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Spotify, Warner Music, Live Nation Lead Music Stocks to New High? Billboard Shares of Spotify rose 8.0% to $365.00 this week to lead all music stocks in a week the Billboard...
Investments, Acquisitions, & Partnerships
5 Questions With Andrew Batey of Side Door Ventures: AI, Superfans and What He’ll Cut a Check? Billboard Andrew Batey is best known to the music industry as the founder/co-CEO of streaming fraud...
After raising $3.5M in funding, AI-powered music remixing app Hook launches on iOS Music Business Worldwide The app allows users to create short-form remixes and mashups of popular songs using AI Source
Vinyl Group acquires Funkified Entertainment for $2.5m? Business News Australia Just three weeks after settling the acquisition of trade publication Mediaweek, diversified...
How to Meet and Treat Investors Music Technology UK By Hazel Savage, Angel Investor and Board Member; Co-founder, Musiio; VP Music Intelligence,... SIRIUS Raises $4M in?Seed Funding finsmes.com SIRIUS, a Berlin, Germany-based music school startup, raised $4m in?Seed funding. The round was...
un:hurd expands partner network with CD Baby, Amazon, beatBread, more; launches new membership tiers Music Business Worldwide Platform recently closed a 'six-figure' strategic funding round that included investments from Mr...
AI startups should brace for a wave of down rounds, investors say. Here's how it might play out. Business Insider Buzzy AI startups are struggling to command the same valuations from a few years ago. PM...
These are the 19 best female early-stage investors, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC' Business Insider Stephanie ZhanJake Stangel/Sequoia CapitalA San Francisco venture firm developed a proprietary...
Mixcloud acquires Encore to expand live music services Music Business Worldwide Encore will continue to operate as an independent brand following the deal, focusing on booking...
Music Collaboration Platform Ampollo Raises $3.1 Million Ahead of Launch Digital Music News
Big Picture: Music Biz, Live, & Social
Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses The Verge? They look almost like a normal pair of glasses.?That’s the first thing I notice as I walk into a...
Welcome to the post-feature world MIDiA Blog During the first two decades of the 21st century, companies in most industries competed on features...
TikTok challenger Connyct partners with Warner Music Group in lead up to launch Music Business Worldwide At least for now, the app will be available only to post-secondary students in the US Source
Best Nights VC wants to destigmatise corporate investment in music and nightlife Resident Advisor J?germeister's venture capital arm funds companies that enhance nightlife's social value–a formula...
The MLC urges court to deny Spotify’s motion to dismiss ‘bundling’ lawsuit Music Business Worldwide The MLC has filed a formal response to Spotify's motion to dismiss Source
TikTok subscriptions add messages, perks and exclusive content Music Ally With TikTok Music now toast, perhaps TikTok’s subscription economy isn’t something that deserves...
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Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records strike publishing deals with Reservoir Media Music Business Worldwide Snoop Dogg said: “I’m so honored to have them as a partner and excited for all the great things to...
TikTok Music is shutting down for good at the end of November Music Ally In recent years, the most obvious new candidate to join the upper ranks of music-streaming services...
Fresh Flavor
Top producer and mixing engineer Spike Stent to launch an AI version of himself Music Ally Spike Stent has worked with a proper who’s who of musical talent in his career as a producer and...
AI-powered music remixing app Hook launches in Apple’s App Store Music Ally We first wrote about startup?Hook?in October last year when it?raised a $3m round of funding?for...
AI Music Ethics: Insights from Attorney Sertac Ogul Hypebot Any exploration of how AI is reshaping the global music industry must include an understanding of...
SoundExchange to launch registry for rightsholders to declare whether or not they want their recordings used by developers to train AI models Music Business Worldwide Registry to launch in Q1 2025 and will use SoundExchange’s ISRC database Source
MatchTune says it has ‘cracked’ Suno’s AI-music generation model Music Ally Music-tech firm MatchTune is weighing into the debate around musical AIs and training, with a new...
Music?Tectonics music tech startup competition finalists named Hypebot The Music?Tectonics Conference Swimming With Narwhals music tech startup competition has named its...
Extra Credit
Meta unveils cheaper $299 Quest 3S VR headset CNBC Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Acquired LIVE event at...
Duolingo will soon be selling a $249 piano for its music course Music Ally Duolingo made its name with its language-learning app, but?in 2023 it expanded into music...
I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus Wired Activity trackers have come a long way. No longer mere step-counters, they can monitor your heart...
Beggars Group strikes deal with gaming startup Reactional Music Music Ally Reactional Music?is the startup that is helping music companies make their catalogues available for...
Neurable's brainwave-tracking Master & Dynamic headphones tell you when to take a break Engadget “It’s the most powerful wearable tracking the most important organ in your body.” Dr. Ramses...
Mobile game Candy Crush Saga is having a ‘Music Season’ Music Ally We’ve written regularly about Fortnite’s music-focused ‘Festival’ mode, but now another...
SOMA Labs re-introduce LYRA-4 Sound On Sound Latest news SOMA Laboratory have revived the LYRA-4, a smaller and more portable version of its LYRA-8...
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