Spotify Gets a New AI Assist From Meta’s Muse
By connecting Muse to Spotify, listeners can control playback, save songs, build playlists, discover podcasts and audiobooks, and more—all through a natural conversation.
STAGE+ Adds Blue Note, Impulse! And Verve Catalogues To Growing Jazz Library
STAGE+ is making a major expansion beyond its classical roots by bringing three of jazz’s most important record catalogues onto the streaming service. Subscribers can move between recordings, full-length concert videos, interviews and music videos, while curated playlists connect different periods, performers and styles.
Apple Music Dives Head-First Into Head Trip as the Official Livestream Partner
As Head Trip’s livestream partner, Apple Music will extend the experience beyond Indio, with sets from the main stage livestreamed across both days of the festival. The livestream and tune-in schedule will be released at a later date.
Spotify’s Reserved Expands From Ticket Access to a Full Concert Companion
Spotify is expanding Reserved, its ticket-access feature for highly engaged Premium listeners, with new tools designed to support fans before, during, and after a concert.
Apple Music Classical teams with learning platform Kahoot!
Available through a dedicated Apple Music Classical channel on Kahoot!, the new experiences invite learners to explore the fundamentals of classical music through interactive challenges and listening activities.
What GTA 6 Understands About Music That Your Label Doesn’t
Grand Theft Auto VI’s music turn fleeting streams into lasting fans because players discover songs inside a world they’ll return to for years.
Ableton CEO and co-founder Gerhard Behles on independence, longevity and community
As a co-creator of Ableton Live, the German music producer and CEO faces a unique set of problems to tackle — from minor bugs to existential issues.
Are Older Catalog Hits Taking Time Away From New Music Discovery?
In the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, Luminate’s Rob Jonas talks about the rise of nostalgia listening, AI — and why daily uploads have jumped to 150,000.
From the airwaves to the concert hall
Even with increasing private competition, public service media remains a cornerstone for 43% of the population. Music remains the primary engagement driver. By leveraging genres ranging from classical to indie, music radio delivers public service missions through an accessible, emotional lens. In this evolving market, the strategic focus is simple: Meeting audiences on their terms and platforms.
Sound designers and SFX libraries launch Professional Sound Alliance to fight AI scraping: ‘Now sound will have protection of our own’
The Alliance says it was formed in response to two forms of unauthorized use, which it calls Data Piracy and Sync Piracy.
U.S. House votes to keep AM radio within drivers’ reach
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to keep AM radio in new passenger vehicles, passing the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025, H.R. 979. The measure passed by voice vote, with members responding collectively rather than recording their votes individually.
LANDR expands AI fraud detection built with machine learning lab Mila
Distribution and music creation platform expands streaming fraud detection system.
AI is finding chart success in Christian, gospel and country music
These AI performers are not disrupting the conventions of their genres, which may be why audiences have been more willing to accept them.
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