Spotify Partners With India's Vi; Global Rise of Francophone Audio; Music, Film Discovery Platform Corus Debuts
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Spotify Partners With India's Vi, Bundling Premium and Cellular
The DSP and the telecom giant just recently unveiled their tie-up, which will, at the top level, afford Vi Postpaid subscribers “complimentary access to the full Spotify Premium experience at no additional cost.”
The Global Rise of Francophone Audio
French-language music, podcasts, and audiobooks are no longer regional—they are scaling worldwide.
New music and film discovery platform Corus launches
The app combines social networking with music and film recommendations, allowing users to share favourite tracks and movies while connecting with others through shared taste. It currently integrates with Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, TIDAL and Deezer.
Elvis And John Lennon, Yoko Ono Docs To Play At Provence Arts Festival
The Provence Arts Festival du Film is readying for its second edition, focused this year on “a celebration of music and musical artists through documentary cinema.”
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
Music streaming service TIDAL is the latest to take aim at AI-generated music with the introduction of a new policy that will prevent fully AI-generated music from making money on its platform. In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove AI-generated music that attempts to impersonate an artist or a group, the company said.
Suno sued by Winamp subsidiary Jamendo, as firm files new copyright suit just a week after suing Nvidia
Jamendo accuses Suno of the unauthorized use of musical content and associated data in the development and operation of its AI technologies.
Gramophone Debuts ‘Listening Room’ Podcast Series
The Gramophone Listening Room is about exploring recent and historic treasures of the recordings catalogue through the ears and player perspectives of some of today’s finest younger-generation musical voices
Sony Music Indonesia and Sun Eater Group launch joint venture label LUNAR
The venture pairs Sony Music‘s global distribution platforms and marketing with the artist development of Sun Eater Group, the Jakarta-based company that the partners describe as Indonesia’s leading independent music label.
SoundCloud and Twitch Launch Collab to Help Emerging DJs Reach New Fans
"SoundCloud Sessions" is a new livestream series pairing the energy of a live DJ performance with native digital discovery and promotional support.
Billy Joel's 'Vienna' Joins Spotify's Billions Club Nearly 50 Years After Release
From vinyl to streaming, Billy Joel's "Vienna" continues to stand the test of time.
Chris Martin’s lost James Bond theme goes on auction with unheard Coldplay tapes
Acoustic recording of a song titled The World Is Not Enough included in wide-ranging auction featuring formative Coldplay recordings.
Voices Radio to open new East London studio
Voices East will focus on “DJs and video-first” content.
Madonna Says AI Is “Opposite Of Making Art”
The 7x Grammy winner recently explained why AI-generated content is “the opposite of making art,” noting that she prefers “connecting to nature, my children, my horses” for inspiration in making music.
Backstreet Boys Look to Decommission AI Deepfakes by Trademarking Their Voices
In support of the request, the Backstreet Boys attached a few “specimens” containing the relevant words (plus the slightly different “Hey, we’re the Backstreet Boys”) as spoken in concert adverts.
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