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Warner Music confirms it is participating in Deezer’s “artist-centric” pilot

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Warner Music • 2 min read

Warner Music confirms it is participating in Deezer’s “artist-centric” pilot

Warner Music has confirmed it is “delighted” to be participating in the pilot of Deezer’s artist-centric model, which changes the way the streaming service allocates revenue to tracks each month…

Chris Cooke • 14 Nov 2023

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TikTok • 1 min read

Nepal introduces TikTok ban

A TikTok ban has gone into effect in Nepal with ministers saying that use of the video-sharing app is being outlawed in order to stop the distribution of content that is “detrimental to social harmony”…

Chris Cooke • 14 Nov 2023

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Amazon • 1 min read

Amazon cuts jobs in its music division

Amazon has instigated some more redundancies, this time specifically in its music division - affected employees were told about the cutbacks on Wednesday…

Chris Cooke • 10 Nov 2023

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Canva • 1 min read

Canva launches music library product

Canva yesterday announced that users of the graphic design platform can now easily insert music into their content from a large catalogue of tracks - it follows deals earlier this year with Warner and Merlin…

Chris Cooke • 10 Nov 2023

Spotify brings audiobook listening to US Premium accounts

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Spotify • 1 min read

Spotify brings audiobook listening to US Premium accounts

Spotify is bringing audiobook listening to premium accounts in the US. Lucky Americans. They join users in the UK and Australia, who had the fifteen hours of audiobook access dumped on them last month…

Andy Malt • 09 Nov 2023

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Sony Music • 2 min read

Sony Music has a new logo, Deezer and SiriusXM have a brandwank

Sony Music, Deezer and SiriusXM have all unveiled new logos. Sony’s delves into its brand heritage, Deezer’s aims to “recharge people's emotional connection to the brand”, and SiriusXM’s “gives a nod to the service’s consumer value proposition”…

Andy Malt & Sam Taylor • 09 Nov 2023

Beatport launches new membership product for producers

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Beatport • 1 min read

Beatport launches new membership product for producers

Beatport has announced the launch of Beatport Studio, providing music producers with access to tools and resources which will allow them to “establish, expand and refine their production style”…

Chris Cooke • 03 Nov 2023

Apple Music discontinues its Siri-centric Voice Plan

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Apple Music • 1 min read

Apple Music discontinues its Siri-centric Voice Plan

Apple Music has discontinued its Voice Plan, a mid-price option where users could only interact with the service via Siri…

Chris Cooke • 02 Nov 2023

Tidal launches new tool for finding musical collaborators

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Tidal • 1 min read

Tidal launches new tool for finding musical collaborators

Streaming service Tidal has launched a new tool that will help artists find and connect with possible collaborators…

Chris Cooke • 02 Nov 2023

DistroKid expands its licensing partnership with TikTok

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DistroKid • 1 min read

DistroKid expands its licensing partnership with TikTok

DIY distributor DistroKid has expanded its licensing partnership with TikTok so that it now also covers the new TikTok Music service…

Chris Cooke • 01 Nov 2023

Music industry restates artificial intelligence priorities ahead of UK government's AI Safety Summit

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UK Music • 2 min read

Music industry restates artificial intelligence priorities ahead of UK government's AI Safety Summit

UK Music has sent a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak setting out the industry’s priorities for AI regulation ahead of the AI Safety Summit that is being staged by the British government this week…

Chris Cooke • 31 Oct 2023

Visual art copyright case against Stability AI stripped back but will proceed

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Visual art copyright case against Stability AI stripped back but will proceed

A US lawsuit testing the copyright obligations of AI companies - pursued by visual artists against image-generating AI platforms - can proceed, although with various parties removed and claims dismissed…

Chris Cooke • 31 Oct 2023