SiriusXM Returns as Grammys’ ‘Official Radio Platform’; MUSQ and the Global Music Industry’s $200B Growth Opportunity
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How MUSQ Aims to Capture the Global Music Industry’s $200 Billion Growth Opportunity
The investment thesis behind MUSQ rests on a simple idea: music lives at the intersection of culture, technology, and fundamental human behavior. Unlike many thematic strategies tied to short-lived trends, music consumption persists across economic cycles, generations, and geographies.
IMRO Partners with Audoo to Modernize Music Monitoring in Ireland
Following the successful launch of the collaboration in May 2024, IMRO and Audoo have strengthened their work together to bring greater transparency, accuracy and ease to how background music usage is reported across Ireland.
SiriusXM Returns as the Grammys' 'Official Radio Platform'
Several longtime backers, among them IBM as well as Mastercard and (having powered the Grammy Channel for six years) SiriusXM, stand out. Likewise returning are Sony (the audio division of which has a two-year deal as the Grammys’ official pro audio partner), Frontera Wines, Hilton, United Airlines, and, handling red-carpet coverage, PEOPLE.
Authorship under automation
In the first essay of a short series exploring Bandcamp’s ban on AI-generated music, Vicki Bennett argues that the platform’s decision rests on the belief in a stable binary between computer and human made music
How the Grammys are adapting in a world of AI music, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ and a changing music marketplace
The Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. on what distinguishes the Grammy Awards in the age of AI.
Chartmetric report explores hit life-cycles and regional genres
Music-analytics firm Chartmetric has published its ‘Year in Music’ review of 2025, outlining the trends it tracked by analysing 13 million artists and 145m releases last year.
Metadata as a Second Language
Streaming is an actively evolving technology, and it’s probably still in its infancy.
Miranda Lambert catalog acquired by Sony Music Publishing in partnership with Domain Capital
The deal encompasses her complete back catalog of songs.
Coachella Creator Goldenvoice Pacts with San Francisco Giants to Launch ‘Club Darc’
Taking place on select weekends from Friday, February 27, through Saturday, May 16, at Shed A at Pier 48, Club Darc will bring the warehouse in the Mission Rock neighborhood to life with a run of electronic music events.
Wixen Music Publishing sues Meta over rates for songwriters
Billboard broke the news of a lawsuit focusing on a breakdown in negotiations for Wixen’s deals with Instagram and Facebook covering their licensed song libraries.
Audiospace Wins Digital Contract From Connoisseur
Swiss company provides apps, websites and data infrastructure.
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