Amazon Music to Livestream KCON LA 2025; 10.3% Growth for Global Audio Song Streams
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Luminate reveals 10.3% growth for global audio song streams
According to Luminate the number of global, on-demand audio song streams in the first half of this year reached 2.5tn. That’s up 10.3% on the same period last year, although it was dragged down a bit by the world’s largest recorded-music market.
TikTok launches Songwriter Features to highlight credits and help build a profile on the platform
The new set of features and tools have been designed to highlight and give due credit on TikTok to the work of songwriters and the music they have created.
Amazon Music Set To Exclusively Livestream KCON LA 2025
With KCON LA 2025 approaching from August 1 to 3, Amazon Music has announced its partnership with the long-time K-pop Cultural Festival to bring exclusive livestreaming content to North America, South America, and Europe. The livestream will provide fans access to the epic performances from the three-night M COUNTDOWN concert at Crypto.com Arena, as well as Amazon Music Original content and more.
The Game Has Changed: Roblox Launches a Licensing Platform to Connect IP Owners and Platform Creators
The newly introduced Roblox License Manager and accompanying licenses catalog seeks to streamline and scale the previously cumbersome process of negotiating IP deals on Roblox. The Roblox License Manager equips rights holders with tools to register and manager their IP, set custom licensing terms, and proactively scan for IP usage
Music Tectonics hosts online Responsible AI Summit July 24
AI is shaking up the music world, and it’s time to talk about what that really means for artists, creators, and the industry’s future. Join the Music Tectonics online Responsible AI Web Summit July 24th to hear from the minds behind Endel, WaveAI, and more in a real conversation about music and AI.
Signage Studio integrates with Custom Channels music streaming
The API level integration of Custom Channels Pro into a content management platform allows Signage Studio customers to manage both visual content and curated background music from a single system, according to a press release.
Armada's publishing arm forms strategic partnership with Spectrum Music
Armada’s collaboration with Spectrum has already yielded co-writing results, with several tracks from a joint writing camp with Voorn making it on to his upcoming album, Serotonin, out on July 18 on Spectrum via Armada Music. Two of Voorn’s upcoming releases with Nathan Nicholson are also a product of the partnership.
Can AI Music Ever Replace Human Authenticity?
The music industry is at war with AI music startups, battling tooth-and-nail to protect its AI. But how much can the robots really replace?
AI can write a hit song, but it can’t lift your soul or break your heart
Why Timbaland’s new AI artist TaTa is not the future of music.
Tabletop Tunes Adds Immersive Music to Tabletop Gaming with Interactive App
Adaptive music application specifically made for tabletop gaming.
The Tangled Web of Music Metadata: How We Got Here
Jacob Varghese, Founder and Director at Noctil, a no-code metadata platform, explores the origins of the metadata mess.
Study Repots Listening To Digital Audio Platforms At An All-Time High
Among the noteworthy observations this year is the continued adoption of podcasts, especially with video podcasts. In addition, online audio usage is at record-high levels. More and more in-car audio entertainment has become digital.
Can We Still Detect AI-generated Content?
As models like GPT-4 and Claude get better at mimicking humans, researchers offer a new way to test watermarking — the hidden markers used to identify machine-made text.
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