The New Apple Music Features in iOS 17; Spotify Will Promote Artists' Music on Your Home Feed, if They Pay
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The New Apple Music Features in iOS 17; Spotify Will Promote Artists' Music on Your Home Feed, if They Pay
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Apple outlines all the new Apple Music features in iOS 17
They include ‘SharePlay’ (where passengers in cars will be able to control the music) and collaborative playlists.
Spotify Will Promote Artists' Music on Your Home Feed, if They Pay
You might see more sponsored recommendations when you fire up your Spotify app, now that the music streaming giant has started offering artists a new paid tool they can use to promote their music. "Showcase" gives artists a way to put their music in front of more people, whether their tunes are newly released or are something from deep in their catalog.
How Mewo.io plans to ‘revolutionize’ the sync music sourcing process using its AI-powered music search platform
Sync is big business – and it’s getting bigger. According to the RIAA, at the end of 2022, Synchronization Royalties in the United States reached $382.5 million, growing 24.8% YoY compared to the $306.5 million recorded for 2021.
Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund set to spend $440m buying 29 catalogs from Hipgnosis’ UK-listed fund; competitors have 40 days to try and outbid its offer.
Big news from the Hipgnosis family of companies. As predicted by MBW earlier this year, UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) has issued its shareholders a proposal to sell 29 catalogs from its portfolio for USD $440 million to another Hipgnosis fund – the private, Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital (HSC).
Latest DiMA report explores streaming habits of hip-hop fans
Fresh from unveiling its new boss, former Ivors Academy CEO Graham Davies, the Digital Media Association (DiMA) has published its latest research report.
Creatives and AI: Can we all just get along?
Savvy creators and marketers know that by combining technology and creativity, you can achieve faster and better. That’s when things start getting to the next level.
Spain recorded music revenues grew 11.5% in first half of 2023
Spanish streaming revenues grew by 13.3% year-on-year to €188.2m. Promusicae took a pop at video streaming in its release, noting that while video accounted for more than a third of music streams, it only generated 15.7% of the revenues.
The company building AI dubbing that preserves original voices
Seamus McAteer, the founder of Speechlab, discusses AI-generated speech and the importance of translating accents.
‘Generative AI is set to revolutionize the music business.’
Voice-mimicking AI tech has caused a big stir in the music business this year due to incidents of superstars’ voices being cloned without their consent – and then going viral.
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