Lyrics Show How AI Can Grow Music Revenue Without Replacing People
AI-assisted lyric transcription, sync, and translation can expand royalty revenue for songwriters and publishers while creating more work for human teams.
Stockholm’s Sauna Radio relocates to Reimersholme Hotel for winter season
“Come hang out,” the team posted on Instagram.
Taylor Swift Tosses TikTok Another Juicy Exclusive
Taylor Swift teams up with TikTok for another exclusive in-app experience celebrating The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore and her new single, “Patient Zero.”
Shakira and Amazon Music stream Madrid concert live and free
Shakira will livestream a full concert worldwide for the first time. The show, broadcast free from Madrid on October 3, will be available via Amazon Music, Prime Video and Twitch.
French broadcasters unite to demand guaranteed radio access in cars
French broadcasters have united in a call for mandatory FM/DAB+ receivers in new vehicles and free, prominent access to terrestrial radio through a physical control or the first screen of the multimedia interface.
Spotify’s Rap 91 Live to return as a subscriber-exclusive event
Spotify India’s annual hip-hop festival Rap 91 Live — named after its flagship playlist for the genre — will return for its fifth edition on 24 October.
Radiocentre Study Finds Audio Drives Higher Campaign ROI.
There’s more good news for radio advertisers by way of a just-released study from Radiocentre, which shows that moving some of a brand’s budget from search and social to audio media increases ROI. “Audio amplifies search and social performance, driving stronger results without increasing campaign budgets,” Radiocentre’s report says
Study explores the impact of ‘the Spotify playlist cleanup’
News that some of Spotify’s flagship playlists have been losing followers might usually be seen as bad news for the streaming service.
Linking songs to recordings is music data’s ‘single biggest unsolved problem.’ Expect it to come up at DDEX’s Meta-backed summit next month.
Mark Isherwood, who heads DDEX’s Secretariat, explains his views on music data – and where we’re headed.
BeatStars’ new feature tracks credits and splits as songs are made
With shonky metadata and unagreed splits an enduring problem for the music industry, attention has turned in recent times to recording information from the earliest parts of the songwriting and recording processes.
How Much Did the VMAs Help the Streaming Numbers for Madonna, Sienna Spiro & More Performers?
This week’s Trending Up looks at streaming bumps for MTV Video Music Awards performers like Madonna and Sienna Spiro.
MLC’s Lengthy Legal Battle Against Pandora Is About to Get Lengthier
A federal judge denies summary judgment, sending MLC’s lengthy mechanical royalties battle against Pandora to trial.
ClassicalBot uses AI to track classical-music concerts globally
ClassicalBot started as a way to map classical-music concerts in the developer’s home country, before expanding to the world.
Drake Says a ‘Bunch of Songs’ From ‘FOMO’ Short Film Are Coming to Streaming Services This Week
Drake revealed during a Kick livestream that he’s releasing a “bunch of songs” from his ‘FOMO’ short film on streaming services.
Voice Intelligence Startup Modulate Raises $25 Million, Says Its AI Music Detector ‘Achieved 95% Precision Across 76 Unique Genres’
AI-powered startup Modulate, the company behind “audio-native voice intelligence model” Velma, has scored a $25 million raise.
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