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SoundCloud acquires Nina Protocol, the independent music platform winding down after five years

The deal opens a migration process for Nina's artists to move their music, content, and followers to SoundCloud.

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Academy of Country Music appoints Andy Schuon, ex-MTV and REVOLT TV exec, as new CEO

Andy Schuon will start in the role on September 1, 2026, and will be based at the Academy's headquarters in Nashville.

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Snoop Dogg biopic ‘Snoop’ dated for August 2027, the first film from the rapper’s Death Row Pictures

Jonathan Daviss, known for the Netflix series Outer Banks, will play Snoop Dogg in the title role.

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US musicians union urges court to reject Universal and Warner bid to dismiss lawsuit over Suno and Udio deals

The AFM says the deals triggered a "new use" provision requiring UMG and Warner to compensate members whose music was licensed to AI companies.

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Sync agency Nothing Standard launches publishing JV with UMPG UK and record label via Virgin Music

Singer-songwriter Morgan Harper-Jones is the first signing to Nothing Standard Publishing through the UMPG collaboration.

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TikTok is testing an opt-in ‘Likeness Detection’ tool that lets US creators find and report AI deepfakes of themselves

It was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, who wrote in a post on X that TikTok was testing the feature with "some US creators."

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Spotify pushes deeper into music videos with new chart and artist pitching, stepping up its challenge to YouTube

Spotify now counts nearly 100,000 artists in a beta that lets them upload full-length videos themselves.

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Canada’s SOCAN names Musical AI as its attribution partner to credit and pay creators whose work shapes AI music

SOCAN will recognize Musical AI as an approved tech partner for attribution services, and the two will explore how the technology can be applied in Canada.

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Spotify Premium users can now ‘talk to’ the app to choose music and learn about what they’re playing

By typing or speaking, eligible Premium users can talk to Spotify across the app's Home and Now Playing views on mobile.

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After Vermont and Maine, Massachusetts moves to cap ticket resale at 110% of face value, with Noah Kahan’s backing

It would also ban speculative tickets in Massachusetts and bar resellers from using deceptive websites or misleading fans about ticket availability.

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Indonesia’s copyright rewrite would ban AI from imitating creators – and Google’s not a fan.

It would also make the use of copyrighted works to train AI models subject to fair-use limits or licensing agreements, Reuters reported.

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HYBE names new girl group TUIDE, set to debut under its ABD label this year

The group will be produced by Han Sung Soo, the founder of PLEDIS Entertainment, who has produced groups including SEVENTEEN.

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Udio taps content-security BuyDRM to secure its AI music ‘walled garden’

BuyDRM will provide multi-DRM support across Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady through its KeyOS MultiKey Service.

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After rejecting the DOJ’s Live Nation settlement, states press for discovery into White House talks

The states want to examine both whether the settlement does enough to restore competition and how it was negotiated.

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Marcela Moreira appointed Country Director for Brazil at Believe

Moreira joins with more than 16 years of experience in the music industry, including roles at Sony Music and Warner Music in Brazil and internationally.