Music Business News: United States

Spotify develops new tool for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts

Broadcast-to-Podcast tool is now available for any publisher with an account on Megaphone

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'

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

Lawmakers in US state of Montana pass bill to ban TikTok

Lawmakers in the US state voted in favor of the move on Friday (April 14)

Voice AI firm SoundHound secures $100m in strategic financing

AI-powered speech and music recognition company secures $100m in strategic financing from Atlas Credit Partners

John Minch transitions to songwriter advocacy role at Concord, Jeff Van Driel promoted to GM, International Operations

Minch to step back from day-to-day managing of international publishing operations

This AI Drake rip-off already has 250,000 plays on Spotify. How will the music industry respond?

Ghostwriter's heart on my sleeve is bound to ignite intra-industry music biz tensions this week

Google must go to trial in Sonos patent infringement case, says judge

Sonos sued Google for patent infringement in 2020