Tag: social

Live Nation hit with class action lawsuits over data breach involving Social Security numbers and health records
Live Nation's statement came five days after Ticketmaster customers across the US ran into problems with ticket transfers. Source...

How to Turn Blog Posts into Videos with Text-to-Video AI
A blog post can reach more people when it is also available as a video. Text-to-video AI offers a simpler approach. It can turn the main ideas from an article into visual scenes based on written promp...

The US and UK’s share of the world’s ‘Superstar’ artists has fallen from 55.7% to 40.7% since 2021, shows Chartmetric data
Figures come from Global Music Pulse, a new report from Chartmetric, which tracks 14m artists across streaming and social services Source...

Khosla Ventures-backed AI music company GRAI acquires social music platform Hangout
Hangout launched in November 2024 with a catalog of over 100 million tracks, licensed from Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Merlin. Source...

Warner Music/Blavatnik Social Justice Fund names 17 grantees in first 2026 docket, investing almost $6M
Eight music-focused organizations are among the fund’s 17 grantees, including four newcomers. Source...

Sony Music sues Ralphs parent Kroger over alleged copyright infringement in social media ads
The complaint states that Kroger disclosed advertising costs of approximately $1.18 billion in 2025. Source...

DSW reaches settlement in principle with Sony Music over music used in social media ads
Financial terms were not disclosed in the filing, and the agreement between Sony and the retailer has yet to be executed. Source...

Universal Music Group partners with Hook to license fan-created content across social media
The partnership gives fans new ways to create with major-label music while routing compensation back to UMG artists and rightsholders. Source...

‘The real debate isn’t AI versus artists – it’s whether innovation and rightsholder participation can coexist.’
Hook founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma explains why fan-made creations and remixes on social media are becoming the music industry’s next major consumption category… Source...

Snapchat now lets users share and save Spotify songs via Snap Map, used by 450m people a month
Social media platform Snap has launched Now Playing on Snap Map, a feature that lets Snapchat users share the music they are listening to Source...

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