What NFTs Promise Music Creators—And What They Actually Do; Super Hi-Fi, WellSaid Debut AI Radio DJ; Spotify X Shopify

Why own anything in the age of abundance?

From voice creation and delivery to audio curation and production, music and audio platforms can — for the first time — offer their listeners totally personalized, localized, voice-driven, on-demand products generated by AI in real time.

Artists can now use Shopify to manage and sell merch to fans via their artist profile.

The internet is entering a new era of community. The web3 has unlocked the possibility for communities to easily come together across platforms, which gives communities a sense of ‘realness’ that doesn’t feel the same as being on a web2 platform.

Is the flood of cash into funding livestreaming companies filling a consumer demand or investor dreams?

This is not a music story, but it's one that may give our industry pause for thought in the continued excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

SME’s chief executive, Sung Su Lee, explains his company’s strategy for building a roster of artists who can come together in the metaverse.

The tech giant’s acquisition of tiny classical-music startup Primephonic should tell us something about what factors are going to matter most to listeners and viewers. 

You don’t need a library card to check out Blast, Huntsville’s new online platform for streaming music from local artists.

What the music industry can learn from the video games sector about the long-term power and potential of free content

Liberty Media ended its brief entrée into broadcast radio on Oct. 5 by selling its entire stake in iHeartMedia, the largest radio broadcaster in the United States.

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