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Twitch Head of Music Tracy Chan exits, joins SoundCloud to lead platform’s global Creator business

Chan will oversee the platform's Creator ecosystem globally

After raising $65m, music making platform BandLab hits 50m user milestone

BandLab has also launched a new initiative called the Creator Grant

Goldman Sachs: The global music industry is going to be worth even MORE than we thought

Goldman releases a lot of numbers... that will make music's biggest investors very happy

Kate Bush had the biggest record in the UK last week, but she’s not No.1 on the Official Chart. This is a watershed moment for a music industry struggling to understand the meaning of ‘new’.

Kate Bush has been robbed in her home nation. The music industry must learn lessons from what it says.

‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’

The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore

Songtradr buys AI metadata and music search company, Musicube

Musicube uses neural networks and proprietary artificial intelligence

TuneCore overhauls pricing to offer unlimited music distribution for a single annual fee – laying down gauntlet to rivals like DistroKid

TuneCore’s new Unlimited release program lets artists distribute as many releases as they like for an upfront annual fee

TIYA, a social audio platform and Clubhouse rival with 20m downloads, integrates Spotify into its app

'Our users now have another tool to socialize and share their lifestyles and interests,' said James Lin, CEO of TIYA