SoundCloud In The News

SoundCloud, Merlin strike global deal to bring fan-powered royalties to indie labels

SoundCloud introduced its “fan-powered royalties” model in April 2021

Paul Trueman joins artist marketing platform un:hurd as COO, Hazel Savage joins firm’s Board of Directors

News follows the company’s recent seven-figure investment round led by Kobalt Music’s founder and Chairman, Willard Ahdritz

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Peter Gabriel and Chris Stapleton weigh in on debate around the use of generative AI in music

Two prominent artists chime in on the controversy around AI-generated music

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From the ‘fake Drake’ AI track to BMG integrating frontline and catalog… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days

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AI ‘fake Drake’ track deleted on Spotify, YouTube, TikTok after Universal Music Group copyright claim

The holding page of ghostwriter's now-defunct YouTube upload reads: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Universal Music Group.

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SoundCloud partners with Feature.fm to provide marketing tools to indie artists

Feature.fm's services include shareable and trackable pre-save and smart links

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Universal Music Group responds to ‘fake Drake’ AI track: Streaming platforms have ‘a fundamental responsibility to prevent the use of their services in ways that harm artists’

UMG calls on streaming services to choose the right 'side of history'

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Apple Music, Deezer, TIDAL pull down viral AI ‘fake Drake and The Weeknd’ track (update)

Ghostwriter's heart on my sleeve has now surpassed 625,000 plays on Spotify