7+ hour, 18+ min ago  (277+ words) Slump? What slump?! With'global recorded-music revenues up 6.4% last year, the industry would be forgiven for taking a quiet moment to celebrate recently. However,'analytics firm Chartmetric's latest research'may interrupt that, based on its analysis of the streaming charts. "Last year…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (294+ words) Two theories emerged when UMG completed its acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings recently. One was that the lengthy regulatory scrutiny of the deal might discourage major labels from other indie acquisitions "for a while at least. The other, though, was…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (282+ words) A group of music publishers are continuing to sue AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement, focusing on its alleged use of their lyrics to train its Claude model, as well as some of its outputs. Now they have the backing…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago  (659+ words) There's a lot going on around social-media platforms right now, much of it not-entirely positive. A group of stories today offers a snapshot of some of the concerns "but also the money that's still driving the giants of the sector....

12+ hour, 20+ min ago  (401+ words) Australia's government has unveiled new copyright reforms this week, specifically involving circumstances in which the copyright owner is unknown or unlocatable " "orphan works'. Expanding on the contents of the Copyright Act 1986, the Copyright Amendment Bill allows Australians new access to…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (11+ words) Instagram sets out its stall as a "music superfandom" platform'Music Ally...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (235+ words) The number of music-related integrations with ChatGPT is growing. We reported on'Spotify'and'Apple Music'partnering with OpenAI to link up with its chatbot, and now'SeatGeek has joined the AI party. The SeatGeek app will enable fans to search for tickets at concerts,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (245+ words) It's 1 April, so when we were sent'a press release about a famous band that includes the phrase "Gaussian Splat', we were on full Spoof Alert. But a.)'Gaussian Splats are a real thing" a way of building a 3D scene by layering…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (211+ words) One of the additional stories contained within its report is the success of independent Spanish artist Dellafuente, whose concerts last year averaged 58,815 ticket sales. That made him the top-ranked Spanish artist by that metric, but just as impressively he was…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (231+ words) It's not Universal Music India but its publishing arm that has announced the major's newest strategic partnership within the country. Universal Music Publishing India (UPMI) has just signed a deal with Music Nova, a Mumbai-headquartered label specialising in Indian devotional…...