TikTok Adds Listening Party Feature With Apple Music; Stingray Aims to be a Global Audio Powerhouse
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TikTok Launches Listening Party Feature With Apple Music
For independent artists, music marketers and labels, this offers a major new community building tool. Instead of just hoping a 15-second clip goes viral on TikTok, you can now host synchronous listening sessions where fans stream your entire album while chatting with you and each other in real-time.
Stingray Aims to Be a Global Audio Powerhouse
Stingray’s acquisition of TuneIn provides insight into the competitive global audio marketplace. We talked with TuneIn CEO Rich Stern about the deal, and about radio’s role in cars with IP-based connections and the possible benefits to radio of a larger presence in connected TVs.
TikTok Launches Wuthering Heights In-App Content Hub, with Charli XCX a Monster Draw
With the debut of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” film over the weekend, clips are already flooding TikTok—especially those featuring Charli xcx’s soundtrack. To capitalize on that buzz, TikTok has launched an in-app “Wuthering Heights” hub featuring the BRAT Brit herself, gathering official film clips, trending sounds, and more fan-made content.
Music Tech Startup Reached New Heights at NAMM TEC
A tiny, Minneapolis-based tech startup found itself in rarefied air last week, as an award finalist alongside Apple, Fender, and Steinberg. Those are multinational powerhouses, whereas Caedence was built by “five dudes in a basement,” says co-founder Anton Friant.
Is Personalized Music Discovery Organic When It's Driven By AI?
Nearly every music streaming platform now relies on artificial intelligence-driven algorithms; AI now drives the majority of our personalized music curation.
Why AI Won’t Make Everyone a Musician
AI can open the door wider, lower the barrier, and make the process more accessible than ever before, but that doesn’t suddenly turn the entire world into musicians. In fact… that’s the beauty of it.
Sony Group develops tech to track original music in AI-generated songs
That’s according to the financial news outlet Nikkei Asia, which reported on Monday that the tech has opened a path for songwriters to claim compensation when their work is used without authorization.
Jay Gilbert exits Music Biz Weekly podcast after 500 episodes
Jay Gilbert is stepping aside as cohost of the popular Music Biz Weekly podcast after 500 episodes. Mike Brandvold, who released the first episode in 2011, a decade before current podcast boom, will continue as host.
Apple Music and YouTube Music Join the AI-Generated Playlist Party — As Across-the-Board ‘AI Slop’ Criticism Continues
Apple Music and YouTube Music have joined the AI-generated playlist party with features designed to turn text and voice prompts into personalized music selections.
Africa Rising Music Conference (ARMC) Reveals First 2026 Headline Speakers
The Africa Rising Music Conference (ARMC) returns to Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, on 22nd – 23rd May 2026, continuing its role as a leading platform connecting African and global music industries through dialogue, innovation, and collaboration.
Amorph is a free plugin that turns text prompts into fully functioning instruments and effects
Developer Artists in DSP stresses that no coding knowledge is required – but “full access” is granted to the plugin’s Cmajor engine for granular tweaking, or even writing instruments from scratch.
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