TikTok Launches #NewMusic Hub; The Luxury Brand That’s More Than a Music Distributor; DiMA Recruiting for New President/CEO

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The Luxury Brand That’s More Than Just a Music Distributor

In the highly crowded and competitive music industry, distribution is a critical component of success for artists, labels, and independent musicians. And there are multiple music distribution companies to choose from today, each with its own unique offerings. However, one company standouts from the rest: REWAVE.

Six of the best audio streaming platforms for classical music in 2023

I’ve chosen six platforms to compare, each of which has an extensive collection of classical music recordings available on a “full catalogue” basis.

Purge all you want, Spotify, it won't cancel AI music – and Grimes has a better idea

You'd be better off taking a leaf out of her book…

2023 Sound & Screen: Television Streaming Site

Deadline has launched the streaming site for Sound & Screen: Television, its live-music showcase featuring the musicians and their scores behind this year’s buzziest small-screen series and movies.

TikTok launches #NewMusic hub focused on new music release

This isn’t a new hashtag: artists have been using it for years to tag videos featuring their new tracks, to the tune of more than 19bn views.

Storme Warren To Exit SiriusXM The Highway

Warren is a 26-year Nashville industry veteran, celebrating his 36th year in broadcasting this year. As SiriusXM The Highway’s morning show host, he has been responsible for the Hot 30 Countdown and conducting Prime Country interview specials.

DiMA recruiting for new President and CEO, as Garrett Levin confirms exit

“This summer, my family and I will be relocating to Geneva, Switzerland because of my wife’s job. In conjunction with that relocation, I will be concluding my tenure as President and CEO of The Digital Media Association (DiMA),” wrote Levin in the post announcing his departure.

Why AI Is a Game-Changer for the Music Industry

Are you ready to rock, investors?

Why the power of AI may hold the key to distributing wealth throughout the music industry

We explore the complex relationship between copyright holders and tech titans, raise questions around ownership over likeness and image, suggest a program of action to a new Jedi council led by Coldplay, McCartney, Zuckerberg and Sunak and offer new hope.

No song on Apple Music has more than 1 billion streams, here's the most popular one so far

After eight years, no artist could hit one billion streams on a single song, which shows the giant contrast between Apple Music and Spotify, as Apple’s competitor is constantly adding new records with the most played songs and how fast some artists can surpass one billion streams.

New streaming study focuses on Swedish artists' Spotify payouts

Which Swedish artist has generated the highest payouts from Spotify since the streaming service launched in 2008?

Hands on with Google’s AI-powered music generator

Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released yesterday during the kickoff of its I/O conference.