News Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak amongst hundreds of tech and science leaders calling for 6-month pause on ‘training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4’ Other signatories include three researchers from Google/Alphabet's DeepMind
News Robert Kyncl and Luz Avila Kyncl pledge 5 more years of scholarship support for underrepresented STEM students at SUNY New Paltz In the past, 16 students have benefited from Kyncl Scholarship at New York educational institution
News Downtown Music Holdings acquires Curve Royalty Systems Company was founded in 2019 by Tom Allen, Richard Leach and Ray Bush
Interviews ‘We’re trying to create an ecosystem that allows African artists to have long term careers in music.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews the founders of Lagos, Nigeria and UK-based NATIVE Records
News Curve Royalty Systems launches ‘Curve Lite’ platform for smaller labels, distributors and publishers Pricing for the new Lite tier of Curve's platform starts at GBP £20 per month, and is being targeted at independent record companies, music publishers and distributors.
News Curve Royalty Systems expands, hiring Mhairi Palmer in North America and Britt Timmerman in the UK Palmer joins from Anthem Entertainment; Timmerman joins from Kobalt
News After suing Google over app store rules, Epic’s Bandcamp can continue using own payment system… for now. The latest chapter in the legal battle between Epic Games and Google
News Music distribution and payments platform Stem raises $20 million in fresh funding round Stem, which also raised $10 million in August 2020, has launched a number of financial tools for indie artists
Analysis News Kanye West just sold 10,000 Stem Players in 3 days… as he claims he rejected a $100m deal from Apple One of the most interesting release experiments in modern music is about to take place via Ye's Donda 2
News Stem, which has paid out $180m in royalties as of 2021, bolsters Artist & Label Strategy Team Seth Faber promoted to VP of Artist & Label Strategy; Vivian Yohannes joins as Director of Artist & Label Strategy, Hip Hop and R&B
News Australian music industry under review for ‘sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination’ Alexandra Shehadie and Sam Turner to lead review of controversy-hit Australian business
News Adele-vision: getting back from the brink of the new class system in music TV Columnist Eamonn Forde on the different approaches to music programming on terrestrial TV and streaming...
News TIDAL to launch user-centric royalties system and direct-to-artist payments TIDAL makes raft of announcements around membership tiers and artist payments
News Curve Royalty Systems launches into the US, names Sam Spainhower as head of operations in the market The announcement comes after Curve expanded its roster of clients in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles
News Portishead release ABBA SOS cover as SoundCloud exclusive via platform’s fan-powered royalties system Release marks the first time the track will be commercially available on a major streaming platform