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Spotify bans white noise podcasters from Ambassador Ads programme

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Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify bans white noise podcasters from Ambassador Ads programme

Spotify will stop the makers of white noise podcasts from participating in a programme where podcasters can earn money by promoting the streaming service’s own products…

Chris Cooke • 05 Sep 2023

YouTube sets out three principles for the development of AI music

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YouTube sets out three principles for the development of AI music

YouTube and UMG team up to unleash AI, with Lucian Grainge saying there's a "promising upside" but music industry needs to set "rules of the road" which include "responsibly embracing" AI and "appropriate protections".…

Chris Cooke • 23 Aug 2023

The Pirate Bay reopens to new members to avoid a “generation of potential uploaders” being lost

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Piracy • 2 min read

The Pirate Bay reopens to new members to avoid a “generation of potential uploaders” being lost

Not only is The Pirate Bay amazingly still operating – despite all the many legal battles it has lost over the…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jun 2023

Streaming • 2 min read

Apple Music increases baseline subscription rate to 10.99

Apple Music is increasing its baseline price from £9.99 to £10.99, with many people hoping that other services - including Spotify - will follow suit…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2022

Spotify • 1 min read

Spotify might be about to launch platinum level with higher quality audio

Spotify appears to be testing customer response to a possible 'platinum' plan including "HiFi, Studio Sound, Headphone Tuner, Audio Insights, Library Pro, Playlist Pro and limited-ad Spotify podcasts”.…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2022

Spotify • 5 min read

Spotify confirms launch in 85 new markets, plus new tools galore and high quality audio, in big announcements splurge

Ahead of Spotify's Chief Legal Officer appearing in front of MPs as part of the inquiry into the economics of streaming, Daniel Ek trotted out a bunch of impressive sounding stats at a Spotify event called Stream On…

Chris Cooke • 23 Feb 2021

Triller • 1 min read

Universal pulls catalogue from Triller

Universal Music has announced that it is withdrawing all of its content from TikTok rival Triller with immediate effect. The…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2021

Digital services and platforms news • 3 min read

Norwegian crime agency investigating Tidal data fiddling allegations

In a streaming market dominated by Spotify, Apple and some super buzzy emerging market players, at least Tidal has its…

Chris Cooke • 15 Jan 2019

Digital services and platforms news • 2 min read

Norwegian collecting society reports Tidal to police over Kanye and Beyonce stat allegations

So this is getting interesting fast. The Norwegian collecting society Tono has filed an official police complaint against Tidal over…

Chris Cooke • 15 May 2018

Tidal • 2 min read

Tidal denies fiddling the figures, accuses newspaper of “smear campaign”

Tidal has dubbed a newspaper article that accuses the streaming firm of fiddling the figures related to two albums where…

Chris Cooke • 10 May 2018

Live industry news including ticketing, venues, festivals and more • 1 min read

P2P ticket selling platform The Physical Network combines with We Represent, becomes StreetTeam

The Physical Network and We Represent combine to form new brand StreetTeam…

Chris Cooke • 13 Apr 2016