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Bella Figura Music secures fresh funding to bolster catalog acquisitions

The music company has acquired rights to hits by Robbie Williams and Human League, among others

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Vocalist AI unveils vocal cloning platform that pays royalties to voice models

The platform enables creators to convert their vocals to those of professional singers and rappers

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Bruce Springsteen named Fellow of The Ivors Academy in the UK in recognition of ‘his influence and impact on the craft of songwriting’

Springsteen becomes the first-ever international songwriter to be named a Fellow of The Ivors Academy

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AI vocal cloning app Voicify offers 3,000 deepfake models to replicate artists’ voices. Now it faces legal action from the UK’s music industry

BPI has sent a letter to Voicify, now known as Jammable, threatening legal action if the app doesn't stop enabling users to create unauthorized music deepfakes

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Sinead O’Connor’s estate asks ‘biblical devil’ Donald Trump to cease using ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in campaigns

O'Connor's estate and label join a growing list of artists objecting to Trump's use of their music at political events

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TikTok has ALREADY started removing Universal’s music publishing catalog from its platform

This Friday (March 1), TikTok's current license for the Universal Music Publishing Group catalog – spanning some 4 million songs – officially expires

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Can songwriters pinch the proven techniques of Max Martin and Taylor Swift to pen Top 10 hits?

Asaf Peres, who holds two Ph.Ds in music, says that Taylor Swift hits such as 'Blank Space', 'Anti-Hero', and 'Shake It Off' all use recognizable melodic techniques

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Ron Perry, Chairman and CEO of Columbia Records, named UJA-Federation’s Music Visionary of the Year

Perry joins such previous honorees as Rob Stringer, Michele Anthony, Steve Boom and Daniel Ek