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SymphonyOS partners with CD Baby to equip 2M artists with AI-powered marketing tools

The partnership aims to bridge the gap between aspiring musicians and the resources typically only available to artists with large marketing teams

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Should photographers and rightsholders get paid when tattoo artists ink pictures of music icons?

A trial underway in California could determine whether a tattoo based on a copyrighted image is a copyright violation

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Ice Spice sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘In Ha Mood’

Rapper D.Chamberz and producer/engineer Kass argue in their lawsuit that their two songs are “so strikingly similar that they cannot be purely coincidental”.

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TikTok aims for tenfold growth in US e-commerce business to $17.5B, challenging Amazon and Chinese rivals (Report)

TikTok sister company Douyin pioneered the combination of short-form video with e-commerce sales in the Chinese market.

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BLACKPINK members end solo contracts with K-Pop agency YG Entertainment

YG Entertainment's share price dropped 6.6% on the Seoul exchange following the news.

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Direct-to-fan platform Medallion raises $13.7m from investors including Metallica’s Black Squirrel Partners

The platform has built digital communities for artists such as Jungle, Disclosure, Greta Van Fleet and Sigur Rós

Interviews

Russ on independence, entrepreneurialism, and what he’d change about the music business

MBW's Trailblazers series meets artist and producer Russ

Interviews

‘We want music to continue to be an art form the way that it has been; we don’t want it to just be 15-second snippets.’

TikTok’s Ole Obermann discusses the ‘Add To Music App’ feature, ticketing, Tate McRae, subscriptions, delivering revenue, where the company will be in five years and much more