News After deals with Ticketmaster and CTS Eventim, TikTok teams up with Eventbrite for in-app ticket sales The feature expands reach beyond traditional promotion methods, promising to expose events to millions of potential attendees
News Mushroom Group unveils new talent management and partnerships agency "Traditional marketing methods alone don’t really cut it anymore. Audiences are savvier and more diverse than ever before."
News YouTube Music now lets you search for songs by humming, singing or playing a tune The streaming service is also testing out an AI-powered custom radio station feature
News Usher named top artist-songwriter in Q1 2024 by NMPA’s Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications) Country music's Ashley Gorley took the top spot among non-performing songwriters
News Deezer unveils AI playlists in global beta Users selected for a beta test can use simply text prompts to create customized playlists
News After raising $150M at $1bn valuation, avatar startup Genies launches network to connect cultural icons with innovation partners Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Camila Cabello have invested in the avatar creation company
News DICE exploring sale valuing it at ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (report) The potential sale comes amid a flurry of M&A activity in the ticketing and live events space
News Downtown Music holds talks with PE firms, major music company regarding sale (report) The music company has been shifting focus from copyright ownership to providing services for copyright holders
News DRiP Haus buys fellow startup Vault Music to boost the music experience on Solana’s blockchain Vault Music's platform enables artists to sell limited-edition tracks that can be sold on its secondary market, with artists taking a cut on resales
News After being acquired by HYBE in a $32m deal last year, voice cloning startup Supertone launches AI-powered virtual pop group, SYNDI8 Supertone claims that its software can create 'hyper-realistic and expressive voices that [are not] distinguishable from real humans.'
News TPG buys stake in Untitled Entertainment from Boat Rocker as it launches new talent management firm TPG has named Michel Pratte, former President of Boat Rocker Media, to lead the newly established company
News Futureverse and Animoca Brands to undertake $5M equity swap under new strategic deal Futureverse's AI tools and metaverse platform will collaborate with Animoca Brands' network of Web3 projects
News Believe vows ‘continued expansion’ in Greater China, appointing Charles Liu as GM and Rebecca Dong as MD, Operations in key market Based in Beijing, Charles Liu is responsible for defining and leading Believe’s revenue growth strategies in Greater China
News Spanish collecting society SGAE fined $7M for anticompetitive practices Spain's competition authority says SGAE abused its dominant market position with the use of flat-rate licensing fees
News UK’s PPL paid out over $131M to performers and rightsholders in Q2 2024, up 6% The licensing company credits the growth to improved sharing of metadata and a new public performance tariff