was overserviced by new companies that launched in the last year or so . a year ago i would have said there were too many music streaming services for too few consumers . then a company like rdio comes along with a better product that has the potential to increase the size of the market . but there are areas of high concentration out there . it’s not surprising there are no new digital distributors in our top ten . that’s a category that could probably stand to be more concentrated than it is today .
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but sider did highlight that the blog posts insists that “our collective goal remains the same : to grow an open network of digital music services , develop intelligent new tools for managing / distributing artist content and commerce , and create new revenue opportunities for all musicians , on youtube and beyond . ” that makes it sound like it will remain platform agnostic , though its non - youtube partners might feel a little uneasy about it now .
other steaming services , especially apple music , have leaned on promotional opportunities for artists to recruit them , and exclusive content to lure subscribers . but at the end of the day , artists want revenue , and streaming listeners don’t earn them much . the trick is pairing attention pulled in through cheap or free streaming music with things fans can buy like clothing , posters , box sets , concert tickets , or even signed memorabilia and chances to meet their heroes .
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what do all music streaming services have in common ? they have colossal user bases , but no profit . recent headlines paint a particularly dismal picture of the streaming market : two days ago , we learned not only that soundcloud lost $ 70 million in revenue over the last two years , but also that pandora , which reported a net loss of $ 19 . 4 million last quarter , is allegedly in talks about selling itself . moreover , artists continue to receive paltry royalty checks from these streaming services , making the latter a constant scapegoat in the digital music industry ' s persistent financial instability .
, announced a new acquisition yesterday that could finally turn this streaming gloom around . for a sum of $ 8 million , the video - sharing website acquired
an online centralized profile that hundreds of thousands of artists use to consolidate and distribute photos , tour info , merchandise and other products and information to their fans across multiple platforms .
the acquisition will hopefully make youtube a friendlier environment for artists , as the debate continues regarding the true value of youtube for the music industry . according to data from nielsen and the recording industry association of america ( riaa ) , youtube is responsible for 52 % of all on - demand music consumption but only 13 . 5 % of its revenues . artists like justin bieber and psy have been able to cultivate global careers in large part because of their youtube popularity , and the site has paid out over $ 1 billion to music rights holders over the years , but research nonetheless shows that youtube pays out as low as $ . 0003 per play to unsigned artists . thus , while youtube has become indispensable as a distribution platform for musicians , it also seems to play a key role in devaluing the music industry’s currency in the larger transition to streaming .
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