Now Coca-Cola Has Launched Its Own ‘AI-Powered’ Instrument
Music Ally reports: "We warned you last week: brands and their creative agencies are piling into AI music. They’re sensing a buzz that they...
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Becomes First Album In Spotify History To Cross...
Digital Music News reports: "On Friday, April 19, the day of its release, The Tortured Poets Department was the first album in Spotify history...
Zynga’s Socialpoint Partners With MrBeast On Top Troops In-Game Event
GamesBeat reports: "Zynga’s Socialpoint Studio announced today that it’s partnering with YouTuber James “MrBeast” Donaldson on a limited-time battle challenge within the mobile RPG...
Embracer Group Announces Plans To Split Into Three Separate Companies
VGC reports: "The group will separate into three companies – Asmodee, Coffee Stain & Friends and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends – each of which...
YouTube Now Controls 9.7% Of U.S. Television Usage, Nielsen Says
Yahoo! Tech reports: "Connected TV usage of YouTube accounted for 9.7% of all U.S. TV viewing in March, according to Nielsen's latest monthly tube...
Delta, The Free Nintendo Emulator, Launches On Apple’s App Store
IGN reports: "After Apple loosened its policies on allowing retro game emulators, developer Riley Testut launched a new, free emulator on the App Store...
Theorycraft Launches Project Loki Into Alpha And Teams With Publisher NetEase And Nexon
GamesBeat reports: "Theorycraft has announced that it will team up with Nexon and NetEase Games to publish its game, code-name Project Loki, in Asian...
Concord, Financed By Apollo, Makes $1.4Bn Cash Bid To Acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s Assets
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Remember when Concord bought Round Hill Music‘s assets off the UK stock exchange for USD $469 million in November? The...
Live Selling Startup CommentSold Uses AI To Generate Shoppable, Social-Ready Clips
TechCrunch reports: "CommentSold, the e-commerce tech startup that provides web and video tools to online retailers, launched a new generative AI–powered tool on Wednesday...
Twitch Is Ready To Roll Out Its TikTok-Like Discovery Feed To Everyone
Mashable reports: "Twitch is rolling out its new TikTok-like Discovery Feed later this month, joining a growing cohort of tech companies taking design tips...
Metaverse Studio Karta’s Fortnite Game Beat Builder Hits 100,000 Players
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Since launching in mid-2021, Karta, a metaverse studio that offers in-game experiential marketing, has attracted significant investment and struck major...
A16z Raises Second Gaming Fund At $600M As Part Of $7.2B Funding
GamesBeat reports: "A16z announced that it has raised a new $600 million games fund as part of a $7.2 billion raise for the venture...
Former Spotify Exec And Parcast Studios Founder Max Cutler Launches New Media Company –...
IMDb reports: "Spotify’s former VP, Head of Talk Creator Content and Partnerships, Parcast Studios Founder, and entrepreneur Max Cutler, today announced the launch of...
Viaplay Launching On Prime Video Channels After Shutting Down U.S. Streaming App
Deadline reports: "Viaplay shut its direct-to-consumer service in February, but the Scandi streamer is still active in the U.S. The platform has struck a...
Sora Is Going To Change Hollywood, But Hollywood Needs To Have Final Cut
Variety reports: "There’s no denying that the announcement of Sora, OpenAI’s new text to video technology, has elicited a mixture of excitement and anxiety...
Stability AI Is Giving More Developers Access To Its Next-Gen Text-To-Image Generator
The Verge reports: "The next generation of the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion is still in preview, but Stability AI is making it available...
Amazon Music Follows Spotify With An AI Playlist Generator Of Its Own, Maestro
TechCrunch reports: "Spotify isn’t the only company to dabble with using AI to generate playlists — on Tuesday, Amazon said it would do the...
Comic Book Platforms Marvel Unlimited And Viz Manga Extend Cooperation Into Digital Promotion
Variety reports: "Online comic book platforms Marvel Unlimited and VIZ Manga are to begin cross-promotions that are aimed at expanding fandom in the genre....
TikTok Launches Global Ticketing And Music Discovery Partnership With AXS
Music Week reports: "TikTok has formed a global ticketing partnership with AXS. The feature is now live in the UK, US, Sweden and Australia....
Red Rover Secures $15m In Funding
Games Industry Biz reports: "Red Rover Interactive has closed a $15 million series A funding round led by PUBG firm Krafton. New investors Tirta...
