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# Last Week’s Most Read: Royalty increase • Fake musicians • Realisfy • Reels rule & more [Labor Day Edition]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/last-weeks-most-read-royalty-increase-fake-musicians-realisfy-reels-rule-more-labor-day-edition/
- Published: 2022-09-05T12:32:39.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-05T12:35:44.000Z
- Description: Catch up on the news and issues facing the music industry with last week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from a streaming royalty rate increase, and a million-dollar Instagram. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/09/last-weeks-most-read-royalty-increase-fake-mu
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Catch up on the news and issues facing the music industry with last week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from a streaming royalty rate increase, and a million-dollar Instagram scheme to the integration of the metaverse with music, and more.

- **[‘Owning media is now an act of counterculture defiance](https://www.hypebot.com/owning-media-is-now-an-act-of-countercultural-defiance/)**
- **[Fake Musicians: Inside a million-dollar Instagram scheme dollar](https://www.hypebot.com/fake-musicians-inside-a-million-dollar-instagram-verification-scheme/)**
- **[Apple launches Platoon for Artists](https://www.hypebot.com/apple-launches-platoon-for-artists-app-to-manage-content-streams-revenue/)**
- **[Reels now rule Instagram](https://www.hypebot.com/reels-rule-instagram-new-study-finds/)**
- **[Releasify app launches as ‘the ultimate music release planner](https://www.hypebot.com/relasify-app-launches-as-the-ultimate-music-release-planner/)**‘
- **[Is the metaverse disrupting the music industry?](https://www.hypebot.com/is-the-metaverse-disrupting-the-music-industry/)**
- [**Music Streamers, Songwriters, & Publishers agree on royalty increase**](https://www.hypebot.com/streamers-music-publishers-songwriters-agree-on-higher-us-royalties/)