Analysis News Record companies are better placed than streaming platforms to monetize superfans… and 3 other things Robert Kyncl said in his new Q&A Warner Music Group’s CEO has some “radical” ideas on how to change how streaming services pay music rights holders
Analysis News As landmark AI Act passes EU parliament vote, rightsholders urge ‘meaningful and effective’ enforcement of copyright Some legal analysts say the law contains ambiguities on the issue of copyrighted materials being used to train AI
News Because Music boss Emmanuel de Buretel sides with Universal in TikTok dispute, laments ‘platform that feeds on artistic creation by destroying it’ Music industry veteran argues that the platform can't 'do without' music
Analysis News HYBE’s CEO delivered some strong fiscal results to investors last week. Except it wasn’t him. It was an AI clone. Jiwon Park's voice on company's earnings call was actually an AI replication via HYBE's Supertone technology
News Hangout FM and Beatdapp join forces to combat streaming fraud Soon-to-be-launched Hangout FM aims to "fight the good fight against fraud from launch day"
Analysis TikTok’s biggest headache in its fight with Universal Music Group is UMG’s publishing catalog (and 2 other observations on the feud the whole music industry is talking about) What's really going on behind the scenes of music's big Grammy Week fall-out
News USTR’s ‘Notorious Markets’ Report doesn’t mention AI-voice cloning, despite RIAA’s efforts The USTR report identifies a 'complex ecosystem' of online services that enable digital piracy
News Universal to stop licensing its music to TikTok… tomorrow The world’s largest music rightsholder just announced that its agreement with TikTok is set to expire tomorrow on January 31.
News Kat Von D wins copyright trial over Miles Davis tattoo Jury agreed with the argument made by lawyers for Kat Von D that her tattooing an image of Miles Davis was “fair use” and didn’t infringe copyright
News Grammy-winning engineer Wez Clarke’s music-making skills have been ‘cloned’ by an AI platform. He loves it. The clone was created in collaboration with the engineer himself
People: Robert KynclCEO, Warner Music Group Warner Music Group CEO, Robert Kyncl, began his career at talent agency J. Michael Bloom, before moving on to the likes of Netflix and YouTube
News Music industry applauds introduction of ‘No AI FRAUD Act’ in US Congress The proposed law would establish 'an intellectual property right that every individual holds over their own likeness and voice'
News Sir Lucian Grainge: After ‘artist-centric’ royalties, UMG’s ‘next focus’ is ‘superfan experiences and products’ UMG is 'already in advanced discussions with [its] platform partners regarding this phase and will have more to announce in the coming months,' said Grainge in his New Year note to UMG staff
News Social music marketing startup Breakr raises $1.9m in fresh capital Company has raised $8.7 million to date and has reportedly paid out $3.5 million to creators
Interviews Russ on independence, entrepreneurialism, and what he’d change about the music business MBW's Trailblazers series meets artist and producer Russ