Analysis Major record companies hate AI voice-cloning platforms that don’t pay. The one they hate most was created by a 20-year-old UK student. How the RIAA is tuning its legal attention towards a 20-year-old UK student who is making "quite a lot" of money from his AI site
News Superfan platform Fave raises $2m in strategic funding from Warner Music, Sony Music and more Company says that it expects the ongoing funding round to reach $6 million
News Spotify is hiring for government affairs experts in multiple markets amid ongoing battle with Apple Streaming giant is bulking up its team of government affairs experts whose job is to liaise with regulators and government officials
News Raleigh Music acquires catalog of Academy Award-winning lyricist Alan Jay Lerner in the US Catalog includes what Raleigh Music calls 'numerous classic broadway standards'
News Reservoir acquires catalog of Latin Music hitmaker Rudy Perez Agreement also includes a publishing deal for his future works
Analysis DistroKid’s Bandzoogle buyout, Songtradr’s Bandcamp acquisition point to the power of D2C commerce (and a potential future battle for ‘superfans’) Why two deals announced in the last month are connected
News Amazon shutters live radio app Amp less than 20 months after it launched The online retail giant confirmed to media that it’s shutting down Amp
News Believe continues expansion in Asia with new office in Tokyo, Japan Key executives in the market include Erika Ogawa as General Manager for Japan, and Mari Ochiai as Head of Artist Services
News NLE Choppa hit with lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement over 2020’s ‘Who TF Up In My Trap’ Complaint was filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday, October 3
News Live Nation-backed Veeps launches ‘All Access’ video streaming subscription service for live concerts Veeps was launched in 2017 by Joel and Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte
News Latin music superfans spend over 30% more on music-related activities than other music superfans in the US (report) US market monitor Luminate has published its new Latin Music Report
News Spotify has patented a ‘digital mixtape’ generator that compiles users’ voice recordings with songs New patent issued to Spotify describes 'a system for generating and distributing a digital mixtape'.
News US Supreme Court to take up Warner Chappell case around limitations on copyright damages, after appeal over Flo Rida ‘In The Ayer’ lawsuit The US Supreme Court is set to make a decision on statutes of limitations for copyright lawsuits
News Indie music company Wagram joins Deezer’s artist-centric payment system, following streaming platform’s deal with Universal France-headquartered indie music company Wagram Music has signed an artist-centric agreement with Deezer
Analysis Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl on AI, why labels still exist, and 2 other things we learned from his Q&A at the Code Conference Kyncl spoke during a Q&A session at the Code Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, this week