Analysis News Music companies are jumping into the virtual-artist space in a big way News Music represented by SIAE, the main collecting society for tens of thousands of songwriters in Italy, returns to Meta platforms News SMP to administer and promote Tips Music's catalog of over 30,000 tracks and 5,500 albums News Wirtzer-Seawood joined SoundCloud in June 2021, hired by then-CEO, Michael Weismann News That probe follows Meta’s failure to renew a deal with SIAE to license the use of the society’s repertoire on its platforms News Enhanced filter options provide ability to set specific guidelines in search for buzz-generating artists News Italy’s competition watchdog has taken interim measures against Facebook Meta over a dispute with songwriter licensing body SIAE News Mandolin was named the most innovative music company in the world by Fast Company in 2022