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DistroKid, repped by Goldman Sachs and Raine, exploring a sale - Music Business Worldwide New York-based company claims that it handles 30% to 40% of new music releases globally…

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Spotify eyes AI ‘derivatives’ as new revenue stream for artists – says its tech to let fans make remixes and covers is ready - Music Business Worldwide Spotify says it wants to enable listeners to interact with their favorite artists’ music through AI…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-eyes...

Merlin and IMPALA Launch Weidenmüller Sustainability Fund to Support Independent Music Sector’s Transition - Merlin This Earth Day, Merlin is proud to support the launch of the Weidenmüller Sustainability Fund. The fund is a new, multi-year joint initiative between Merlin and IMPALA, designed to accelerate the inde...

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Merlin joins Music Fights Fraud Alliance as part of united industry front against streaming fraud Merlin recently hired Sarah McNabb as its first director of content integrity. Read on for more on the digital music licensing agency’s work to combat streaming fraud…

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Ruth Barlow of AIM and Beggars Group on UMG, Downtown and why she believes ‘regulators must act’ - Music Business Worldwide This MBW op/ed comes from Ruth Barlow, Chair of the UK’s AIM, and Director of Live Licensing at Beggars Group…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ruth-barlow-...

Michael Lewan named Executive Director of Music Fights Fraud Alliance; YouTube Music, ONErpm, Revelator, Too Lost and more join as members - Music Business Worldwide Org was formed in June 2023 to tackle fraud in the music industry…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/michael-lewa...

There are now over 200m tracks on audio streaming services. Nearly 100m of them aren’t played more than 10 times each year. - Music Business Worldwide MBW explains new stats revealed by market monitor and analysis platform Luminate today (January 15)…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/there-are-no...

Universal’s Virgin Music Group to buy Downtown Music for $775 million - Music Business Worldwide Deal expected to close in second half of next year…

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Downtown confirms layoffs at CD Baby amid restructuring - Music Business Worldwide The company says it’s “re-allocating resources towards long-term growth opportunities.”

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BMG parent Bertelsmann partners with ElevenLabs, plans AI-generated music features - Music Business Worldwide “These tools don’t replace creators — they save time for the creative work that matters most,” ElevenLabs says.

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Bandcamp has released a new tier of Pro plan for Artists. Historically, accounts have been able to unlock similar perks for reaching a certain amount of revenue on their store, but this can be unlocked for anyone at $10 USD per month.
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Introducing some changes to our Web API To increase security we are limiting access to certain Web API endpoints for new applications.

Spotify is killing some of their APIs
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Spotify execs have cashed out more than $1B in stock this year Firm’s co-founders, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, have jointly cashed out over $800 million, according to filings reviewed by Music Business Worldwide.

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Vercel has acquired the gnu coreutils and Richard Stallman's soul

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I like tunesky, bluescrob also comes to mind. atlast.fm sounds cool but that domain is taken, maybe it could work under another tld though

Needed to change cloudflare ssl mode lol

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DistroKid to lay off 37 union workers - Music Business Worldwide DistroKid estimates that it distributes 30-40% of all new music in the world…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/distrokid-is...

Suno, with a $500m valuation, has admitted training its AI on copyrighted music. It just named Timbaland as a strategic advisor. - Music Business Worldwide ‘We’re going to open up the floodgates for generations of artists to flourish on this new frontier.’…

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-with-a-...

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Warner Music Group is shutting its TuneCore rival, Level Music - Music Business Worldwide Level to cease operations on Thursday, July 31…

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