Talk:7digital

MP4 audio
Some of the tracks at 7digital are in MP4 audio format. See for example this link. I have no idea when this option became available - can't find any news about that. I guess it should be mentioned in the article though. —  Ark25  (talk) 20:04, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, I added some info (in bottom section '7digital.com' about the formats they currently sell :) Thanks Llamalady28 (talk) 18:01, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Removed all of the hidden timeline content, as it was unnecessary (they have a substantial timeline already, and this now removes all suggestive copyright violations. Thanks Llamalady28 (talk)

Made a few tweaks, and removed the tags (which I had added) after being pinged to take another look. Compared to the condition of the article at the time I added the tags, it has been vastly improved. Revent talk 21:14, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Sourcing
Just to make it clear, the citations that I removed as part of were either dead and redundant (because the same information was cited to news articles) or to blog posts by anonymous authors. While the information from those blog entries is non-controversial, and probably correct, better sourcing is needed. For general business events (i.e. we opened a new website) limited use of press releases is fine (see WP:SELFSOURCE), as long as the article is not primarily based on them, and there is enough third-party coverage to show notability. This is not to say that third-party coverage of such events is not preferable, just that a press release about something is a better source than an anonymous blog. This isn't to say that I fact-checked all of the sources, or that I am saying all of the remaining sources are 'good'... the main purpose of my edit was to add the missing metadata for the citations, and I just knocked off the ones that were obvious (because they were anonymous). Revent talk 23:08, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Some proposed changes
Information to be added or removed: Change link at "Type Public - LSE: 7DIG". Explanation of issue: Link is dead. References supporting change: use this URL - https://profile.lsegissuerservices.com/7DigitalGroup/overview. "7digital Group PLC" (Company profile). London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Information to be added or removed: Remove the individuals named in Key People section. Replace with: "John Aalbers (CEO), Julia Hubbard (CFO), Paul Langworthy (COO), Stacey Mitsopulos (Director of Legal & Business Affairs, and Music Partnerships), Kellie While (Head of Creative)". Explanation of issue: Senior leadership team has changed since this page was last edited. References supporting change: https://www.7digital.com/about. "Leadership" (Company website). 7digital. Retrieved 28 May 2019. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/john-aalbers-to-succeed-simon-cole-as-7digital-ceo/. Stassen, Murray (25 March 2019). "John Aalbers to succeed Simon Cole as 7digital CEO". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 28 May 2019. http://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/7digital-names-julia-hubbard-as-chief-financial-officer/075679. Paine, Andre (20 March 2019). "7digital names Julia Hubbard as chief financial officer". Music Week. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Information to be added or removed: change URL for Website. Explanation of issue: Corporate site has moved to this new address. References supporting change: https://www.7digital.com/. "7digital.com" (Company website). 7digital. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Information to be added or removed: add URL in History section after "In October 2012, 7digital secured $10 Million in funding from two new investors,[11] Dolby and Imagination Technologies...". Explanation of issue: Article says 'Citation needed'. References supporting change: https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/25/samsung-htc-music-partner-7digital-picks-up-1-6m-loan-enters-into-reverse-takeover-talks-with-ubc/. Lunden, Ingrid (25 November 2013). "Samsung's music partner 7digital picks up $1.6m loan, enters into reverse takeover talks with UBC". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Information to be added or removed: State that Musical.ly (in the Clients section) is now called TikTok following its acquisition by Chinese company Bytedance in 2017. Explanation of issue: 7digital initially signed a contract with Musical.ly and continues to work with TikTok following the rebrand. References supporting change: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17644260/musically-rebrand-tiktok-bytedance-douyin. Lee, Dami (2 August 2018). "The popular Musical.ly app has been rebranded as TikTok". The Verge. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Information to be added or removed: In Geographical Availability section, change tense 'operates' to 'operated' in line "As of July, 2015, 7digital operates in 82 countries". Explanation of issue: The statement of 7digital's reach is 4 years old and no longer accurate.

HComms7A (talk) 15:48, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Reply 25-MAY-2019
Regards, Spintendo  19:18, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Please format these references according to the style already used by the article.

Reply 28-MAY-2019
Thanks User talk:Spintendo Formatted references in the original post. Hope this is now correct. Regards HComms7A (talk) 10:37, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Reply 07-JUNE-2019
Perhaps I should have posted the updated references in a new message rather than editing the original post. Doing that now for clarity, here:

Information to be added or removed: Change link at "Type Public - LSE: 7DIG". Explanation of issue: Link is dead. References supporting change: use this URL - https://profile.lsegissuerservices.com/7DigitalGroup/overview. "7digital Group PLC" (Company profile). London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
 * ❌; I have updated the link, but not to something that's basically a corporate "about us" page but rather to the equivalent of what we had before. Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Information to be added or removed: Remove the individuals named in Key People section. Replace with: "John Aalbers (CEO), Julia Hubbard (CFO), Paul Langworthy (COO), Stacey Mitsopulos (Director of Legal & Business Affairs, and Music Partnerships), Kellie While (Head of Creative)". Explanation of issue: Senior leadership team has changed since this page was last edited. References supporting change: https://www.7digital.com/about. "Leadership" (Company website). 7digital. Retrieved 28 May 2019. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/john-aalbers-to-succeed-simon-cole-as-7digital-ceo/. Stassen, Murray (25 March 2019). "John Aalbers to succeed Simon Cole as 7digital CEO". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 28 May 2019. http://www.musicweek.com/digital/read/7digital-names-julia-hubbard-as-chief-financial-officer/075679. Paine, Andre (20 March 2019). "7digital names Julia Hubbard as chief financial officer". Music Week. Retrieved 28 May 2019.


 * I've listed Aalbers and Hubbard; the others can't be all that important if there are no secondary sources for them. Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Information to be added or removed: change URL for Website. Explanation of issue: Corporate site has moved to this new address. References supporting change: https://www.7digital.com/. "7digital.com" (Company website). 7digital. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
 * ✅ Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Information to be added or removed: add URL in History section after "In October 2012, 7digital secured $10 Million in funding from two new investors,[11] Dolby and Imagination Technologies...". Explanation of issue: Article says 'Citation needed'. References supporting change: https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/25/samsung-htc-music-partner-7digital-picks-up-1-6m-loan-enters-into-reverse-takeover-talks-with-ubc/. Lunden, Ingrid (25 November 2013). "Samsung's music partner 7digital picks up $1.6m loan, enters into reverse takeover talks with UBC". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
 * ✅ Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Information to be added or removed: State that Musical.ly (in the Clients section) is now called TikTok following its acquisition by Chinese company Bytedance in 2017. Explanation of issue: 7digital initially signed a contract with Musical.ly and continues to work with TikTok following the rebrand. References supporting change: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17644260/musically-rebrand-tiktok-bytedance-douyin. Lee, Dami (2 August 2018). "The popular Musical.ly app has been rebranded as TikTok". The Verge. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
 * ❌, we'd need a source stating that 7digital works with TikTok, not just one that says Musical.ly changed its name. Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Information to be added or removed: In Geographical Availability section, change tense 'operates' to 'operated' in line "As of July, 2015, 7digital operates in 82 countries". Explanation of issue: The statement of 7digital's reach is 4 years old and no longer accurate.
 * ✅ Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you HComms7A (talk) 10:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I've implemented some changes, but not others; detailed explanations are given above, request by request. Huon (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

A few proposed changes
Hi there,

Information to be added or removed: Remove the individuals named in Key People section. Replace with: "Paul Langworthy (CEO), Michael Juskiewicz (CFO)". Explanation of issue: Previous CEO and CFO have left the company. New CEO and CFO appointed July 18th 2019. References supporting change: https://www.7digital.com/about. "Leadership" (Company website). 7digital. Retrieved 03 September 2019. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/7digital-ceo-john-aalbers-steps-down-after-three-and-a-half-months/. Stassen, Murray (18 July 2019). "7digital CEO John Aalbers steps down after three-and-a-half months". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 03 September 2019. https://rainnews.com/7digital-swaps-ceo-cfo-and-board-of-directors/. Washenko, Anna (18 July 2019). "7digital swaps CEO, CFO, and board of directors". RAIN News. Retrieved 03 September 2019.

Information to be added or removed: Update the companies named in the Subsidiaries section. Keep 'Entertainment News and Unique Interactive'. Add '7digital Creative'. Remove 'Unique the Production Company, Smooth Operations, Unique Interactive, Above the Title'. Explanation of issue: The companies to be removed now all operate under the '7digital Creative' banner. References supporting change: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/03/7digital-consolidates-radio-production-brands/. Martin, Roy (01 March 2017). "7digital consolidates radio production brands". Radio Today. Retrieved 03 September 2019. https://completemusicupdate.com/article/7digital-rebrands-radio-content-divisions/. Cooke, Chris (03 March 2017). "7digital rebrands radio content divisions". CMU. Retrieved 03 September 2019.

Information to be added or removed: Amend the wording in History section from "7digital is backed by technology venture capital firm Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe)" to "7digital WAS backed by...". Explanation of issue: This relates to the company's funding from early in its history and is no longer correct. References supporting change: https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/03/hmv-buys-50pc-of-7digital-for-77m-vcs-get-a-positive-exit/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=JNPkZfwPeJ0IaS2880WJDQ. Butcher, Mike (03 September 2009). "HMV buys 50pc of 7digital for £7.7m, VCs get a 'positive' exit". TechCrunch. Retrieved 03 September 2019.

Thanks,

HComms7A (talk) 15:38, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Advertising
I've read over the article, and it seems to me like "Mean as custard" already removed the most egregious promotional fluff during his Mar 4, 2022, edit in which they added the maintenance template. Most everything remaining seems pretty well-sourced from industry news and other news sources, with minimal use of press releases and primary sources. I removed a couple of direct, external links to 7digital storefronts that were unnecessary. Accordingly, I'm now removing the Advertising maintenance template. Tabanger  22:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)