Winamp Returns, Powered by Deezer; New Org Wants to be AI Music’s Lobby; Merck Mercuriadis to Deliver Keynote at Music Tectonics
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This New Org Wants to Be AI Music’s Lobby
The AI Music Creators Association (AIMCA) launched this month with a straightforward pitch: while everyone else fights over what to do about AI music, someone should be organizing the people actually making it.
Winamp aims for a comeback with a new music player powered by Deezer
Winamp and Deezer announced a partnership on Wednesday that will see Deezer power Winamp’s upcoming premium music subscription service. Under the agreement, Winamp will leverage Deezer’s white-label technology and global licensed music catalog while maintaining its own branding and user experience.
Industry figures launch Clique Apps to support artists in building fan relationships
Founded by Cody Blake, Matthew Esposito and Peter Bunetta, Clique gives artists and creators a dedicated mobile app where they can connect directly with fans through content, community, ticketing, merchandise and monetisation tools.
Can Google Build the All-in-One AI Music Studio?
Google has announced a major update for its Flow Music Spaces, unveiling a suite of new AI-powered creative tools for collaborative workspaces. The update means users can now generate and edit songs, split stems, create images, write lyrics, and generate video without swapping between different apps.
Merck Mercuriadis to deliver the Keynote at Music Tectonics Conference 2026
Mercuriadis is the perfect thinker to keynote this year’s Music Tectonics conference, dedicated to serious discussions and creative jam sessions that will grow the music market as a whole. Held in Santa Monica, October 27-29, 2026, Music Tectonics now spans three days and two unique venues, both right on the beach. Mercuriadis will speak on October 28 at the Annenberg Community Beach House.
What music ABS tells us about scaling catalog operations
The handful of companies that have accessed the rated market so far have invested significantly in their underlying infrastructure, and the case studies show just how much that work has paid off.
Custom Channels Integrates Music Streaming Into TrueSync Media Platform for Restaurants and Other Businesses
Built to integrate with the systems restaurants and other businesses already run, the Custom Channels platform unifies fully licensed music curation, AI-powered audio messaging, multi-location control, zone control, and real-time monitoring into a single centrally managed solution. Now TrueSync customers can manage professionally curated music alongside television entertainment and digital displays from a single platform.
How AI Agents Are Quietly Automating Music Companies
The music industry has been consumed by AI debates – from lawsuits involving Suno and Udio to major-label licensing deals. Now the focus is shifting to a bigger question: how do we work with AI-generated music legally, and what will it mean for the future of artists, labels, and streaming platforms?
What It Really Takes to Go Big on Spotify
Hint: not much. Here's what artists fundamentally miss about the way Spotify works, and what you should be doing about it.
Orphiq Commits to Making AI Serve Artists, Registers as Public Benefit Corporation
Artists should stay artists. AI should make life easier for the people who make music, not work against them. AI-powered artist development platform Orphiq insists on these guiding principles, helping artists and management teams find compelling new strategies and manage mundane release and promo tasks by using AI custom built to serve them.
Why dedicated fans are trading infinite choice for trusted curation
The story of digital music has been one of expanding choice. Streaming’s initial proposition was for the crate-diggers – a way of bringing the passion of music discovery into the digital age.
VuHaus Group Adds the SoCal Sound Los Angeles to List of Affiliates
The SoCal Sound joins the most influential public media outlets with a shared mission to support emerging and local artists. Formed in 2014, VuHaus Group is public media’s only national content and sales network for music stations.
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