News Africa-focused music streaming service Mdundo reaches 26.6m Monthly Active Users Mdundo also reported a 239% YoY jump in revenue from paid subscriptions
News Vivendi exploring sale of ticketing firm See Tickets (report) Vivendi acquired See Tickets UK in its entirety in 2011
News YouTube introduced a suite of new AI tools for creators. Here’s what they can do. Platform unveiled various AI-powered tools at its Made on YouTube event
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with estate of iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan Primary Wave acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share in his works, as well his master royalty income
News Jay-Z, Timbaland and Ginuwine beat copyright lawsuit over ‘Paper Chase’ and ‘Toe 2 Toe’ The lawsuit was brought by soul musician Ernie Hines
News Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips Industries Tips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO
News Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battle Estate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal
News Zayn Malik sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Better’ Lawsuit filed by musician and songwriter Patrick Simmons, who goes by the stage name Havyn
News Now George R.R. Martin, John Grisham and other writers sue OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement Lawsuits could have serious implications for all businesses that revolve around intellectual property, including music
News Proposed US bill would allow indie artists to negotiate collectively with streaming services, AI companies The Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was introduced on Tuesday (September 19)
News Fan engagement app Afterparty.AI secures $5m in new funding, bringing total raised to $12m Afterparty says the money will go towards developing its new AI-powered platform
News TikTok says it’s working on automatic AI content detection, as it rolls out new ‘AI-generated’ label for creators TikTok rolls out new tool that will enable creators to label AI-generated content that they upload to the social media platform
News Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties Ron Miller is known for having penned a number of Top 10 hits. His songs have been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Temptations and even Justin Bieber
News Faze Clan CEO, Lee Trink, ousted as company’s stock sees 98% decline since IPO Trink previously served as President of EMI Capitol Music Group and General Manager of Virgin Records
News Stability AI launches text-to-music generator trained on licensed content via a partnership with music library AudioSparx The new text-to-music generator works by taking a series of cues input by a user and turning it into an audio track