Feed Items

Academy of Country Music appoints Andy Schuon, ex-MTV and REVOLT TV exec, as new CEO
Andy Schuon will start in the role on September 1, 2026, and will be based at the Academy's headquarters in Nashville. Source...

Snoop Dogg biopic ‘Snoop’ dated for August 2027, the first film from the rapper’s Death Row Pictures
Jonathan Daviss, known for the Netflix series Outer Banks, will play Snoop Dogg in the title role. Source...

US musicians union urges court to reject Universal and Warner bid to dismiss lawsuit over Suno and Udio deals
The AFM says the deals triggered a "new use" provision requiring UMG and Warner to compensate members whose music was licensed to AI companies. Source...

TikTok is testing an opt-in ‘Likeness Detection’ tool that lets US creators find and report AI deepfakes of themselves
It was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, who wrote in a post on X that TikTok was testing the feature with "some US creators." Source...

Universal Music Group has spent over $500M on its share buyback – with stage one of the process nearly complete
In total, UMG has repurchased 26,073,074 of its own shares since the program began in April, at a cost of EUR €487.7 million Source...

Spotify pushes deeper into music videos with new chart and artist pitching, stepping up its challenge to YouTube
Spotify now counts nearly 100,000 artists in a beta that lets them upload full-length videos themselves. Source...

Canada’s SOCAN names Musical AI as its attribution partner to credit and pay creators whose work shapes AI music
SOCAN will recognize Musical AI as an approved tech partner for attribution services, and the two will explore how the technology can be applied in Canada. Source...

Nick Holmstén and Ash Pournouri officially launch superfan startup Belong – backed by Troy Carter, Chris Zarou and Hans Vestberg
Former Spotify Global Head of Music Nick Holmstén and Avicii's former manager Ash Pournouri launched new company Source...

WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let distro company’s artists track AI use of their music
Warner Music Group acquired Sureel in June Source...

90,000 AI tracks flood Deezer daily – passing 50% of all new music uploads for the first time
Deezer says it will take down AI tracks used to inflate streams fraudulently, as well as those that have not been streamed for six months or more Source...

Comments And Feedback

«

January

»