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Music Business Worldwide reports that Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco and Ari Emanuel are among the backers. Notes says it takes no percentage of musicians’ royalties.
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The Verge reports that Spotify is also providing emerging artists with resources including free therapy.
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Music Business Worldwide reports that EQT led the funding round. Fever says its revenue more than tripled over the previous three years while it remained EBITDA-positive.
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Music Business Worldwide describes a two-stage opt-in process for artists deciding whether their music can be provided to Suno.
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Music Business Worldwide reports that music publishers want to identify the songs in books they allege Anthropic bought, scanned and destroyed.
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Music Business Worldwide, citing ElevenLabs, reports that the model went live on September 11 and became ElevenMusic’s default for prompted and reference generation.
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@musicbizworld describes UMG’s approach to AI in a five-point overview.
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Reuters reports that UMG filed the lawsuit in Delaware federal court, alleging that the online music distributor infringed its copyrights.
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Music Business Worldwide reports that Miao oversaw finance, legal, data and revenue operations at Hightouch.
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Music Business Worldwide says the American Federation of Musicians alleges its members’ recordings were “fed into AI systems for commercial exploitation.”
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Engadget says the unnamed software will be built around licensed music from UMG artists who want to participate.
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Music Business Worldwide says Suno is challenging UMG and Sony’s legal standing to bring a “stream ripping” claim.
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Music Business Worldwide says Believe, the Paris-headquartered music company, is the latest to strike a deal with AI music platform Suno.
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Engadget describes the new models as the formal start of Suno's partnership with big labels.
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Music Business Worldwide says the leak included payment and refund details. Names, contact details and card numbers do not appear among the items Weverse Company listed, the outlet reports.
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Music Business Worldwide says Chartmetric claims the new offering will significantly enhance subscribers’ analytical options.
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Music Business Worldwide says Brantberg joins after 12 years at Epidemic Sound and Overtone Studios.
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Super Junior-M’s Zhoumi appointed CEO to develop artists for Greater China market.
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Administration claims AI training on copyrighted text is lawful.
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Platform assists record companies in managing and distributing lyrics at scale.