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Kobalt signs on for Spotify’s AI fan-made covers and remixes
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (330+ words) Suno and Udio are preparing to launch properly-licensed AI-music models whose features include the ability for people to remix and cover the music of opted-in artists. But Spotify is also charging in to that space. The streaming service has already…...
Kalshi update: Washington ruling, New York row, Funding rumours
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (329+ words) Things are moving fast for prediction-market startup Kalshi, but are they in danger of breaking? The company is certainly facing some regulatory headwinds in the US at the moment, even as it lines up a monster funding round. We’ll start…...
There is huge demand for music podcasts… but not enough supply
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (256+ words) As a site indexing tens of thousands of podcasts from various services to help people discover shows, WhichPodcast is getting some valuable data. Including where there’s a gap between demand (what people search for) and supply (how many podcasts are…...
Colorado’s Artist Company Act is all about enabling ‘A-Corps’
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (353+ words) Talking about music artists needing to be ‘CEOs of their own businesses’ has become a bit of a cliché in recent years, even if it’s well-rooted in the practicalities of a DIY music career. However, some recently-enacted legislation in the…...
California’s AB 1720 ticketing bill is not moving forward
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (271+ words) Proposed legislation in California that would have capped resale prices for concert tickets at 10% more than their original price has bitten the dust. Bill AB 1720 has not progressed from the state’s Senate appropriations committee, despite support from the likes of…...
Fairground wants fans to discover independent music via???scenes???
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (364+ words) The latest startup hoping to point music listeners towards independent and grassroots artist is Fairground, based in the UK. It has launched its website and mobile apps this week. This is more than just a ‘here’s a bunch of independent…...
Latest Gemini app connections include Ticketmaster and Pandora - Music Ally
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (215+ words) Google has been unveiling its latest phones and AI features this week at its ‘Made by Google’ event, including some new music partnerships. They revolve around Gemini, the AI assistant that has just reached the milestone of one billion monthly…...
Beatport bars tracks ‘wholly or substantially generated by AI’
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (230+ words) Beatport is the latest music service to clarify its policies on AI-generated music, and it’s leaning towards Bandcamp’s stance of barring it outright from the platform. “It is our policy not to accept music on our platform that has been…...
Twitch discusses opt-out system for Amazon AI-model training
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (292+ words) Music artists and songwriters are facing decisions right now about whether to opt in or out of the deals that their labels and publishers are striking with GenAI companies. But the same is true for other kinds of online creators....
TikTok???s???Music on Stage??? returns with August artist auditions
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (265+ words) TikTok’s global take on X Factor is coming back for another talent-search contest this summer. ‘Music on Stage’ will kick off with an “all-day global relay concert” on 15 August. That’s also when the auditions for the contest will kick off,…...