TikTok is testing an in-app chatbot called Tako that can answer questions about videos and recommend other content. The post TikTok explores conversational AI with tests of Tako chatbot appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus did not pull any punches in his introduction to the latest annual report by collecting societies body CISAC. The post Björn Ulvaeus warns music industry: ‘We will lose the next Paul McCartney’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

YouTube Music is the latest streaming service to decide it wants a splash more ‘For You’ in its app, mirroring TikTok’s famous feed. The post YouTube Music tests TikTok-style feed of music recommendations appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Meta held its latest round of layoffs this week, and one of the company’s prominent music executives was among those leaving the company. The post Meta has laid off Instagram’s director of music partnerships appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snap has announced the launch of ‘Band Tees’ within Snapchat: virtual t-shirts based on artists, starting with six Republic Records acts. The post Snapchat gets virtual artist merch with Bitmoji ‘band tees’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Peso Pluma is the latest breakout music success from Latin America, with the Mexican artist riding high on Spotify and YouTube. The post Mexican artist Peso Pluma is having a big streaming moment in the US appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Check this shock news out: artists collaborating on tracks can have positive effects for both parties! Who knew? The post Spotify quantifies the streaming benefits of artist collabs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US startup Boombox is one of the companies trying to help musicians and producers store their files in the cloud. The post Boombox raises $7m for music-workflow tools (and its AI ‘Boombot’) appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Beelzebub has a headset for a sideboard! (Don’t write in, we know, we know…). Queen have joined virtual-reality music game Beat Saber. The post Beat Saber adds Queen tracks ahead of PlayStation VR2 release appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We haven’t written about HiNOTE before, but it sounds interesting: a messaging app that enables artists to send personalised videos to fans. The post Personalised-video firm HiNOTE bags a pair of hip-hop legends appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Lana Del Rey’s new single isn’t actually a new song. ‘Say Yes To Heaven’ was originally recorded in 2013 but never came out. The post Sped-up TikTok surge sparks release of long-lost Lana Del Rey track appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s clearly the season for senior major-label executives to outline what they feel is wrong with the current music-streaming economy. The post Sony Music boss warns of music streaming’s ‘meaningless volume’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

For much of its history, podcasting has been largely a free, ad-supported medium. How is that changing in Spotify’s homeland: Sweden? The post More people are now paying for podcasts in Spotify’s homeland appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

UK-based AI music firm DAACI has made its first two acquisitions, of fellow AI startups MXX and WiSL, for undisclosed amounts. The post AI music firm DAACI acquires fellow startups MXX and WiSL appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Fitness tech firm Peloton is still known as ‘the connected bike company’ to a lot of people, but it’s very keen to escape that branding box. The post Peloton’s latest turnaround efforts are new app memberships appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SoundCloud is hoping to be a profitable business in 2023, but that’s going to involve further reducing its headcount. The post SoundCloud lays off 40 more staff in drive for profitability appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Universal Music Group has signed a partnership with AI-music startup Endel, to create mood-music soundscapes with its artists. The post Universal Music Group signs deal with AI-music startup Endel appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Warner Music Group’s CFO wants music streaming services to plan recurring subscription price increases, not just one-off rises. The post WMG hopes for recurring music-subscription price increases appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Irish regulator the DPC has fined Meta €1.2bn in a case relating to transfer of data to the US, and whether it broke GDPR regulations. The post Meta fined €1.2bn by Ireland’s DPC over data transfers to US appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A three-part documentary from the production companies of Idris and Sabrina Elba is set to explore historic exploitation of Black musicians. The post Documentary to explore historic exploitation of Black musicians appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A lawsuit filed against YouTube by Maria Schneider has been denied class-action status, but a trial is still due to begin on 12 June. The post Maria Schneider’s YouTube lawsuit denied class-action status appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is hitting back with a lawsuit to overturn a planned ban of its app by the US state of Montana, due to start in January 2024. The post TikTok challenges the US state of Montana over ban of its app appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A track by Palestinian artist Mohammad Assaf called ‘Ana Dammi Falastini’ has been removed from several streaming services. The post Streaming takedown of Palestinian artist’s song sparks criticism appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Tracklib has long been one of the go-to services for music samples. Its latest partner is independent label group !K7 Music. The post Tracklib growth continues as !K7 Music signs up for sampling appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

NetEase Cloud Music has announced an expansion of its Dolby Atmos offering, bringing more spatial audio to its listeners. The post NetEase Cloud Music expands its catalogue of Dolby Atmos tracks appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Instagram is preparing to launch a new ‘text-based’ app that could compete directly with Twitter, according to a leaked presentation. The post Leak: Instagram’s plans for a text-based Twitter competitor appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A US Supreme Court ruling concerning Andy Warhol has been hailed by music industry bodies as important for our industry too. The post US music bodies hail new Supreme Court ruling on fair use appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In 2020, musician and composer Maria Schneider filed a class action lawsuit against YouTube. The case is coming to trial this June. The post Musician Maria Schneider’s YouTube lawsuit set for June trial appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US performing rights organisations ASCAP and BMI announced a joint task force yesterday focused on fraudulent works registrations. The post ASCAP and BMI team up to create an anti-fraud task force appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Claims that London’s Metropolitan Police may be racially profiling musicians are sparking anger in the UK. The post MU and Black Lives in Music investigate racial-profiling reports appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Opulous, the web3 offshoot from distributor Ditto Music, has been talking about its plans to launch music NFTs since 2021. The post Opulous prepares for launch of its ‘MFT’ platform on 23 May appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Are you planning to talk about AI music in a positive context in the near future? You’d better not stand so close to Sting while doing so. The post Sting slams AI music, predicts ‘battle we all have to fight’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In January, BMG announced that its CEO Hartwig Masuch would be stepping down at the end of this year. That’s now been brought forward. The post BMG brings forward its transition plans for a new CEO appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Three Latin American artists are scrapping it out to be the king of YouTube’s ‘billion views club’: Ozuna, Bad Bunny and J Balvin. The post J Balvin and Bad Bunny hit lucky 13 in YouTube’s ‘billion views club’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Last year music analytics company Chartmetric made its first corporate acquisition: of startup Onesheet. Now it’s launching it fully. The post Chartmetric’s Onesheet launches its tool for digital one-sheets appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Smart speakers are still selling in their tens of millions, and the voice assistants that power them are in even more devices. The post Amazon has now sold more than 500m Alexa-enabled devices appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is testing a new feature that integrates its app directly with music streaming services, starting with Apple Music. The post Exclusive: TikTok tests direct streaming links with Apple Music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest column from Virginie Berger (below), a music and tech industry executive with over 20 years experience in rights management and digital transformation, and currently an international […] The post Dispelling the utopian dream: the complex reality of music royalties (Guest column) appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Andrew McMahon signed with Nettwerk Music Group in March 2023. The team explain how they lined things up for his new album. The post Behind The Campaign :: Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Medallion is a platform that uses web3 technology and where artists can create digital worlds – with the aim of fostering fan communities, drive engagement, provide actionable insights, and unlock […] The post Tools :: Medallion appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

OpenAI boss Sam Altman has said his company supports the rights of musicians to control how their work is used to train AI models. The post OpenAI boss on music and AI-training: ‘Creators deserve control’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Chinese music-streaming giant Tencent Music showed decent growth in its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The post 94.4m people are now paid customers of Tencent Music in China appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Apple is stepping up its efforts to help people discover upcoming music concerts in their locality, through guides and setlists. The post Apple adds more concert discovery features to Music and Maps apps appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Labels have sued brands who use their music in their content on TikTok and other social networks without a proper sync licence. The post TikTok wants more artists to join its Commercial Music Library appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SoundExchange is 20 years old, and it’s celebrating with a big milestone for its distributions to artists and rightsholders. The post SoundExchange reaches $10bn payouts milestone after 20 years appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US-based campaigning organisation the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has published its latest ‘Music Industry Action Report Card’. The post Black Music Action Coalition publishes its latest industry report card appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Musician Holly Herndon has been thinking about AI music and artists’ rights for a long time, and has some advice for fellow artists. The post Holly Herndon warns artists off signing AI voice-rights deals too early appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s curatorial efforts around music have been stepping up a notch in the last year, the latest example being its #Rock hub. The post TikTok’s latest genre hub is devoted to all things #Rock appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SM Entertainment has published its latest financial results. They’re the first since it fended off an attempt by rival HYBE to take control. The post SM Entertainment revenues grew 20.3% in first quarter of 2023 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Discogs may have some competition with the new launch from music metadata firm Jaxsta: a website called Vinyl.com. The post Jaxsta goes crate-digging with new website for vinyl fans appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

K-Pop firm HYBE has unveiled its latest artist, Midnatt, releasing the official music video for their debut release in six languages. The post HYBE’s virtual artist Midnatt releases debut in six languages appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ is the most-streamed track of all-time on Apple Music, with more than 930m streams. The post Ed Sheeran may soon have first 1bn-stream track on Apple Music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A headline claiming ‘TikTok Tests Exclusive Deals With Music Artists, Edging Into Labels’ Turf’ is calculated to make waves in the music biz. The post TikTok is quietly stepping up its SoundOn distribution deals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

PPL has broken its own records this morning with its financial results for 2022, which saw revenues grow by 7.8%. The post PPL posts record financial results with revenues up 7.8% appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Europe may soon become the first territory to craft and pass new legislation on the use of artificial intelligence technologies. The post Europe’s AI Act takes next step including training-data rules appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s latest music feature is a new hub within its app focusing on frontline releases. It’s called #NewMusic. The post TikTok launches #NewMusic hub focused on new music releases appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Distributor Believe has been fielding some criticism over its decision to continue doing business in Russia, The post Believe boss defends company over ongoing business in Russia appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Like every other big tech company, Meta is scrambling to show that it’s at the forefront of generative AI technology, rather than at risk of being disrupted by new companies from that sector. The post Meta rolls out generative-AI tools for creating Facebook ads appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ircam Amplify is launching a beta program to help music companies get to grips with its spatial audio tech. The post Ircam Amplify launches its spatial-audio beta appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s quarterly financials time for games platform Roblox, and its latest figures are very good. In the first quarter of 2023, Roblox averaged 66.1 million daily active users, and those people spent 14.5bn hours on its service. The post Roblox financials reveal it now has 66.1m daily active users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: […]

As The Great Escape – one of the key conferences for the British music industry – kicks off in Brighton, two industry bodies have published reports quantifying the success of their music funds. The post PRS Foundation and MMF reports hail success of music funds appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Swedish startup Freshsound launched its sync licensing platform in 2021, with the aim of helping clients in advertising, films, TV and games to speed up the process of clearing commercial tracks. Having raised a €1.3m pre-seed funding round in 2022, now it has closed another round: €2m. The post Freshsound raises €2m for its self-serve […]

In January this year, Google announced that it had built a new AI model capable of “generating high-fidelity music from text descriptions”. The post Google is now letting people play with its MusicLM AI tool appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Here’s more evidence for our theory that the real problem with generative AI is what humans choose to do with it. In this case, what someone chose to do was to create a bunch of deepfaked Frank Ocean tracks, claim they were leaks of real recordings, and sell them in an underground music collectors community […]

Two topics loomed large in Warner Music Group’s quarterly earnings call yesterday. First, CEO Robert Kyncl’s views on current payout models in music streaming, and second, his thoughts on the impact generative AI will have on WMG, its artists and the wider music industry. The post WMG boss Kyncl talks streaming payouts and generative AI […]

Two topics loomed large in Warner Music Group’s quarterly earnings call yesterday: streaming payouts and generative AI. The post WMG boss Robert Kyncl talks streaming payouts and generative AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Audioshake helps music companies create stems even when original recordings are unavailable. Now it has raised a new funding round. The post Stem-creating startup Audioshake raises $2.7m seed funding round appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Country veteran Garth Brooks has never been afraid to plough his own furrow in digital music. Now he’s launching some radio stations. The post Garth Brooks is launching his own radio network with TuneIn appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There’s news of an inventive new Daft Punk activation on Snapchat, in aid of the 10th anniversary of the ‘Random Access Memories’ album. The post Daft Punk unlock some new memories with Snapchat AR features appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Earlier this year, music-creation startup Artiphon spun off a new product called Minibeats, using Snapchat’s augmented-reality lenses. The post Artiphon builds on its Snapchat partnership with Minibeats app appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Block will be pleased by a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit focusing on its acquisition of Tidal. But it may wince at the wording… The post Judge defends Block’s ‘terrible business decision’ to buy Tidal appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Which Swedish artist has generated the highest payouts from Spotify since the streaming service launched in 2008?No surprise: it’s Avicii. The post New streaming study focuses on Swedish artists’ Spotify payouts appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SoundCloud has unveiled ‘Fans’, a new product that helps artists message their most engaged fans, and understand who they are. The post SoundCloud’s new ‘Fans’ feature helps artists identify superfans appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Concert ticketing is currently a heated political topic in the US, and now there’s another lobbying coalition joining the fray. The post Music industry bodies launch Fix The Tix ticketing coalition appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There was good news for AI music startup Boomy this weekend: it has reestablished its distribution pipeline to Spotify. The post AI music startup Boomy reestablishes its pipeline to Spotify appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s a busy month for Apple Music, with three separate announcements in recent days around the service and its partnerships. The post Apple Music roundup: Live concerts, Hip-Hop DNA, Ninja Tune… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It will soon be quicker to write about which digital services DON’T have a promotion for the new Ed Sheeran album. The post Peloton wants to get its members walking with Ed Sheeran appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s latest music feature is a very early test at this stage, but an interesting one. It’s called ‘Work with Artists’. The post TikTok tests new feature to connect TikTokers with music artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest post from Piers Henwood, a GRAMMY and JUNO-nominated artist manager and musician. Here, he writes about the implications of the pressure placed on artists to succeed in a needy industry and an always-on culture – and he also picks apart our own expectations, as fans. The post Reclaiming Fame: as an […]

News from our India correspondent, Amit Gurbaxani, on the country’s rapidly-developing internet adoption. The post India internet penetration at 52% – with room for much more growth appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Its first mobile app allows users to access the platform’s tools, upload music and access data from their phones. The post DistroKid launches artist mobile app appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ed Sheeran’s fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as a jury has ruled him not liable in a case where he was accused of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ The post Ed Sheeran cleared of Marvin Gaye copyright infringement appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

His latest web3 project, the Cult Pass, is described as: “a dynamic, blockchain enabled membership pass based on long-term fan engagement.” The post RAC launches NFT-powered “Cult Pass” for long-term fans appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Indie licensing agency Merlin has announced a global licensing deal that lets Merlin members and their artists participate in FPR on SoundCloud. The post Merlin signs up to Soundcloud’s fan-powered royalty system appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Alex Vaughn, Baby Storme, Cheekface, Reuben Vincent and Sunny War are among the first artists to benefit. The post Tidal reveals first artists to benefit from relaunched Tidal Rising appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

You wait ages for a company to come along trying to democratise music catalogue sales in some way, then… The post Ex-Tidal and Apple Music execs launch Duetti music financing firm appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The music was removed because Spotify detected patterns of ‘artificial streaming’ around those tracks. The post Spotify streaming-manipulation takedowns extend beyond Boomy appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This post – by Edward Ginis, co-founder and Chief Client Officer of OpenPlay – is Partner Content. Twenty years ago, when iTunes was first launched, the music industry needed a new digital distribution system, and they built one based on what they knew: the physical distribution “pick, pack, and ship” model. That approach has largely persisted […]

The post Behind The Single: How to connect an emotional track with global audiences appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Pink Floyd in Australia, digital goodies from Sigur Rós, Stem Player works with J Dilla’s estate, and Squid’s interactive game. The post Campaigns :: 3 May 2023 – Pink Floyd, Sigur Rós, J Dilla, Squid appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Nigerian Afrobeats singer CKay put out his first EP in 2017 through Chocolate City and the label then entered into a partnership with Warner Music Africa in 2019 where he was identified as an act with international potential. The post Behind The Campaign :: CKay appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s sister app, music-streaming service Resso, is removing its free tier and becoming a premium-only subscription service. The post ByteDance shuts down the free tier of its Resso music streaming service appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Is a crackdown on AI-generated music by streaming services beginning? Startup Boomy’s distribution pipeline to Spotify has been cut off. The post AI music startup Boomy warns of catalogue removals from Spotify appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest post by XinYue, Editor of Kanjian Music, the Chinese music services company which is Music Ally’s partner for our Music Ally China arm. We asked XinYue to explore some of the music industry trends inside China that may not yet be as well known elsewhere: here is a look at how […]

British band Enter Shikari are currently topping the UK’s album charts, with an arena tour scheduled for next year. The post Enter Shikari turn arena tickets into grassroots venues support appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

BTS may be on hiatus but that hasn’t prevented the company behind them, Hybe, from achieving record first-quarter financial results. The post Hybe reports another strong quarter as K-Pop growth continues appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Audius has added a toggle switch to artists’ settings page that enables them to opt in to allowing interactions with AI-generated tracks. The post Audius wants to help artists to opt in (or out) of AI music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Trebel Music has been building an audience for its ad-supported ‘offline music’ app in the US, Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia. The post Trebel Music taps ChatGPT to generate personalised playlists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) – which represents screenwriters – has begun a strike spurred partly by the streaming economy. The post Hollywood screenwriters go on strike in streaming video row appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Electronic music brand Beatport’s evolution through partnerships continues: it announced its two latest alliances last week. The post Beatport reveals latest partnerships: TuneCore and Pixelynx appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Electronic music label Spinnin’ Records has reached a new milestone: 30 million subscribers for its YouTube channel. The post Spinnin’ Records reaches milestone of 30m YouTube subscribers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify’s Findaway subsidiary is dropping its 20% distribution fee for audiobooks sold on the parent service. The post Spotify’s 50% royalty rate… for authors of audiobooks appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

AI music has hit one of those moments where individual news stories come thick and fast, creating a bigger picture. The post Music AI update: Grimes, The Beatles, Sound Ventures, EU’s AI Act… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest post by Markus Schwarzer, CEO of AI-powered music analysis and recommendation platform Cyanite. He addresses the concern that major labels and other large music companies have shown recently  about the use of Artificial Intelligence in music and business – and the importance of stepping back and thinking carefully about as-yet unknown […]

US satellite radio firm SiriusXM has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. They showed a slight decline in revenues. The post SiriusXM financials reveal slight revenue decline for Pandora appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The Restoring Artistic Protection Act (RAP Act) has been reintroduced by Democrat congressmen Jamaal Bowman and Hank Johnson. The post The RAP Act aims to limit use of music lyrics in US court cases appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Producer Fraser T Smith is launching a new scheme to support underrepresented producers, with backing from PPL and the Music Producers Guild. The post Future Producer Academy will support underrepresented producers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

These are tough times for mainly-ad-supported services. Witness Snap’s latest financial results, which came out yesterday. The post Snapchat users are up 15% but its revenues are down 7% appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Remember when live-audio app Clubhouse was the bright future of the media and tech industries? It seems a long time ago now. The post Clubhouse lays off more than half its staff ‘to reset the company’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

New York-based startup POSH is having its official launch this week, but it’s already been building up a head of steam. The post Event management and ticketing startup POSH raises $5m funding appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Triller’s relationships with the music industry have been distinctly rocky in recent times, epitomised by a Sony Music lawsuit. The post Triller to pay Sony Music $4.5m in case over music usage appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Dr Arun Castro, medical director at Roadie Medic, is the inaugural winner of the Music Ally NEXT Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Held this week at our NEXT conference in London, the award was backed by Universal Music Group, and was our celebration of the next wave of music-tech founders. Roadie Medic is a […]

Pressure on Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business from US politicians isn’t letting up, led by Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal. The post US senators target Ticketmaster with Unlock Ticketing Markets Act appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Major labels are demanding that AI music firms be properly licensed if they are training their models on commercial music. The post UMG boss says label is ‘open for business’ with ‘legitimate’ AI music firms appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music industry body the BPI has been drip-announcing stats from its latest annual yearbook, and the latest drop focuses on ‘new music’. The post BPI: ‘As an industry we need to revisit how we define catalogue’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Woah! We’re going to Ibiza for this news story. Woah! Back to the island – and its annual IMS conference and accompanying report. The post Report: Electronic music sector grew by 34% in 2022 to $11.3bn appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

To adapt a phrase from… somewhere in Meta’s corporate history: a billion users isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Three billion users. The post Meta now has more than 3bn daily active people using its apps appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Sony Music UK has teamed up with the UK’s Digital Catapult initiative to launch an accelerator for Black startup founders. The post Sony Music UK backs new accelerator for Black startup founders appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In 2021 European indies body Impala published a 10-point plan for reforming music streaming. Now it’s revisited and reworked those ideas. The post Impala offers its latest plan for reforming the streaming economy appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

If you apply Gartner’s famous hype cycle methodology to web3 technologies and music, where do we stand in 2023? The post web3 music in 2023: experiments, communities… and weirdness appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Fresh from becoming the majority stakeholder in their own vinyl-pressing plant, Metallica have been letting loose a variety of interesting digital marketing campaigns. The post Metallica’s latest campaigns: Playlists, Roblox, ASL videos… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music & Copyright has published its newest figures for 2022, covering both publishing and recorded music. The post Music & Copyright publishes its market share analysis for 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Tech giant Alphabet published its latest financial results yesterday, and they included a breakdown of YouTube’s advertising revenues. The post YouTube ad revenues were down 2.6% year-on-year in Q1 2023 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Grimes is essentially tweeting out loud the thought process that any artist must work through if they want to work with this kind of technology. The post Grimes’ AI deepfake rules: no baby murder songs or Nazi anthems appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ek was asked how Spotify’s new ‘AI DJ’ feature plays given the “subsequent copyright pushback from some of the major labels”. The post Spotify CEO addresses the risks and potential of generative AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The music catalogues of heritage artists in the western world have been big business. Now Primary Wave, is turning its attention towards India. The post Primary Wave eyes Indian catalogues with Times Music deal appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Startup JKBX is launching a marketplace for trading in music royalty streams as an asset class, but consent from musicians is non-negotiable. The post JKBX says musicians will benefit from its royalty-streams marketplace appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has published its latest quarterly financial results, revealing that it now has 210m premium subscribers, and 515m active listeners. The post Spotify ended Q1 2023 with 515m listeners and 210m subscribers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Deezer’s latest financial results are a familiar tale: its revenues are growing, but it has yet to turn around its decline in subscribers. The post Deezer revenues grew 6.5% in Q1 but subscribers fell by 2.1% appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

One artist who isn’t getting too cross about the prospect of their voice being cloned for AI-generated tracks is Grimes. The post Grimes encourages people to use her voice in AI-generated tracks appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Startup Beatly Music says it’s going “back to Napster days” with a safe haven for music with AI-generated vocals based on real artists. The post Beatly Music wants to build a takedown-proof home for AI music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The UK’s Featured Artists Coalition has teamed up with Amazon Music again for the second year of its Step Up Fund. The post Featured Artists Coalition Step Up Fund returns for second year appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

British collecting society PRS for Music has published its annual figures, reporting record-breaking revenues and distributions in 2022. The post PRS for Music reports record figures and 22.9% revenue growth in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A new agreement between Indian music bodies IMI and ISRA will see performance rights revenues flowing to the latter’s artist members. The post Indian artists to benefit from agreement between industry bodies IMI and ISRA appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Saffron supports women, non-binary and trans people in the music industry. Now it needs help to continue that work in the future. The post Saffron seeks £50k to continue its gender-equality music work appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Independent music publishers accounted for 27.1% of the global publishing market in 2021 according to the latest report from the IMPF. The post Independent music publishers had a 27.1% market share in 2021 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest report from DiMA explores some of the data and trends around country music and streaming – in the US and globally. The post DiMA’s latest report explores country music’s streaming audience appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Sony Music Japan’s virtual talent management agency Prism Project has just announced its latest three avatar artists. The post Sony Music Japan’s Prism Project adds three more virtual artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music merchandise startup Hawkr has raised a seed funding round of £260k to continue building its business. The post Music Ally SI:X winner Hawkr raises £260k of seed funding appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Audible has unveiled a slate of podcasts and audiobooks celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year. The post Amazon’s Audible reveals its new slate of hip-hop originals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A new Crunchbase report says that VC funding into web3 has “plummeted 82% year to year, dropping from $9.1 billion in Q1 of 2022 to only $1.7 billion”. The post Report: Web3 funding from VCs “craters” in 2023 Q1 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Initial events which will have experiential offerings include Lollapalooza, Hotel EDC and ACL Festival. The post Live Nation launches music travel experience company Vibee appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The toy-like look and feel of the game is changing too, with more human-like avatars and more detailed world-like environments. The post Roblox users aged 17-to-24 is the fastest growing group appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

French newspaper Les Echos reports that the changes are also aimed at making French pop music – or “F-Pop” – a global success. The post Music streaming tax recommended to French culture minister appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A new report by Redseer Strategy Consultants says that, of paid DSP services in India, Spotify has established itself as the market leader. The post Report: Spotify is market leader for paid subscriber use in India appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snapchat has announced new features and data at its Snap Partner Summit 2023, and says it has “750 million+ Monthly Active Users” across its services. The post Snapchat has new features, including live music AR integrations appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

AI might be stealing all the thunder, but the world of NFTs remains both an exciting space of bleeding-edge ideas – and an endless source of bickering and trolling… The post NFT creator community split over enforcement of royalties appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

At the moment, AI music is a bit of a Wild West, and is generating some interesting experiments. Here are some of the latest. The post Today in AI: Artist APIs, AI-sis sound “mega”, and Michael Schumacher appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This guest post is written by Martin Nedved, co-founder of AIMS, a platform of AI-based products designed to search and tag catalogues of music, and which is a supporter of next week’s NEXT summit in London. In this article, he explores the “urgent need for advanced tools to help the music industry survive and thrive”, and looks at […]

It’s crucial for artists to have a strong online presence – however, with so many platforms available, it can be challenging to know which ones are impactful and where to focus your marketing efforts. This is the problem Immensity hopes to solve. Immensity is a tool that takes all the data from online platforms – as well […]

Lisa Wilkinson, director of UK marketing (new recordings) at BMG, explains how they looked to reposition him in the market, what learnings were coming from his live success as well as his own festival, and more. The post Behind The Campaign :: Louis Tomlinson appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The climate campaigning organisation Music Declares Emergency has launched a new initiative, Fan Club for Climate, “a community of music-lovers who care about the planet.” The fan club is a weekly newsletter containing “inspiring messages from musicians” and tips on making climate-positive decisions, but it’s also a network-building exercise. The aim is for members “to create their own spaces […]

The old adage about bankruptcy is that it happens very slowly and then very suddenly. The emergence of creative music AI has taken a similar route: we have been aware of it, and listening to it, and writing about it for years, and now here it is, in the form of “Heart On My Sleeve”, […]

BMG has announced that it will “fully integrate” its new release and catalogue recordings businesses from today. How that will effectively work is that ‘catalogue’ music will now follow the same structure that BMG uses for ‘frontline’ recordings, “reporting locally as per its country of origin and then globally through EVP Global Repertoire Fred Casimir for […]

Instagram has been famously restrictive when allowing users to post links to external websites: only one link was allowed, and that was only possible in your bio at the top of the profile, not in text accompanying posts; hence the endless pleas to “see link in bio”. Now that’s changed: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced […]

This is a guest post by XinYue, Editor of Kanjian Music, the Chinese music services company which is Music Ally’s partner for our Music Ally China arm. We asked XinYue to explore some of the music industry trends inside China that may not yet be as well known elsewhere. She kicks off this series with […]

Users are turning to external apps to make slicker, or more complex videos, using advanced editing features.  The post Video editing app Capcut powers extra-viral TikTok videos appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It will allow artists to supply fans with exclusive content or experiences in exchange for subscriptions and payments – with a twist. The post LimeWire offers new subscription-based platform for artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

As the business continues to try to right the ship, Mattias Hjelmstedt, co-founder and interim chief executive, announced that there will be more job cuts. The post Utopia Music lays off a reported 100 people – 15% of its workforce appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The major labels will have to deal with increasingly complex ideas, which are coming thick and fast now. The post AI continues to test creative industries and existing legal frameworks appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music player Winamp continues its revamp with mobile and online versions of its music player to go alongside its traditional desktop app. The post Winamp launches new in-app “Fanzone” service for artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A cover version of “Drake” performing Ice Spice’s song ‘Munch’, caught the attention of the Canadian rapper himself, who took to Instagram. The post Fake Drake raises questions over AI tools used to create covers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Roblox creators can now sell virtual items and restrict the number of them available for sale, the company has announced. The post Roblox creators can sell limited-edition digital items (but they’re not NFTs) appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snapchat has announced a slew of new music licensing deals, which will add more music to the Snapchat Sounds library The post Snapchat expands Sounds library with new licensing deals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The two most popular YouTube channels by monthly views are music channels – but not from major western artists. The post Nursery rhymes and Indian film-music top YouTube monthly view charts appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Coachella may be a two-weekend festival in real life, but now it has an ‘always-on’ version in the metaverse too: a Fortnite island. The post Coachella Island opens up in Fortnite to accompany IRL festival appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Turntable Live has acquired JQBX. No, NOT fractionalised royalties startup JKBX with a K. This is social music app JQBX with a Q. The post Turntable Live acquires fellow social-music startup JQBX appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Two new startups in the audio-collaboration space have popped up in recent days: Samply and Myxt. Both are aimed at musicians. The post Samply and Myxt are the latest music collaboration startups appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Do major and independent labels get their fair share of streams on the big music services? Music Tomorrow has published its latest analysis. The post Study explores majors’ share of key (and niche) Spotify genres appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest column by David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition – the UK trade body that represents the rights and interests of music artists. In this post, he addresses the recent major label drive to create “artist-centric” systems of payment from the perspective of an artist-focused organisation; and explores what an increasingly independent […]

Music industry economist Will Page has been ruffling feathers with his latest report: an examination of equitable remuneration (ER) models. The post Former Spotify economist Will Page causes a stir with equitable remuneration report appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Three Swedish unions have written to Spotify requesting formal collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of its employees there. The post Swedish unions want collective bargaining negotiations with Spotify appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest stats from industry body the RIAA offer the latest evidence for the long-term, streaming-fuelled surge of Latin music in the US. The post Latin music soared to $1.09bn of US recordings revenues in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TuneCore has partnered with Gritty in Pink to support the latter’s marketplace for women and gender-expansive people in the music industry. The post TuneCore’s latest diversity move is a partnership with Gritty in Pink appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Adaptive-music startup Reactional Music has raised a pre-Series A funding round of $2.05m, led by Amanotes and Butterfly Ventures. The post Startup Reactional Music raises just over $2m of new funding appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The body representing music streaming services, DiMA, has published a report estimating ‘The Impact of Digital Music Streaming’ in the US. The post DiMA says music streaming contributed $14.32bn to US GDP in 2021 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest report analysing diversity in the music industry trains its sights on audio production and engineering. The post How is diversity in audio production and engineering? Not great… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

beatBread is launching a spin-off platform called sliceNote that will help investors back artists and independent labels. The post beatBread’s sliceNote offers fractional investment in musicians appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Lofi Girl is one of the biggest chillout-music YouTube channels. Now it has a new round-the-clock synthwave stream. The post Lofi Girl meets Synthwave Boy in new YouTube chillout channel appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Amazon Music has been named as the exclusive livestreaming partner for the country-focused Stagecoach Festival. The post Amazon Music to stream Stagecoach Festival on Twitch and Prime Video appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Universal Music Group is flexing its corporate muscles to clamp down on AI-generated music trained on commercial music without a licence. The post Report: UMG wants DSPs to block unlicensed AI-training scraping appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Streaming startup Gimme Radio is shutting down. Is this an example of chilly funding headwinds blowing for other music-tech startups? The post Gimme Radio shuts down as startup funding squeeze starts to bite appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Meta appears to have not just opened a can of worms, but tipped that can all over itself, with its music-licensing dispute in Italy. The post Italian watchdog AGCM investigates Meta over its music dispute appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The recently-launched Human Artistry Campaign, which is trying to set guidelines for the use of creative AIs, has added new members. The post Human Artistry Campaign adds more music-industry body members appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Enote is the latest startup focusing on digital sheet-music, and it has raised a €10m funding round to continue building its technology. The post Digital sheet-music startup Enote raises €10m funding round appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

German band Trigger Cut have highlighted the challenges for European artists touring the UK in the wake of its ‘Brexit’ from the EU. The post German band Trigger Cut’s UK tour nixed by Brexit red tape appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Hi-res music-tech firm MQA has announced that it has restructured and entered administration, after its financial backer sought an exit. The post Music technology firm MQA restructures and enters administration appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

web3 virtual world Decentraland recently held its Metaverse Fashion Week event, but attendance was down dramatically from 2022. The post Only 26,000 people attended Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Streaming manipulation continues to be a source of concern for the music industry, including in Africa, according to streaming service Mdundo. The post Mdundo warns Nigerian artists off ‘stream farming’ tactics appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Google is on the wrong end of a new court ruling in France over advertisements for unauthorised secondary ticketing services. The post FEAT hails French ruling over unauthorised secondary ticketing appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

British music body the BPI has published its latest report: ‘The New Music Democracy: How More Artists Are Benefitting From Streaming’. The post BPI’s new report explores more streaming stats for UK artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Musician Blond:ish has launched her latest project: a 14-track compilation called #PlasticFreeParty. Sustainability is key to the release. The post Blond:ish tests PHA vinyl with biodegradable #PlasticFreeParty appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The post Behind the Single: PinkPantheress, Ice Spice – ‘Boy’s a liar Pt. 2’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

New and noteworthy campaigns from Pink Floyd, Apoki, Dice and Cari Lekebusch. The post Campaigns :: 6 April 2023 – Pink Floyd, Apoki, Dice, Cari Lekebusch appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US R&B singer SZA released SOS, her second album, in December 2022. Sej Jheeta (marketing manager and A&R at RCA in the UK) and Luke Smith (digital marketing manager at RCA in the UK) explain the campaign. The post Behind The Campaign :: SZA appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has tripled its number of users in India in the past two years, and is now reportedly generating 10bn monthly streams there. The post Spotify says it has tripled its Indian users in last two years appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Tidal’s ‘DJ’ feature has launched officially with a new name: Tidal Live. It turns streaming listeners into music broadcasters. The post Tidal rebrands its ‘DJ’ feature as ‘Live’ for official launch appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is in privacy trouble again: it has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office for misusing children’s data. The post TikTok fined £12.7m in the UK for misusing children’s data appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

German collecting society GEMA has published its financial results for 2022, and they show strong growth in its collections and distributions. The post 2022 was a billion-Euro year for GEMA as revenues rose 13.4% appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Moises has come a long way since we first wrote about it in November 2019: the AI-powered stem-separation app now has 30m registered users. The post AI music-making app Moises hits 30m registered users milestone appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

China is now the fifth biggest recorded-music market globally. Music Ally’s new country profile explores the trends driving its growth. The post China’s music industry expects strong subscriptions growth appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The music industry’s fight against stream-ripping services continues, with German labels claiming the latest victory. The post German labels win court injunction over stream-ripping site YouTube-DL appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Utopia Music’s head of music services Roberto Neri has announced that he is joining Believe as its CEO of publishing. The post Utopia’s music services boss Roberto Neri joins Believe as publishing CEO appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is launching an initiative called #BehindTheSong, which is designed to celebrate songwriters and producers. The post TikTok unveils its songwriting-focused #BehindTheSong campaign appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Earlier this year, YouTube renewed its deal to livestream the Coachella festival. Now it has revealed a major expansion in that coverage. The post YouTube steps up Coachella livestreams with six-stage broadcast appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service. The post Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Reports claim that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance made more than $80bn of revenues in 2022 – up 30% year-on-year. The post Reports: TikTok was 12% of ByteDance’s $80bn revenues in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

As the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, Epic Games is playing a key role in the metaverse sector. The post Epic Games boss is bullish on metaverse, but less keen on NFTs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has launched R&B Nights, a concert series that will focus on emerging R&B artists playing their first gigs in US markets. The post Spotify launches R&B First Nights concerts series in the US appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Cindy Mabe was recently promoted to become chair and CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville. Her first day in the job was 1 April. The post UMG Nashville to boost indie partnerships and TV/film expansion appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The recently-appointed CEO of UK indies body AIM, Silvia Montello, has given her first ’State of Independence’ address. The post AIM boss on independent growth; DIY sector and major questions appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Every year, Music Ally publishes a spoof April Fool’s news story. This year we got ChatGPT to do the hard work for us. The post It’s 2023, so naturally we asked ChatGPT to write a bunch of April Fool’s stories for us appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he’s been using a creative AI on his new album, and that it’s written one song entirely by itself. The post Ed Sheeran says new album includes ‘at least one’ track written by an AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Distributor Believe is buying publishing-tech firm Sentric from Utopia Music, in what has been a tough time for the latter company. The post Utopia Music sells Sentric to Believe – but what happens next? appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Kobalt’s revenues grew by 22% last year, and that it spent more than $300m on advances and music catalogues. The post Kobalt revenues up 22% as advances and catalogue spend hits $300m appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ticketing firm Dice is keeping itself busy, with an extension of one of its venue deals in the UK, and a new chief business officer. The post Dice extends Troxy deal and hires new chief business officer appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Need to book a DJ? There’s a new app for that: Djaayz. It soft-launched in France in late 2022, and this week has expanded to the UK. The post DJ-booking app Djaayz expands to UK after French soft-launch appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Eyes Closed’ single has now been used in more than 1m video creations on TikTok, the company has announced. The post TikTok hails 1m creations milestone for Ed Sheeran’s ‘Eyes Closed’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

YouTube has announced three new stats focused on the musical impact of its short-video feature YouTube Shorts. The post YouTube reveals new Shorts music stats: views, artist reach and subscriptions growth appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The British government has published its latest effort to get to grips with the impact and potential of artificial intelligence technologies. The post UK’s proposed AI regulations swerve content copyright issue appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

“Why do you need to read a review? Listen to it. It’s freely available!” Ed Sheeran told Rolling Stone this month. The post Ed Sheeran talks music reviews (and btw he’s mostly wrong) appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Automata Radio is a Twitch channel streaming electronic music round the clock, with ChatGPT playing a hosting role, responding to listeners. The post Twitch channel Automata Radio blends music with ChatGPT AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Warner Music group is laying off 270 people, but said it’s “not a blanket cost-cutting exercise”. We have some thoughts on the implications. The post WMG lays off 270 people: ‘This is not a blanket cost-cutting exercise’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

BMG’s latest financial results are out, and they’re impressive. The company saw its annual revenues grow by 30.6%. The post BMG’s 2022: revenues up 30.6% and €509m signings and catalogue spend appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Josh Hubberman, CTHDRL co-founder and Jagwar Twin’s manager, explains how the campaign for the album 33 took shape. The post Behind The Campaign :: Jagwar Twin appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Imagine you have a new artist release coming up. Or perhaps you’d like to announce a new show or a new merchandise addition to an artist’s shop. How are you going to promote it? The simple approach is to create a post on social media – which involves an element of hope that the algorithm […]

With 49 days to go in its campaign, it has already attracted more than $675k of pledges on the crowdfunding platform. The post ‘Quirky Tape Music instrument’ Chompi is a Kickstarter hit appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Perla’s startup has raised a further $7m this week ahead of its launch. It’s fair to say there are some historical scores being settled. The post Turntable Live raises $7m funding for ‘doing things right’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify users have been treated to a new shelf in the ‘Made For You’ section of the streaming service’s mobile app.  The post Spotify adds more personalisation with new ‘niche mixes’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Kids and teens love YouTube, but in the UK do they love Spotify more as a source for music? Ofcom’s latest report hints that they might. The post Spotify tops the music services list for UK kids and teenagers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Web3 imprint Probably A Label is exploring the intersection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and near field communications (NFC) technology. The post Probably A Label’s latest NFT project is a $60 NFC t-shirt appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has added a new metric to its Spotify for Artists dashboard: ‘Active Audience’, which focuses on an artist’s active listeners. The post Spotify for Artists adds a new metric: ‘Active Audience’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Owners of rock band Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘Death Bat Club’ NFTs are getting early access to concert tickets, via Ticketmaster. The post Ticketmaster offers pre-sales to Avenged Sevenfold NFT owners appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Earlier this month Apple said that its long-awaited Apple Music Classical app would be launching on 28 March. And lo, it has come to pass. The post Apple Music Classical app goes live in the App Store appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Twitter owner Elon Musk’s latest smart idea is to bar non-paying users’ tweets from appearing in the service’s ‘For You’ feed. The post Twitter’s ‘For You’ feed will soon only include paying users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Tencent Music has been showing off its first ‘hyper-real virtual pop idol’, an avatar artist named Lucy who debuted in late 2022. The post Tencent Music talks up Lucy, its first ‘hyper-real’ virtual artist appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The dust is settling from K-Pop firm Hybe’s attempt to become the largest shareholder in rival SM Entertainment. The post Hybe to sell SM Entertainment shares while Kakao plans global expansion appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has published the 2022 edition of its ‘Equity & Impact’ report, summarising efforts in areas including climate action and diversity. The post Spotify publishes its latest Equity and Impact report appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Arpeggi Labs raised a $5.1m funding round last September to continue developing its web3 music-creation service. The post web3 music firm Arpeggi Labs takes on Splice with ‘Kits’ samples marketplace appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

More than 100,000 creators, artists and brands have connected their own stores to their YouTube channels, according to the video service. The post More than 100k YouTube channels are now linked to online shops appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Generative AI startups raised $5.9bn of funding in 2022, up from $1.5bn in 2020, according to figures from investors’ database Pitchbook. The post Funding for generative AI startups is picking up pace rapidly appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’re very excited to tell you about some developments with MUdaL, the industry education initiative we launched for Latin America. The post MUdAL’s new platform debuts with Spanish-language resources and courses appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok has been chosen as the official entertainment partner for Eurovision 2023 – its second year in that role. The post TikTok re-ups its partnership with the Eurovision Song Contest appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The relief for music service Tidal is that it’s not mentioned at all in a scathing report about its parent company Block. The post Block under pressure after scathing Hindenburg Research report appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Did TikTok CEO’s appearance before a congressional hearing yesterday make a US ban more or less likely? Probably neither. The post Will TikTok CEO’s congressional testimony stave off a US ban? appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Earlier this month, we wrote about a funding round for a startup called Character·ai, valuing it at $1bn. Now that round is official. The post Further details emerge on chatbot startup Character·ai’s funding appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

British labels body the BPI has published new stats supporting its argument that streaming is helping more artists to find success. The post BPI publishes its latest data hailing streaming’s diversity appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In peak crypto times, some companies in that space were waving dollars (or non-fiat currencies, of course) at any passing celebrity. The post SEC files charges against celebrities over crypto promotions appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

People making videos for YouTube and social networks need background music that won’t get their content taken down. The post ThatTrack is the latest music library for online-video creators appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We reported earlier this month on Universal Music Group’s partnership with Deezer to explore new economic models for streaming. The post Deezer CEO hints at plans for direct subscriptions to artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest controversy around Spotify concerns the $100m Creator Equity Fund that it announced just over a year ago. The post Spotify faces questions about its Creator Equity Fund spending appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Today’s the day for TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s appearance at a US congressional hearing. Ahead of that, the Washington Post published a poll. The post Washington Post poll finds 41% of Americans support a TikTok ban appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Fortnite isn’t just a game where players run around shooting (and occasionally pickaxing) one another, with the occasional music concert. The post Fortnite’s ‘Creator Economy 2.0’ could be exciting for musicians appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Vickie Nauman, founder of music consultancy CrossBorderWorks, argues that the $9.99/month all-you-can-eat paradigm is not allowing superfans to support artists as much as they could –  and that web3 technology will invigorate the music industry by creating many more opportunities for fans to interact with artists – at a whole new series of price points. The post The web3 […]

Two industry organisations have issued their latest calls for change in the way the music streaming economy works. The post Council of Music Makers and ECSA issue latest calls for streaming reform appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ahead of TikTok CEO Shout Zi Chew’s appearance at a US congressional hearing tomorrow, his written testimony has been published. The post TikTok CEO’s promise: ‘ByteDance is not an agent of China’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music’s latest financial results are a mixed bag. Profits doubled but revenues declined. The post Tencent Music shares fall after financials show revenue decline appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Duolingo is best known for its language-learning mobile app, which had 60.7 million monthly active users at the end of 2022. The post After languages and maths, Duolingo may try music education appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Real talk: ‘humans versus algorithms’ is a music-recommendations debate that’s been stretching our patience for well over a decade now. The post New York Times takes on streaming algorithms with music newsletter appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This afternoon sees the publication of the IFPI’s Global Music Report: the annual assessment of how the recorded music industry is growing. The post Talking recorded music’s growth in 2022: ‘Emerging markets led the way’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The global music industry made $26.2bn from recorded music in 2022, according to the IFPI. That’s up 9% year-on-year. The post Global recorded music revenues grew 9% in 2022 to $26.2bn says IFPI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has removed the catalogue of Indian rightsholder Zee Music, after licensing talks between the two reached an impasse. The post Spotify removes Zee Music catalogue after licensing impasse appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will be appearing before a congressional committee in the US for a grilling. The post TikTok says it now has 150m monthly active users in the US appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Twitch is laying off 400 employees as part of wider cuts announced yesterday by its parent company Amazon. The post Twitch to lose 400 staff as part of latest Amazon layoffs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In March 2022, Impala teamed up with YouTube for its showcase of emerging independent artists in Europe. A year on, it’s time to refresh. The post Impala reveals new ‘100 Artists to Watch’ list with YouTube appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

‘The Universal Collection’ will start with 3,333 NFTs launching in mid-April as a “free mint” as UMG’s latest music NFTs partnership. The post Music NFTs roundup: Universal Music, Public Pressure, M.Verse… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Found·ee has added a new feature called ‘Automated Follow-up Remarketing Audiences’ which we think could prove useful for music marketers. The post Found·ee adds ‘Automated Follow-up Remarketing Audiences’ feature appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Techno artist Cari Lekebusch has teamed up with a startup called Chroma to release an app called EZPZ (yes, ‘easy peasy’). The post Artist Cari Lekebusch teams up with Chroma for EZPZ music app appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Meta has yet to comment publicly, but music publishing organisations have been weighing in to support SIAE. ICMP is one of them. The post ICMP and IMPF back SIAE in controversy over Meta music removals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest post by Tracey Melnick, VP, Royalty Services at music distributor and payments firm Stem. She believes that finance teams like hers can “be the engine” that can power a fairer, more sustainable and more profitable music business – if the industry can unite around a modern finance framework. Four years ago, I was the […]

Music industry companies have been speaking publicly more often about what they think about creative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The post Music bodies join Human Artistry Campaign to set principles for creative AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Does art created by an AI qualify for copyright protection? It’s complicated. The simple answer, in the US at least, is a firm no… The post US Copyright Office issues guidance on AI works and copyright appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The brand has a long association with music through live performances, particularly at its flagship venues in London. The post PizzaExpress is launching its own record label in the UK appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The UK’s Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) already had more than 100 musicians signed up as ‘artist ambassadors’ The post Beabadoobee and Carl Cox among latest FAC artist ambassadors appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Hybe and its fellow K-Pop companies combined still only account for “less than 2% of the revenue shares of the worldwide music industry” The post Hybe chairman warns of challenges facing the K-Pop industry appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Distributor Believe published its annual financial results yesterday, and they showed a strong 2022 for the company. The post Believe financials reveal its revenues grew by 31.8% in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Consultancy firm Midia Research estimates that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.7% to $31.2bn in 2022. The post Report: global recorded music revenues grew 6.7% to $31.2bn in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The deadline for applications to ‘Women Empowerment++’ is Friday 17 March with the program due to last six months. The post Symphonic’s ‘Women Empowerment++’ mentorship program returns appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

How can an artist ensure that their preferred pressing plant can cope with demand? Buying a majority stake in it, that’s how. The post Vinyl-pressing plant Furnace’s new majority owner is… Metallica! appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There were plenty of announcements at Spotify’s recent ‘Stream On’ event, but Spotify HiFi wasn’t one of them… The post Spotify HiFi is still coming ‘in a way where it makes sense’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Dice’s latest partnership is with Spanish clothing retailer Bershka. ‘Moved by Music’ will encompass events, artists and playlists. The post Dice and Bershka team up for ‘Moved by Music’ campaign appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There’s a journalism phrase called ‘burying the lede’ which refers to the most important part of a story coming lower down. The post Meta plans 10,000 more layoffs in its ‘year of efficiency’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok has received a lot of criticism over the last year for the kind of content that its younger users can be exposed to by its algorithm. The post TikTok is adding a new feed dedicated to science and technology appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We already knew that Deezer had signed on to become the second music streaming service working with UMG to explore new payout models. The post UMG confirms Deezer deal to explore new economic models for streaming appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Cohen said that there would be “unintended consequences” of the bill, which he believes is trying to use legal tools designed for “push” media like radio to on-demand services like YouTube. The post YouTube’s Lyor Cohen adds to criticism of Canada’s Bill C-11 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Kuke is a Chinese classical music company that offers a subscription service, licenses to other streaming platforms, and ‘smart music education’ products. Its catalogue consists of music, audiobooks, video content – and Kuke now adding a web3 aspect to its business. Kuke has acquired a 49% equity interest in Kolo Market – “the world’s first vertically […]

Spanish music industry body Promusicae has published its annual figures for the country’s recorded music market. The post Spain’s recorded music revenues grew by 12.4% in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The greatest nightclubs have always been powerful communities in their own right, and few cities have proved that as often as New York. The post New York venue Elsewhere launches digital membership scheme appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In the music-streaming world ‘programming’ usually describes playlist curation. However, Amazon Music is active in the older sense: TV shows. The post Amazon Music unveils video shows for hip-hop and Latin music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s five years since Spotify went live in South Africa, with the March 2018 launch representing the streaming service’s debut in Africa. The post South Africans have streamed 1.2bn hours of Spotify since 2018 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Electronic-music brand Beatport is stepping up its exploration of web3 with the launch of its own NFTs marketplace. The post Beatport teams up for Polkadot for its new NFTs marketplace appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Some news stories move fast, and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is one of them. It was used by a wide range of technology firms. The post Startups could face payroll crunch as Silicon Valley Bank collapses appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A sudden peace has broken out in the battle for control of K-Pop music company SM Entertainment, as Hybe abandoned its efforts to buy 40%. The post Hybe abandons its efforts to buy a 40% stake in SM Entertainment appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

One of the announcements at last week’s Spotify ‘Stream On event was an expansion of its ‘Discovery Mode’ tool. The post Future of Music Coalition slams Spotify Discovery Mode expansion appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Last year, we reported on efforts in Canada to compel audio and video streaming services to feature a greater proportion of Canadian content. The post Former Spotify chief economist criticises Canada’s Bill C-11 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Miley Cyrus’s hit ‘Flowers’ has just reached the milestone of being used in more than 600k YouTube Shorts clips. The post Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’ has been used in 600k YouTube Shorts appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Stones overturned. Cans of worms kicked open. Cats flung into flocks of pigeons. Light is being shone into the music streaming economy. The post Public Knowledge urges the FTC to investigate music streaming appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s not so long since SoundCloud’s CEO stepped down to be replaced by its president. Now it’s happening again. The post SoundCloud has a new CEO: its president Eliah Seton appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US music industry body the RIAA announced its 2022 figures yesterday, quickly followed up by a guest post by CEO Mitch Glazier for Variety. The post RIAA boss slams TikTok and the ‘empty knock offs’ of AI music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has offered its views on the recent legislation passed in its home state of Tennessee. The post Music Biz criticises Tennessee’s new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’ve written a lot about TikTok’s troubles with politicians and potential bans in recent weeks, as well as its rightsholder tensions. The post TikTok’s music clout continues with Ed Sheeran and Mae Muller appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spin closed its print magazine in 2012 to go online-only, but in recent years has been stepping up its wider business as a media brand. The post Spin reveals first three startups for its music-tech incubator Spin Labs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music-making platform Splice is having a refocus within its business that involves shutting down its ‘Studio’. The post Splice shuts down its ‘Studio’ feature for music collaboration appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest example of token-gating in action comes from decentralised streaming service Audius, with its new NFTs feature. The post Audius adds NFT-gating feature for songs, mixes and stems appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Startup Stationhead was one of the pioneers of user-generated radio merged with music streaming. Now it’s selling music downloads too. The post Stationhead wants to help artists sell music downloads appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Session is the music credits startup founded by superstar Swedish songwriters Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder. The post Royalty-processing firm Salt buys music-credits startup Session appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’ve shown you Spotify’s new mobile homepage feed, and brought you coverage of its announcement last night. The post Spotify boss thinks streaming is having its radio-to-MTV moment appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Larry Jackson was a key figure at Apple Music as its global creative director until he left in September 2022. The post Apple backs former exec Larry Jackson’s new firm Gamma appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US-based PRO ASCAP has published its figures for 2022, revealing that its collections passed $1.5bn for the first time ever. The post ASCAP’s annual collections passed $1.5bn for first time in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Deezer was celebrating International Women’s Day yesterday. Its announcement included a less-than-celebratory stat however. The post Deezer reveals that only 23% of its Top-100 artists are women appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Apple’s new Apple Music Classical app will launch on 28 March for iPhone, with an Android version to follow, the company has announced. The post Apple Music Classical is launching on 28 March appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Industry body the RIAA has published its annual figures today, showing that the value of recorded music grew by 6.1% in 2022 to $15.87bn. The post US recorded music revenues grew 6.1% to $15.87bn in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Twice are one of the K-Pop groups plotting a path to global stardom in the wake of BTS and Blackpink’s worldwide success. The post K-Pop stars Twice have launched their own Roblox experience appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is under intense scrutiny in the US and Europe alike over data security. Project Clover is its latest response. The post TikTok’s ‘Project Clover’ targets data-security fears in Europe appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

As publication day nears for the IFPI’s Global Music Report, another of the world’s biggest recorded music markets has published 2022 figures. The post UK music revenues grow but industry wants more government support appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has updated its ‘Loud & Clear’ website with some new figures on its payouts to rightsholders, as well as artist royalties. The post 15% of tracks uploaded to Spotify generate 95% of its royalties appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify held its ‘Stream On’ event in Los Angeles tonight, and while one of the big announcements leaked out early, there was other news. The post Spotify’s new artist tools: Clips, Countdown Pages, Showcase ads and more appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr released her debut album, 19 & Dangerous, in 2021 and started to build a presence outside of her home country of Nigeria, working with Mavin Records and Platoon to achieve this. Krish Kudhail (senior artist marketing manager at Platoon) and Claudia Arach (streaming lead at Platoon) explain how TikTok was prioritised […]

The post Campaigns :: 8 March 2023 – U2, 50 years of hip-hop, Nina Simone, Yoko Ono appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’re going to need some kind of wall-chart to keep track of the growing number of US legislative bills that could lead to a ban on TikTok. The post RESTRICT Act is the latest US bill threatening a TikTok ban appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Japan may have been late to the music-streaming party, but it’s been making up for lost time judging by the latest figures from the RIAJ. The post Japan’s music streaming revenues grew by 25% in 2022 to $674m appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TuneCore and Believe have published their latest ‘Be The Change’ study of gender equality in the music industry. The post Be The Change study offers new stats on sexual harassment in music appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Middle Eastern and North African streaming service Anghami has published preliminary financial results for 2022. The post Anghami revenues up 35.6% in 2022 as it passed 1.5m subscribers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Sonos has unveiled its latest speakers, and spatial audio is a key focus for the company in 2023 as its CEO has made clear. The post Sonos doubles down on spatial audio with its latest speaker appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Surf Music has been operating for three years: running in “quasi-stealth” mode in Japan and South Korea. Now it’s ready to go global. The post Songs marketplace Surf Music expands beyond Japan and South Korea appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Another challenge for TikTok in its policy battles in the west is that they may overshadow its product announcements. The post TikTok makes a longer-form, premium move with ‘Series’ feature appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Startup Dreams Never Die started life as a music blog called Hillydilly, most famous for spotting Billie Eilish in her earliest days. The post web3 music firm Dreams Never Die launches its Founder Pass NFT appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We wrote about British startup unhurd in August 2021 when it raised its first £250k of funding for a platform that automates music marketing. The post Kobalt founder Ahdritz invests in music marketing startup unhurd appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SoundCloud is testing its own new feed, called ‘Discover’, enabling listeners to swipe through 30-second preview clips. The post SoundCloud is testing its own TikTok-style discovery feed appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Things are moving fast in South Korean tech company Kakao’s efforts to buy a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment. The post Kakao wants to buy a bigger stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

As 2023’s economic headwinds continue to bite, US satellite radio firm SiriusXM has become the latest company to announce a round of layoffs. The post SiriusXM lays off 8% of staff ‘affecting nearly every department’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This week, Spotify will hold its ‘Stream On’ event in Los Angeles. Last held in 2021, it’s the company’s equivalent of Apple’s WWDC keynotes. The post Spotify’s new vertical discovery feed is more than just a TikTok clone appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s been a busy messaging morning for Music Ally. “Who even are you lol?” asked Billie Eilish, before asking us for recommendations. The post AI startup whose chatbot mimics Billie Eilish and Kanye West valued at $1bn appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snoop Dogg is backing the launch of a new app called Shiller, which blends livestreaming and NFTs for creators. The post Snoop Dogg-backed startup Shiller combines NFTs and livestreams appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Another day, another reason for TikTok’s policy and public relations teams to open their inboxes and grimace. The post Charities want TikTok to do more to protect children’s wellbeing appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Web3 music service Audius has hired a digital music veteran to be its chief business officer. Shamal Ranasinghe joins from SiriusXM/Pandora. The post Audius hires Pandora’s Shamal Ranasinghe as chief business officer appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The role of the average music manager has expanded greatly during the streaming era, with plenty of challenges. The post Management body EMMA launches EMMpower initiative in Europe appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Last year, we wrote about how music-tech firm Pacemaker – best known for its innovative DJ apps – was up for sale. The post Tuned Global hits the dancefloor with Pacemaker acquisition appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We knew that the modern music industry often involves more co-writers on songs, but here’s one we didn’t see coming: the Earth itself. The post Musicians name Earth as a co-writer to raise funds for climate activism appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Economic crisis? What economic crisis? Certainly when it comes to Universal Music Group’s financials, the numbers continue to be buoyant. The post UMG sees strong growth in recordings and publishing alike appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Earlier this week we reported on the European Commission narrowing its antitrust investigation of Apple. Now it has responded. The post Apple ‘pleased’ at narrowing of EC’s App Store investigation appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Changes to the US system of travel visas that could greatly increase the costs for foreign musicians touring there are still sparking unrest. The post UK music bodies protests against rise in US visa costs for artists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

BeatBot is the latest experiment from AI music startup Splash: essentially a short-form text-to-music generator. The post AI music startup Splash launches its lyric-spitting BeatBot appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s now 11 years since the UK’s PRS Foundation launched its ‘Women Make Music’ initiative in 2011. Now it has launched a report. The post PRS Foundation reports on its ‘Women Make Music’ initiative appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ubisoft’s ‘Just Dance’ game is moving into the world of esports – competitive gaming – with the International Olympic Committee. The post Music game Just Dance 2023 Edition is now an Olympic esport appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We last reported on music management-tools startup IndieFlow in June 2022, when the company raised a $4m funding round. The post IndieFlow launches its first artist development program appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Having just assumed the helm at YouTube, Neal Mohan has been blogging about the video service’s priorities in 2023. The post YouTube’s 2023 priorities: creators, TV, Shorts, podcasts and AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok has announced its latest new features focusing on the wellbeing and safety of its younger users, including a big move. The post TikTok adds teen time-management features as US pressure ramps up appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Today Music Ally published its newest Sandbox Guide to Creative AI, which looks at how musicians and their teams can use AI as part of their marketing and content strategies, and in their creative processes. But alongside these exciting creative possibilities are some complicated – and as yet not fully answered – questions. What is the nature of artistry when using […]

The post Behind The Single: Sleaford Mods – “UK GRIM” appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US indie rock band Interpol released The Other Side Of Make-Believe, their seventh studio album, on 15th July 2022. It was their first new album in four years and the campaign was focused on re-introducing the band and also reawakening lapsed listeners. The post Behind The Campaign: Interpol appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music […]

Deezer published its latest financial results yesterday, hailing 2022 as a “successful” year on the grounds of a 13% growth in annual revenues. The post Deezer financials show revenue growth but a dip in subscribers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Germany, for example, saw its recorded music revenues grow by 6.1% in 2022 to €2.07bn ($2.2bn at current exchange rates). The post BVMI reveals Germany’s recorded music market grew 6.1% in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

For all the predictions that the recent boom in music catalogue acquisitions must come to an end, there is still funding pouring in. The post Lyric Capital raises $800m for music catalogue acquisitions appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Tidal launched its ‘Direct Artist Payouts’ [DAP] feature in November 2021, as its first step towards a more user-centric system. The post Tidal shuts ‘Direct Artist Payouts’ scheme after paying $500k appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The European Commission launched a pair of formal antitrust investigations of Apple in June 2020. Now there’s a development. The post EC narrows its Apple music-streaming investigation to ‘anti-steering’ issues appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We called this one in January! The Weeknd has become the first artist to have more than 100 million listeners on Spotify. The post The Weeknd hits new Spotify milestone of 100m monthly listeners appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Secondary ticketing firm StubHub has been coming in for some criticism this month, from Live Nation and David Lowery alike. The post StubHub hits out at Live Nation’s backing for FAIR Ticketing Act appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

British music industry body the BPI has a new CEO. It has turned to expertise from outside the music industry in the form of Dr Jo Twist OBE. The post BPI turns to games industry for its new CEO: Dr Jo Twist OBE appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The heart icon has a long history as the way to like things on social media and streaming services, but now Spotify is retiring it. The post Spotify has lost its heart… it’s all about the Plus button now appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music streaming services love original content, and some of them also love spatial audio. George Ezra is thus in a sweet spot with Amazon. The post Amazon Music bags six George Ezra tracks as spatial originals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Artists have been collecting physical awards for their sales (and now streams) achievements since the 1950s: gold, platinum, diamond etc. Now Universal Music Germany is adding a digital twist to the idea. It is working with German industry body BVMI and web3 startup Twelve x Twelve on a scheme that will complement (not replace) the […]

Musician, professor and artists’ rights campaigner David Lowery has raised the alarm about a draft bill in the US state of Georgia focusing on ticketing fees. “Simply a Trojan horse bill that seems to limit artist fan clubs, indie venues and others to sell face value non-transferable tickets to fans,” is how he described it […]

Middle Eastern music streaming service Anghami is being sued by Reservoir Media and PopArabia for copyright infringement. According to Billboard, the lawsuit was filed in Abu Dhabi just before Christmas, but has only come to light now. It names 12 works that the publishers believe are being infringed, with a mixture of international and Arabic […]

Last week, the IFPI crowned Taylor Swift as the top artist of 2022 globally, while announcing that Harry Styles had the biggest single of the year. The state was set for a battle between the two for the body’s final award: top album, right?. Not quite. Enter Bad Bunny, making history by becoming the first […]

Live music revenues are growing again, after the massive hit caused by Covid-19 and its resulting lockdowns. The post Live Nation: concerts are ‘one of the last experiences fans will cut back on’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The parent company of Chinese music service NetEase Cloud Music has published its latest financial results. The post NetEase Cloud Music ended 2022 with 38.3m paying music users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ever since streaming service Tidal was acquired by fintech firm Block, we’ve been getting regular insights. The post Latest Block financials offer an insight into Tidal revenues appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music distribution company DistroKid has unveiled its new “intelligent mastering tool” Mixea, which costs $99 a year. The post DistroKid adds ‘intelligent mastering’ tool Mixea to its service appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

After Amazon Music worked with Endel on a ‘Sleep Science’ playlist for its service, now another AI music startup is using a big DSP. The post AI music startup Aimi launches 10 live music channels on YouTube appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Decentralised streaming service Audius has a new way for artists to sign up and get verified on its platform: by using their TikTok profiles. The post Audius expands its TikTok integration with new signup feature appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The below guest post is by Tristra Newyear Yeager, Chief Strategy Officer of music/tech PR firm Rock Paper Scissors. In it, she joins the dots between some potentially meaningful and high-profile legal cases taking place in the US, and the consequences they may have on music streaming platforms globally. Newyear Yeager also describes what she thinks the less obvious effects […]

The biggest music track globally in 2022 was Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ with 2.28bn ‘global subscription stream equivalents’. The post Harry Styles ‘As It Was’ was the biggest global music track in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s annual-awards time for global music body the IFPI, which is staggering its rankings for artists, tracks and albums over several days. The post Taylor Swift regains top spot from BTS in IFPI global artist chart appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snap launched its ‘Sounds’ feature on Snapchat in August 2020, after striking licensing deals with various labels and publishers. The post Snapchat’s Sounds has been powering 7.6bn monthly video views appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Styngr popped onto our radar in March 2022 when it announced a licensing deal with Warner Music Group. Now it has a deal with ICE. The post WMG-backed metaverse music startup Styngr signs deal with ICE appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

You may be tempted to roll your eyes at the news that some playlists on Spotify will only be available to people who’ve bought certain NFTs. The post Spotify tests ‘token-enabled playlists’ with NFT partners appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The US Copyright Office has just made an important and interesting decision regarding copyright and creative AIs. The post US Copyright Office reaffirms its rules on AI-created content appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has made a very interesting announcement today: it’s launching an AI-powered DJ feature – as in radio DJ. The post Spotify taps OpenAI tech to create an AI-powered DJ for its service appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

South Korean music company Hybe enjoyed another bumper year in 2022, with its revenues growing 41.6% to 1.78tn won. The post K-Pop giant Hybe’s revenues grew 41.6% to $1.36bn in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We tend to think of the ‘radio’ features of streaming music as being lean-back listening governed by the DSPs’ recommendation algorithms. The post YouTube Music now lets listeners create their own radio stations appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Say what you like about whether the music industry really needs its own ‘LinkedIn of the music biz’, but these companies are acquirable. The post Music credits firm Jaxsta buys music biz social network Vampr appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Last June, the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) published a report called ‘Three Chords & The Actual Truth’ on country music diversity. The post Academy of Country Music teams up with Black Music Action Coalition appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

UK-based ticketing and live events firm Shoobs has published a review of 2022, noting that it supported more than 7,000 events. The post Shoobs hails 2022 as ‘The Year of Amapiano’ in UK live events appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ed Sheeran’s latest release isn’t an album: it’s his own hot sauce brand. It’s called ‘Tingly Ted’s’ and comes in two variants. The post Ed Sheeran’s latest release is a hot sauce called Tingly Ted’s appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Many of the recent controversies around creative visual AIs – those that create images mainly – have focused on training materials. The post Music’s problem with AI training may not be the one you expect appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Epic Games acquired music platform Bandcamp just over a year ago. Now the latter is curating a Fortnite in-game radio station. The post Fortnite enlists Bandcamp to curate an in-game radio station appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s now nearly 15 months since Spotify started testing a vertically-scrolling music video discovery feed, inspired by TikTok ‘For You’. The post Spotify’s TikTok-style discovery feed may be ready for action appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s SoundOn distribution arm is enjoying a busy start to 2023. Now it has switched distribution partners to FUGA. The post TikTok swaps TuneCore for FUGA as SoundOn distribution partner appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The licensing models for music in the metaverse – specifically virtual worlds and online games – are famously… nascent. The post Lickd seals metaverse music deals with Empire and Kobalt appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Last week we reported on TikTok’s announcement that it now has 150 million monthly active users (MAUs) in Europe. The post YouTube, Meta, Twitter and Spotify (sort of) reveal their EU user figures appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

AI music firm Endel has found a new frontier for its sleep tracks: Amazon Music. It has launched a ‘Sleep Science’ playlist with the DSP. The post Amazon Music adds ‘Sleep Science’ playlist from AI music startup Endel appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snap announces the latest figures for its Snapchat app on a quarterly basis. For example, it ended 2022 with 375 million daily active users. The post Snapchat reveals that it now has 750m monthly active users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Is Instagram about photos, or videos, or messaging? The obvious answer: all three, and that third prong is getting a big new feature. The post Instagram is adding messaging-based ‘broadcast channels’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Sonos launched its ad-supported Sonos Radio streaming service in April 2020, and followed it up with a subscription tier. The post Sonos enlists Deezer to power its Sonos Radio streaming services appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl recently left the company to take the top job at Warner Music Group. The post YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down, replaced by CPO Neal Mohan appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok’s latest music-focused campaign is happening in the UK, and it’s based around homegrown hip-hop artists. The post TikTok debuts Next Gen rap program and hits new Euro milestone appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok limiting users from using certain commercial tracks in its app in Australia as a ‘test’ was guaranteed to go down badly with labels. The post Australian music body ARIA criticises TikTok over music test appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Utopia Music bought a lot of companies during its rise to prominence in 2021 and 2022, but a firm that it *didn’t* buy is now a headache. The post SourceAudio sues Utopia Music over alleged acquisition collapse appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Steve Cooper may have stepped down from his last job as CEO of WMG, but he’s not shuffling away from the music industry just yet. The post Ex-WMG boss Steve Cooper gets into NFTs with OneOf board role appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There’s a changing of the guard in the sponsorship roster for prestigious songwriting awards The Ivors: Apple Music out, Amazon Music in. The post Amazon Music is new lead sponsor of The Ivors songwriting awards appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Song Sleuth has built a tool to hunt down “undiscovered” royalties from user-generated content and derivative works. The post Warner Chappell taps startup Song Sleuth to boost UGC revenues appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There were some slightly worrying signs for gaming firm Roblox last year: falling user numbers and revenues, and a declining share price. The post Roblox shares soar after better-than-expected financial results appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Napster is buying Mint Songs, a startup that had raised $4.3m of funding to build its music NFTs marketplace. The post Napster’s first web3 acquisition is music NFTs startup Mint Songs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

More than 600 music festivals and organisations have now taken Keychange’s pledge committing them to being more inclusive. The post Keychange’s next phase has a four-point ‘Pledge Action Plan’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The UK’s Musicians’ Union is throwing its weight behind the Featured Artists Coalition’s ‘100% Venues’ campaign. The post Musicians’ Union backs FAC’s ‘100% Venues’ merch-fees campaign appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snoop Dogg’s first act after acquiring Death Row Records was to whip its catalogue off streaming services. Now he’s putting it back on. The post TikTok gets a week’s jump on Death Row Records’ streaming return appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In 2020 we wrote about a startup called Release Party that was hosting livestreams for musicians and helping them to sell tickets. The post Release Party rebrands as Offstage with AI-driven analytics appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Artists and their teams are facing up to the challenge of simultaneously serving TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat. The post Yo Suzy is one of the first creative agencies for short video appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

DiMA, the US-based trade body representing music streaming services, has published a new report on streaming’s impact on listeners. The post DiMA reveals new streaming stats in Fan Engagement Report appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Rightsholders may be energetically seeking a slice of TikTok’s advertising revenue in its next set of music licensing deals. The post Report: TikTok is working on a new paywalled posts feature appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There’s money to be made in helping influencers use licensed music in their videos. TikTok certainly thinks so. The post YouTube opens its Creator Music licensed-music library in the US appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

WIN is the umbrella global body for independent music, and it has a new boss – albeit one who is already part of its team. The post Global independents body WIN appoints new CEO and board members appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Do the music streaming and gambling industries make for easy bedfellows? We’re about to find out with a new launch in the US. The post The latest music-streaming app is from… the Arizona Lottery? appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

When you hear the term ‘activist investor’ it can conjure up visions of barnstormingly angry speeches at shareholder meetings. The post Spotify has a new activist investor: ValueAct Capital Management appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The boss of the US-based National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has been giving his views on creative AI. The post NMPA boss talks AI music: ‘This is not necessarily bad…’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Ultra Music Publishing is the latest western music company to step up its activities in West Africa, with a new ‘creative hub’ in Lagos. The post Ultra Music Publishing doubles down on Afrobeats in Nigeria appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

British management body the MMF has announced the latest cohort for its Accelerator Programme for Music Managers. The post MMF’s music managers accelerator gets 24-strong cohort for 2023 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Shall we start with a gripe? It’s time to stop talking so distrustfully about ‘the algorithms of the streaming services’. The post How DO streaming algorithms change the way we listen to music? appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This is a guest post from Matt Griffiths, CEO of UK charity Youth Music. He discusses diversity and representation in the UK music industry, explores the challenges that still exist, and explains how Youth Music is tackling the issue.  Representation within the industry is a systemic issue. With the BRIT Awards taking place this weekend, conversations about the […]

If you read our new India country profile yesterday you’ll know about industry body IMI’s desire to grow paid streaming subscriptions there. The post IMI chairman predicts some Indian music services ‘may just vanish’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

If you need another nudge on music streaming’s boom times facing their biggest challenge yet, yesterday’s WMG financials may provide it. The post WMG revenues fall but new CEO says ‘music is still undervalued’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music streaming services are pretty good at analysing what you listen to, and using that as the basis for new recommendations. The post Spotify is giving listeners more control of their taste profiles appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We wrote about tech firm Kakao buying a stake in Korean music company SM Entertainment earlier this week, but now it’s been joined by Hybe. The post Now Hybe moves to take a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

One of the most interesting and inventive music apps for VR headsets is Tribe XR, which teaches people to DJ on a set of virtual decks. The post Tribe XR takes its virtual-reality DJ lessons into hospitals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

FanDuel is one of the biggest names in the sports-betting world. Now its founders are getting into music NFTs with their new startup Vault. The post Music NFTs roundup: Vault, Revelator, Guzzu… appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Theoz, a popular influencer and musician in Sweden, is launching the ‘Theoz Vinterland’ experience on Roblox on14 February. The post Swedish artist Theoz set for three-month concert on Roblox appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s been clear for some time that Hybe’s global ambitions stretch well beyond the K-Pop that built the company in South Korea. The post Hybe makes a move into hip-hop with Quality Control acquisition appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music licensing firm Songtradr has long had an eye for an acquisition: Big Sync Music in 2019, CueSongs in 2020, Pretzel in 2021… The post Songtradr agrees acquisition deal for B2B music firm 7digital appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Despite speculation that the boom time for music catalogue valuations may be coming to an end, you still need a hefty war-chest. The post Music investment firm MusicBird secures $100m for rights deals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In 2021 at the height of the British government’s self-made Brexit mess, a campaign called #LetTheMusicMove launched in the UK. The post #LetTheMusicMove campaign expands to US over visa-cost fears appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Mdundo is one of the well-established music streaming services in Africa, and as a public company we get a regular insight into its growth. The post African streaming service Mdundo now has 23.4m active users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

News that David Guetta’s latest track features Eminem may not raise an eyebrow: the latest in a long line of big-name collaborations… The post David Guetta replicated Eminem with an AI (but won’t release the track) appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Today saw the second evidence session of the UK Parliament’s inquiry into misogyny in music and the music industry. The post Misogyny in music: ‘The imposter syndrome is created by the systems’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Harshit Agarwal and Raghav Meattle of Big Bang Music explain how they worked with Anumita to capitalise on her social media growth. The post Behind The Campaign :: Anumita Nadesan appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Interesting and inventive new campaigns from Rihanna & Apple Music, Warner & Roblox, Spinnin’ Records, and Dr Dre. The post Campaigns :: 8 February 2023 – Rihanna & Apple Music, Warner & Roblox, Spinnin’ Records, Dr Dre appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

US president Joe Biden gave his annual State Of The Union address last night, including a couple of legislative priorities relevant to music. The post Biden talks crackdown on ticketing fees and kids’ data collection appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Distributor Believe isn’t publishing its financial results for 2022 until mid-March, but it’s pulling a stat out early to trumpet its success. The post Believe hails its billion-euro digital sales year in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There are two narratives around ticketing in the US at the moment. First, politicians piling into Live Nation / Ticketmaster… The post Ticketmaster details ‘arms race against abusive ticket scalping’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Warner Music Group’s expansion in India is continuing this morning with its latest investment: in digital media firm Divo. The post Warner Music buys majority stake in Indian music firm Divo appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Fresh from selling a 4.2% stake to mobile games firm Com2uS in November, South Korean music company SM Entertainment now has another investor. The post More K-Pop consolidation as Kakao buys into SM Entertainment appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Contract adjustment and rights reversion are hot topics in the UK’s debate about changes to the streaming economy. The post IPO publishes study on contract adjustment and rights reversion appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

One of the most shocking stories in the streaming economy was a court case involving $23m of YouTube music royalties. The post MediaMuv co-founder accepts plea deal over $23m YouTube fraud appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Utopia Music’s recent reorganisation has seen its CEO depart, as well as a proportion of its staff laid off. The post Utopia sells music-biz directory Rostr back to its founders appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music Ally readers (and, indeed, writers) of a certain age and musical preference still mist over at the mention of ‘C86’. The post NME revives famous ‘C-Series’ mixtapes as streaming playlists appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In our report yesterday on the emerging competition around conversational AIs and online search, we noted that Microsoft was holding an event. The post Microsoft taps ChatGPT to launch its ‘new Bing’ search engine appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Here’s another story for the narrative of AI-music startups developing tools for humans’ creativity, rather than displacing them. The post AI music startup WaveAI launches a tool for human songwriters appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It seems that Meta really will be completing its long-planned acquisition of virtual reality music-fitness startup Within. The post FTC accepts decision that Meta can acquire music startup Within appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Can any attempt to ‘fix’ streaming succeed in pleasing musicians, rightsholders AND streaming services? Midia Research fears not. The post Midia Research sees fixing streaming as an ‘impossible equation’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Nick Cave may not be a fan of conversational AI ChatGPT, but he’s certainly not scared of it. Y’know who might be scared of it? Google. The post Is the music biz ready for a world of conversational search AIs? appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Piracy isn’t as big a headline issue for the music industry nowadays as it was in the early 2000s. Which doesn’t mean it has gone away. The post UK study finds a sharp increase in online music infringers appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok is rolling out its SoundOn distribution arm in another country, and… let’s just say the timing is interesting. The post TikTok launches its SoundOn distribution program in Australia appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A group of workers involved in YouTube Music’s content operations have begun a strike. The staff are subcontractors for the music service. The post YouTube Music workers strike over return-to-office policy appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Environmental non-profit organisation Reverb has been working with lots of musicians and music companies in the US. The post UMG expands its partnership with climate organisation Reverb appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

JKBX is the startup founded by former WMG / The Orchard executive Scott Cohen in late 2022, with the aim of selling music catalogue rights. The post JKBX plans to launch with $4bn+ of investable music rights appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest effort focusing on the wellbeing of musicians comes from the US, with an open letter to the music industry from 1 Million Strong. The post 1 Million Strong: ‘We can expand music culture to include sobriety’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s interest in health-tech is already known, but now we have more details on a specific venture he’s involved with. The post Spotify CEO reveals more on healthcare startup Neko Health appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It makes headlines when famous artists release a collection of NFTs, but the real innovation may come from independent musicians. The post web3 music: ‘The breakout moment isn’t Snoop Dogg dropping a collection’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

When Spotify’s Chris Stoneman asked Twitter for some ideas on how to improve its artist and album pages, he got plenty of responses. The post Spotify turns to the crowd for artist and album pages ideas appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

SiriusXM has published its year-end financial results for 2022. Overall, its business held up to the year’s economic headwinds well. The post SiriusXM hits self-pay record but Pandora is still declining appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Alphabet published its latest financials yesterday and they reveal a worrying trend for YouTube: a decline in its advertising revenues. The post YouTube’s ad revenues were down 7.8% in final quarter of 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s peak financial results season, with Apple and Amazon announcing their latest numbers yesterday, with mixed performances. The post Apple and Amazon publish their financial results for Q4 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Music licensed to Spotify by the three major labels and indie licensing agency Merlin accounted for around 75% of Spotify streams in 2022. The post DIY artists now account for a quarter of Spotify’s music streams appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

This article from Last.fm is Partner Content. Win an award, sell lots of records. That used to be the equation (or certainly the presumption) in the music business. In the days and weeks after an award ceremony, record labels would put “award-winning” stickers on the front of LPs and CDs, renewing their promotional efforts and […]

Another front has opened up in the pressure on Apple and Google to make changes to the way their mobile app stores work. The post White House’s NTIA says current app store models are ‘harmful’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Dr Dre’s album ‘The Chronic’ was removed from streaming services last year in the wake of Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records. The post Dr Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ returns to DSPs with new merch in tow appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

BELEM is the European Union-funded consortium announced last December with €2m of funding to explore lyric translation. The post BELEM seeks publishers and songwriters for lyric translations appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Meta announced plans to buy VR startup Within – the company behind music-fitness service Supernatural – in late 2021. The post Meta wins latest stage in battle to buy music startup Within appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The latest skirmish in TikTok’s ongoing licensing negotiations with music rightsholders appears to be taking place in Australia. The post TikTok is testing limits on using songs in its app in Australia appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

One of the big debates about creative AI technology at the moment concerns how these models are trained – especially on copyrighted content. The post UK government rethinks plans for AI-training copyright exception appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Snapchat’s parent company Snap announced its latest quarterly financial results yesterday. Its app ended 2022 with 375 million daily users. The post Snapchat ended 2022 with 375m users but flat revenue growth appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Beatport has been one of the more acquisitive music companies in recent years, and yesterday it announced its latest deal. The post Beatport buys a majority stake in electronic music brand IMS appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Startup Encore Music Tech Solutions has launched to help more music companies modernise their royalties and payments systems. The post Encore Music Tech Solutions launches with Empire Publishing deal appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We know startup Aimi as the company behind an app that provides adaptive electronic music using its AI system. The post Aimi’s new app lets listeners interact with its musical AI appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The collecting societies sector in Spain has a chequered history. SGAE was expelled from global societies body CISAC in 2019. The post Unison files new lawsuit against Spanish collecting society SGAE appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Changes are brewing at Utopia Music with the announcement yesterday that CEO Markku Mäkeläinen has left the company. The post Utopia Music promises a ‘faster, leaner’ company as CEO departs appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We reported on Universal Music Group’s announcement yesterday that it’s working with Tidal on a new economic model for streaming. The post UMG’s DSP talks include bonus pools and superfan subscriptions appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Regrets? He had a few, but Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also defended his company’s spending decisions in 2022 in the company’s Q4 earnings call. The post Spotify CEO on spending decisions: ‘I probably got a little carried away’ appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Universal Music Group boss Sir Lucian Grainge thinks that “the economic model for streaming needs to evolve”. The post UMG just found a streaming service to work with on ‘artist-centric’ payouts appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify has published its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2022, and thus for the entire year. The post Spotify ended 2022 with 205m subscribers and 489m active users appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’ve said this before, but on platforms like Roblox, music activations have tended to be one-offs, rather than persistent worlds. The post Warner Music Group gets persistent on Roblox with Rhythm City appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

‘Beyond The Instrument’ is Sony’s music education initiative to get equipment into the hands of young people. The post Sony Music expands ‘Beyond The Instrument’ initiative to the UK appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There are positive figures in UK charity the Music Venue Trust’s latest annual report… but also plenty of worrying stats too. The post MVT report reveals decline in UK independent venues’ concerts appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

There are abrupt leadership changes at big companies, and smoother transitions. BMG’s falls into the latter category. The post BMG boss to step down but his successor is already lined up appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spotify Wrapped makes waves in December, but Apple Music’s Replay promo is a year-round thing. The 2023 version is now live. The post Apple Music launches Replay 2023 and Rihanna Super Bowl promo appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

TikTok has been facing increasing pressure in the US over issues including privacy and children’s safety. Its CEO will appear at a hearing. The post TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to appear before US House in March appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The music industry has been thinking a lot about how South Korean artists like BTS and Blackpink are growing their audiences. The post Gap widens between YouTube and Melon services in South Korea appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Google has built an AI model capable of “generating high-fidelity music from text descriptions” that “outperforms previous systems”. The post Google reveals (but doesn’t release) text-to-music AI MusicLM appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

A group of artists have been denied class-action status in a lawsuit focusing on termination rights and Universal Music Group. The post Artists denied class-action status in UMG termination rights lawsuit appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Indian news site Mint has been celebrating the fact that Bollywood playback star Alka Yagnik is the top artist on YouTube’s global chart. The post Indian artists are still dominating YouTube’s global music chart appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

The Australian government has launched a new National Cultural Policy called ‘Revive’ which includes establishing a new music industry body. The post Australian government backs new cultural policy with $286m appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Having raised $11.7m of funding last September, web3 music firm Hume has now splashed some of that cash on an acquisition. The post web3 music firm Hume buys generative audio startup Blocktones appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

New York’s attorney general Letitia James has written to MSG Entertainment with some pointed questions about its facial recognition tech. The post Madison Square Garden owner questioned about facial recognition tech appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Warner Music Group published its latest Environmental Social Governance (ESG) report yesterday, including new figures. The post WMG reveals first numbers from its legacy unrecouped program appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Spanish industry body Promusicae has published some figures for 2022, including the news that the number of music streams grew by 16%. The post Subscriptions now account for 55% of audio streaming in Spain appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Hell’s Kettlebells! Run to the Treadmills! And Fitness for All! Etc etc. Don’t think we’re poking fun: metal tracks are great for workouts. The post Metal Workout offers a rockier spin on digital fitness services appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

We’ve reported on various licensing deals that UK startup Lickd has signed with rightsholders for its service. The post Lickd signs a deal with Streamlabs to reach more creators appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

In light of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Alex Kisch, EVP, Business Development & Affairs, General Counsel at Vevo – sponsor of the event’s “Changing nature of music formats” track – to share with us  some insight on the exciting opportunities he sees ahead in 2023. In today’s competitive attention economy, Kisch says, we cannot afford to lose the […]

There’s a big figure in the latest blog post from Twitch’s chief product officer Tom Verrilli and chief monetization officer Mike Minton. The post Twitch says its streamers earned more than $1bn in 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Warner Music Group became one of the landowners on web3 virtual world The Sandbox in January 2022. Now it’s holding a party there. The post WMG reveals plans for Spinnin’ Records party in The Sandbox appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally