News Sony Music strengthens podcast game with acquisition of Neon Hum Media The move comes some five years after Sony Music's initial investment in the podcast production company
News 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
News 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
News Major music companies fight back against unlicensed AI in new ICMP-led initiative A new portal allows rightsholders to reserve their rights against scraping by tech companies training AI
News Marni Greenberg, ex-Sofar Sounds VP, joins SoundCloud as SVP and Head of Communications Greenberg brings with her a wealth of experience from Sofar Sounds, YouTube and Spotify
News Stability AI’s Stable Audio update enables full-length song production from text or audio The AI developer stresses that its new text-to-audio tool works to prevent abuse of copyrighted materials
News Tuned Global and Spafax team up to deliver in-flight music The partnership combines Spafax’s experience in curating in-flight entertainment with Tuned Global’s advanced playlisting tools
News KISS sells song catalog, name and IP to Pophouse, company behind ABBA Voyage, in $300m deal Pophouse announced acquisition of Cyndi Lauper catalog in February
News Silver Lake to take Endeavor private in deal valuing WME owner at $13B Endeavor owns talent agency WME, and is majority owner of the UFC and WWE
News Anghami completes merger with MENA-based Netflix rival OSN+ The combination of the music and video streaming platforms will create an "entertainment powerhouse" in the MENA region, the companies say
News TuneCore integrates with PreSonus Studio to simplify music distribution for artists Artists and others using PreSonus Studio will be able to distribute their music via TuneCore directly from the digital audio workstation
News Lewis Capaldi signs with PPL for international neighboring rights collection The hitmaking artist was previously signed to Kobalt for worldwide neighboring rights collection
News Venice Music debuts AI-powered music career assistant called ‘Co-Manager’ 'Having a day-to-day manager is finally democratized,' said Troy Carter, Venice Music Co-Founder and CEO
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, launches AI-powered music learning app, Padhanisa Record label says that the app uses 'advanced algorithms and machine learning'
News Stephanie Hudacek named President of Concord’s Rounder Records Nashville-headquartered Rounder Records was established in 1970