Music Business News: United States
News YouTube wants to offer cash upfront in lump-sum payments to gain the rights to specific artists’ music – with the permission of the artists themselves News Al-Chamaa comes to Spirit after stints at Sony Music Publishing and AVEX USA News “Splice AI delivers human-made sounds that are compatible with the creator's original idea, which remains at the center of the creative process" Analysis The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings" News Create says money will help fuel growth in scale and its global acquisition strategy News The RIAA has fired back, saying Suno "continues to dodge the question" of which recordings they "illegally copied" News BandLab, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Splice are among the organizations that have signed on News The first release under the new partnership has already resulted in León’s best first-week album debut to date