GTA VI Trailer Gives Tom Petty a Streaming Boost; India’s Music Market: Only 2nd to US and Surging
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GTA VI trailer hits 126m views and gives Tom Petty a streaming boost
On Monday this week, Rockstar Games published the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, the next instalment in its popular series.
New Radio-as-a-Service Tools Target Media Companies Branching Into Audio
Why artist subscriptions are the perfect partner to two-tier licensing
Spotify will soon expand its Discovery Mode to include mixes
Spotify announced that it was gathering its artist-marketing tools into a new ‘Campaign Kit’. Now it has some additions.
She Is The Music launches ‘MixHer’ Dolby Atmos training program
Nonprofit organisation She Is The Music has teamed up with music fintech firm EngineEars for a new training program for women audio engineers.
India’s Music Market: Only 2nd to US and Surging
Over the last several decades the music industry has predominantly focused on the largest, most established market – the U.S. Recently there has been a shift in focus on emerging or flourishing global markets, especially as music listeners become global consumers. India represents such an example and stands out as one of the largest markets with exceptionally strong recent growth.
YouTube Issues Major Rule Change for Copyright Royalty Disputes — With a Possible Windfall for Music Publishers
The changes will effectively shuttle disputed royalties to established music publishers if conflicts remain unresolved after a certain period. Unresolved funds will be distributed to music publishers according to their revenue market share on the platform.
Spotify Wrapped: Here’s How Spotify Calculates Your Listening Data
Streams are counted when users listen to a song for 30 seconds or more.
Tracknack: How a New Spotify Add-On Offers a Data-Driven Music Discovery Solution
Tracknack seamlessly integrates with Spotify, Discogs and ChatGPT to offer curated personalized playlists.
Record industry tells US Copyright Office training AI with existing music is "rarely, if ever, fair use"
The American record industry has submitted a ‘reply comment’ to the US Copyright Office’s AI inquiry, again hitting out at the suggestion that using existing music to train a generative AI model constitutes ‘fair use.’
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