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NMPA criticises Spotify over ‘bundle’ plans – and royalties
US music publishing body the NMPA has never been shy of a fight with digital services if it feels its members aren’t being respected.
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TikTok starts testing its Instagram-like TikTok Notes app
If every other app in the world can copy TikTok, why shouldn’t TikTok copy some of those other apps too?
Black Lives in Music launches bullying and harassment survey
UK-based organisation Black Lives in Music (BLiM) has launched a survey on bullying and harassment in the music industry.
State of Tennessee set to get new fund to support live music
Having speed-run its ‘Elvis Act’ AI regulation into the statute book, the US state of Tennessee looks set to sign another music-related bill into law soon. Well, two bills: SB2508…
Epidemic Sound financials reveal 25% revenue growth to $135.5m
Production music company Epidemic Sound has published its annual report, including financials for 2023. The company saw its revenues grow by 25% last year to SEK 1.48bn ($135.5m at current exchange…
Country Profile – Indonesia 2024
The world’s fourth most populous country has a fast-growing digital music industry – even if people still don’t like paying for music.
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Power Up’s Ben Wynter slams MMF over working-group criticism
Yesterday’s column from MMF CEO Annabella Coldrick questioning ‘Is the music industry gaslighting artists?’ has received a sharp rebuke.
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Board accepts Concord acquisition offer
The long saga of music rights-buyer Hipgnosis Songs Fund may be reaching its climax with the news of an acquisition offer this morning.
25% of Spotify Premium subscribers are listening to audiobooks
Spotify certainly thinks audiobooks are going to be popular with its listeners, but do those listeners agree? The company has put out some stats to back up its case this…
The Rights and Dequency launch their sync-licensing platform
Music licensing firms The Rights and Dequency recently merged. Now they’re launching their joint service with an excellently does-what-it-says-on-the-tin title.
Startup Indaband launches its collaborative music-making app
It’s a an interesting smartphone app that wants to help musicians collaborate remotely.
JKBX appoints SoundExchange as Creator Program payments partner
JKBX is the US-based startup that is selling music royalty shares to investors and fans alike.
Armada Music’s publishing ambitions heat up with Cloud 9 deal
The company’s investment arm Beat Music Fund has acquired Amsterdam-based publisher Cloud 9 Music.
Hybe subsidiary Supertone debuts ‘Shift’ AI voice-changing tech
In the west, much of the discourse around AI music is ‘us and them’ even when it’s not in the context of a dispute. AI startups over there, and the…
Pandora hits back at the ‘wild overreach’ of MLC lawsuit
In February this year, the US-based Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) sued streaming service Pandora claiming that it had “underreported and underpaid mechanical royalties” for its free tier. Now Pandora has responded in…
Amazon Music unveils an AI playlist generator called Maestro
Are AI-generated playlists a differentiator for streaming services, or just a feature that will become standard across them all?
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