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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Meta announces ad-free premium option in Europe to comply with data regulations
Meta is launching an ad-free premium option for Facebook and Instagram in Europe - but only to comply with data regulations in the European Union - the social media firm insists “we believe in an ad-supported internet”…
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Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process
Spotify is in talks with the labels and distributors about changing the way it allocates revenues to tracks each month - like with changes proposed by Deezer, Spotify’s plan will impact functional audio and smaller self-releasing musicians…
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Deezer and Sacem evaluating artist-centric model for songwriters
Deezer and French collecting society Sacem have announced a new partnership to assess the viability of switching to an “artist-centric” model for distributing song royalties - similar to what the streaming service is already piloting on the recordings side…
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Boomy announces alliance with Beatdapp to counter stream manipulation
Music generation platform Boomy has announced an integration with Beatdapp to combat stream manipulation, having been temporarily cut off by Spotify earlier this year because of “patterns of artificial streaming”…
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Bandcamp union negotiators among the job losses at direct-to-fan firm
The majority of Bandcamp employees who had joined the Bandcamp United union have not been offered jobs by the direct-to-firm’s new owner Songtradr - including all eight who had been leading negotiations with former parent company Epic Games…
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X introduces dollar a year charge on basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines
X is now charging a dollar a year to people setting up new basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines. The social media firm says the pilot is part of ongoing efforts to stop people setting up bot and spam accounts on the platform.…
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Patreon buys livestreaming platform Moment
Memberships platform Patreon has bought livestreaming set-up Moments as it enhances the range of tools it offers its creators…