Tag: social

DistroKid confirms it has removed tracks in response to UMG claims

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:16:46 +0000

The Verge reported that independent artists had been posting on social media about their music being taken down without notice.

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Warner Music sues Ray-Ban and Oakley owner Luxottica over alleged use of 427+ works in social media posts

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:15:41 +0000

The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner.

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Live Nation hit with class action lawsuits over data breach involving Social Security numbers and health records

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:10:47 +0000

Live Nation's statement came five days after Ticketmaster customers across the US ran into problems with ticket transfers.

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How to Turn Blog Posts into Videos with Text-to-Video AI

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:57:34 +0000

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 prompts. You can then add narration, captions, music, and branding to create content for social media, or your website. […]

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

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:18 +0000

Figures come from Global Music Pulse, a new report from Chartmetric, which tracks 14m artists across streaming and social services

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Khosla Ventures-backed AI music company GRAI acquires social music platform Hangout

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:28 +0000

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.

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Warner Music/Blavatnik Social Justice Fund names 17 grantees in first 2026 docket, investing almost $6M

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:30:33 +0000

Eight music-focused organizations are among the fund’s 17 grantees, including four newcomers.

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Sony Music sues Ralphs parent Kroger over alleged copyright infringement in social media ads

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:08:37 +0000

The complaint states that Kroger disclosed advertising costs of approximately $1.18 billion in 2025.

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DSW reaches settlement in principle with Sony Music over music used in social media ads

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:08 +0000

Financial terms were not disclosed in the filing, and the agreement between Sony and the retailer has yet to be executed.

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Universal Music Group partners with Hook to license fan-created content across social media

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:12:01 +0000

The partnership gives fans new ways to create with major-label music while routing compensation back to UMG artists and rightsholders.

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‘The real debate isn’t AI versus artists – it’s whether innovation and rightsholder participation can coexist.’

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:30:40 +0000

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…

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Snapchat now lets users share and save Spotify songs via Snap Map, used by 450m people a month

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:27:23 +0000

Social media platform Snap has launched Now Playing on Snap Map, a feature that lets Snapchat users share the music they are listening to

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TikTok is testing an opt-in ‘Likeness Detection’ tool that lets US creators find and report AI deepfakes of themselves

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:21:21 +0000

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."

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