News Grimes launches AI project in partnership with development studio CreateSafe, inviting users to create AI songs using her voice Artist partnered with Los Angeles-based CreateSafe to launch the project
Analysis Ad-supported music streaming is broken. Resso, Deezer, and Gaana have all cut their free tiers in the past year. Will more services follow?
News TikTok sister music app Resso shuts down free tier, goes subscription-only Today's news comes eight months after another major music streaming service in India, Gaana, shut down its free tier
News TikTok’s parent is working on an AI music app that ‘significantly lowers the music creation barrier’ A pair of new job ads shed light on TikTok and ByteDance's AI plans
News Believe: We’ll block 100% AI-created music from being uploaded to streaming services via TuneCore The arrival of AI-generated music has triggered a number of concerns for the music industry
Interviews ‘The industry has controlled what the consumer listens to for way too long.’ Emma Banks of Frtyfve and Instrumental is interviewed in MBW's Inspiring Women series
News Pandora’s monthly user base fell beneath 47m in Q1, as parent SiriusXM saw revenues dip 2% YoY SiriusXM has been struggling to retain Pandora’s user base since its $3.5 billion all-stock acquisition of the streaming company in late 2018
News Clubhouse to lay off over 50% of staff amid ‘resetting’ of live audio app The layoffs were revealed by Clubhouse founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth in an email to staff that was made public on Thursday (April 27).
News From Universal’s AI fightback to Primary Wave’s $100m deal in India… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News YouTube ad revenue dropped 2.5% YoY in Q1, but paid subscription sales increased 9% The number of YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscriptions reached 80 million towards the end of last year
Analysis News Max Lousada on Warner’s dance strategy, A&R, AI and the ‘art’ of what’s possible with technology Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group, gave a keynote interview at IMS in Ibiza this week
Analysis Universal Music Group: Yes, ripping off Drake’s voice for that AI track was illegal – and we’re certain of it. Sir Lucian Grainge and Michael Nash couldn't be more unequivocal: The rash of copycat AI voices, they say, is 'clearly illegal'
Analysis News Tencent Music’s independent artist platform reached 390,000 musicians at the end of 2022, adding 40,000 in Q4 alone Tencent Music Entertainment has published its Annual Report for 2022
Analysis News Universal generated $2.6bn in Q1, as subscription streaming revenues jumped over 10% YoY Top sellers for the quarter included releases from King & Prince, Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift
News TuneCore and Beatport strike partnership to extend self-releasing artists’ reach to DJs, dance music producers Tunecore artists using Unlimited distribution plans will be able to send their music to the Beatport platform for an add-on fee of $7.99 a month