TikTok, iHeartRadio Viewing Record for Madonna; nugs $5 Summer Sale; New Community Radio Digital World Map
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nugs Launches $5 Per Month Offer for Live Music Streaming All Summer
nugs announced its $5 Summer Offer: three months of nugs membership for just $5 per month (regularly $14.99), giving fans access to a packed season of exclusive concert livestreams, on-demand concert videos, and official live recordings. The offer is available July 13 through August 15 to new and eligible returning subscribers.
TikTok & iHeartRadio Tout Huge Numbers on Madonna ‘LIVE’ Album Splash
TikTok and iHeartRadio set a new viewing record for the biggest TikTok Live on July 2, with over 2.16 million unique viewers tuning in for Madonna.
New community radio digital world map launched
Community Radio Index is an interactive online tool that maps community radio stations across the globe.
A rare John Paul Jones song is coming to streaming for the first time
“Blooming Youth” recorded by Rayna Gellert and Jones, was originally released on the album Help Me to Sing, a companion album to the soundtrack to the documentary “Awake, My Soul” about Sacred Harp singing.
A Make-or-Break Moment for AI Music Companies
It’s easy to conflate AI music companies as all good or all bad. The truth is that there is a broad range of functionality and postures towards the creative community.
Why a fight over 61,000 recordings could shape the future of AI music licensing
The 61,026 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum statutory damage of $9 billion, up from around $84 million under the original 560-work complaint.
Streaming accelerates nostalgia-driven catalog discovery, says Vevo study
The report highlights Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” as an example of a new release built on borrowed nostalgia.
Figures In Music: JamBase CTO David Onigman
From dynamic ticket pricing to “blue dot fever,” the live music industry is rapidly evolving. JamBase CTO David Onigman explains how the platform tracks over 100,000 global events and the trends reshaping concerts, festivals, and touring.
Björn Ulvaeus on AI: ‘Tracing the output was always the wrong question’
Cisac president and ABBA co-founder Björn Ulvaeus has given his latest – and most detailed – speech about AI and creators, at the United Nations’ AI for Good Summit in Geneva.
Human Creators Are Powering AI Music. They Need to Get Paid.
As a music industry veteran who has spent decades advocating for artist rights, I unequivocally support creators getting their due. Whether you authored a book, produced a TV series, illustrated a comic, or wrote a song, you deserve to be fairly compensated for your work.
South Korean bill would require ‘pre-screening’ of music releases
There are arguments afoot in South Korea this week due to a proposed amendment to the country’s Music Industry Promotion Act by the ruling party.
Can Meaw Chain make “vibe mixing” a thing?
With the ability to generate plugin chains from simple text prompts, Safari Audio’s new tool takes AI in an interesting new direction.
Maono launches no-nonsense audio interfaces aimed at content creators
With intuitive operation, direct camera integration and streamer-friendly features.
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