YouTube Takes on Spotify’s AI DJ; How Do We Fix Music Data?
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YouTube takes on Spotify’s AI DJ with test of ‘AI music hosts’
Spotify’s ‘AI DJ’ feature has so far been an outlier in the music-streaming world: an AI introducing tracks.
Global recorded music revenues up 5.9% in H1 2025
Global recorded music revenues, inclusive of expanded rights, grew to $18.3 billion in the first half of 2025, with streaming continuing to increase its share of revenues. While this was an impressive mid-year milestone, market growth is slowing, with H1 2025’s 5.9% growth slower than in the first halves of both 2023 and 2024.
The $100 Billion Question
It’s time to restate the obvious: the music industry needs a global registry of verified copyright ownership data. If a unified and shared data layer of music ownership existed, it would unlock massive opportunities and growth for the whole music industry.
What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess
The only human-made element behind Xania Monet’s act appear to be the lyrics.
Bose x NME partner on C25 Mixtape
The mixtape’s tracklist aims to spotlight emerging musicians.
Virgin Music Group forms Vietnam JV with Metub
The new entity, Virgin Music Group Vietnam (VMG Vietnam), will be focused on signing and servicing local talent and independent labels to help them grow their music both domestically and internationally.
The World Is at Your Mouse Click
Tuning to shortwave radio over web-connected receivers.
AI is redistributing power in music – but who will control tomorrow’s licensing?
The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy, the Founder of OG.studio, and CEO of Amusica Song Management.
'Don’t Go Breaking My Heart' Hits One Billion Spotify Streams
The 1976 collaboration between Elton John and Kiki Dee topped charts around the world.
RIAA updates Udio lawsuit as GEMA prepares for OpenAI battle
The RIAA has amended its lawsuit against GenAI music firm Udio to include YouTube-scraping accusations, like those in its Suno case.
UMG & Sony work with AI research lab SoundPatrol to protect artists from copyright infringement
SoundPatrol’s patent-pending ‘forensic AI model for audio-video fingerprinting’ employs neural embeddings, which capture and analyse musical semantics in order to identify the influence of original human-created music in fully or partly AI-generated music content.
STIM Taps Sureel AI for Repertoire Attribution and Tracking
AI attribution company Sureel AI teams up with the Swedish music rights society to provide advanced attribution technology for music.
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