News SM Entertainment teams up with music tech startup Verses on AI-generated rap music project The collaboration centers on Verses' Rappie application, which generates rap lyrics, vocals and accompanying videos using AI.
News Gorillaz named as Fortnite Festival Season 10 ‘Icons’ Players will be able to unlock all four Gorillaz members’ outfits, Jam Tracks and accessories via the Season 10 Music Pass.
News From Spotify’s publishing licensing expansion to Slipknot’s potential $120m catalog sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest news from the past few days – all in one place...
News Trump targets scalpers: FTC sues company that bought and resold thousands of Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen tickets The action targets Key Investment Group LLC and its network of affiliated companies, along with three individual executives
Interviews Why Primary Wave – and the Marley estate – could be sitting on a goldmine with new Bob Marley show, Hope Road Larry Mestel gives MBW a peek behind the curtain of his company's new Vegas show – and the future of 'name, image, and likeness' in music
News K-Pop group Big Ocean debuted a new single at the UN’s AI summit using HYBE’s Supertone voice cloning tech Supertone said it worked on enhancing the band's English pronunciation, while preserving their vocal tone and style.
News Fictional K-pop groups from Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ dominate streaming charts The film's two virtual bands collectively attracted over 25 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
News Jessica Koravos appointed CEO of Pophouse Entertainment Per Sundin to transition to a new role within the company
News TikTok launches LIVE Fan Club feature as platform hits 130M daily livestreamers Fan Club members receive perks like access to exclusive chat rooms, special badges, and entrance spotlights when joining livestreams.
News Udio, still battling copyright lawsuit from music majors, launches AI ‘visual editing workstation’ 'Sessions' allows users to manipulate song structures by moving, extending or replacing sections within tracks.
News Splice strikes partnership with Avid to add sample library to Pro Tools DAW The latest version of Avid's popular DAW also features an AI-powered speech-to-text tool to search for lyrics and speech
News Suno and Udio hit with class action lawsuits from independent artist Justice is accusing the AI companies of using recordings and works from “thousands of class members” without authorization to train their AI models.
News Bruno Mars joins Fortnite Festival as Season 9 ‘icon’ Other artists who have been featured as "icons" on Fortnite include The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, and Sabrina Carpenter
News Spotify integrates with Japanese ticketing platform ZAIKO to connect live events directly to listeners The Tokyo-headquartered ticketing platform has processed over 40,000 events since 2020
News Tuned Global expands Social Radio platform with real-time tipping feature The new tipping feature lets fans support artists, DJs, and creators live