YouTube Music Debuts New Tools to Connect Artists, Superfans; Taylor Swift Returns to Movie Theaters
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YouTube Music launches new tools to connect artists with superfans
Features include new release countdowns and album pre-saves on YouTube Music, plus exclusive video and merch drops for top fans.
Report: 85% of companies are already using AI marketing tools
Is AI going to have an impact on the digital advertising sector? It already is, according to industry body IAB Europe.
It’s Time To Rethink Social Media For Musicians
Social media sites offer artists a way to connect with their fans, but is it too short-sighted? It’s time to rethink social media for musicians and we have some long-term ideas for successful community engagement.
Rights clearinghouse MusicInfra raises $5m funding round
MusicInfra is one of the companies touting technology to fix the music industry’s metadata challenges. The New York-headquartered ‘rights-data focused clearinghouse’ has just closed a new funding round.
Bad Bunny’s Residency Finale Breaks Record for Most-Watched Amazon Music Livestream
Singer agreed to a multi-year partnership with Amazon to give back to Puerto Rico.
See You At The Movies: Taylor Swift Returns To Theaters With ‘Official Release Party Of A Showgirl’
All AMC Theatres locations will screen the special event, and Cinemark and Regal theaters will also host screenings. The movie premieres Oct. 3, the same day her new album will be released, and will run throughout the weekend. Tickets for the film are now on sale and will be $12 before booking fees.
Cardi B Selects: A limited-edition station to power cardio & culture
This limited-edition station was created in collaboration with Cardi B. It celebrates her newest release Am I The Drama? and features her hottest hits alongside fitness favorites like Beyonce and more.
Spotify foregrounds its human curators in ‘The Drop Weekly’
Spotify’s rivals love to characterise its service as driven more by algorithms than humans, but the company has been pushing back in recent times by shining more of a spotlight on its human editors.
Apple Music introduces DJ-style AutoMix for seamless song transitions, real-time lyrics translation and more
iOS 26 is bringing a number of upgrades to Apple Music, including the ability to import playlists from other streaming services.
Beyond direct licensing: building a blanket solution for generative AI
Generative AI models for music are disrupting how we create, consume, and remunerate music. Copyright is being scrutinised or updated in various jurisdictions, and a variety of lawsuits are working their way through the courts.
Jack White’s Third Man Records inks global distribution deal with Secretly
Secretly Distribution will handle physical and digital distribution, retail marketing, and technology infrastructure for all upcoming Third Man Records releases.
At MIT, musicians make new tools for new tunes
From the classroom to expanding research opportunities, students at MIT Music Technology use design to push the frontier of digital instruments and software for human expression and empowerment.
What More Eye Contact Can Do For Radio
Winning the image for having a strong local presence is usually a sign of a successful radio station. And you don’t even have to be “from here” in order to pull it off.
A creator just turned his AI music into a record deal
Oliver McCann, who goes by the artist name imoliver, has signed a deal with a record label. That’s not unusual in and of itself, but what is striking is that all of his music has been created by AI, which he puts to self-penned lyrics.
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