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SoundExchange Signals Plans For AI Registry For Music Creators

Music Ally reports: "Music rightsholders want AI-music companies to ask permission and strike licensing deals before training their models on commercial recordings. As part...

UnitedMasters Adds AI Mastering Through Deal With Startup RoEx

Music Ally reports: "UnitedMasters’ latest expansion of the services it offers to artists focuses on ‘intelligent music mastering’. It’s via a deal with startup...

Universal Strikes Global Licensing Deal With B2B Music Streaming Tech Provider...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Universal Music Group and B2B music streaming technology provider Tuned Global have struck a global licensing agreement for UMG’s catalog...

KOR Protocol Enables Web3 Projects To Integrate Songs And IP Assets

GamesBeat reports: "KOR Protocol, the entertainment intellectual property infrastructure backed by Animoca Brands, announced KOR Player, a new platform that enables Web3 projects to...

TIDAL Launches Tool For US Songwriters To Claim And Manage Their...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Block-owned music streaming service TIDAL has rolled out new tools that will enable US-based indie songwriters to claim their music...

Roc Nation Merges Label And Equity Distribution Units To Form Roc...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Roc Nation has merged its Roc Nation Label and Equity Distribution (EQ) divisions into a single, unified entity called ROC...

SAG-AFTRA Strikes Groundbreaking AI Digital Voice Replica Pact With Startup Firm...

Variety reports: "SAG-AFTRA has struck a deal with AI startup Narrativ for audio voice replicas in digital advertising that the union asserts sets “a...

Apollo Delivers $700 Million ‘Capital Solution’ To Sony Music Group

Digital Music News reports: "Two weeks ago several sources spoke to Variety about a potential Queen music catalog acquisition by Sony Music in a...

Apple Signs Voluntary AI Safety Pact; Joins OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Meta,...

Business Today reports: "Apple has joined a growing list of tech companies committing to President Joe Biden's voluntary guidelines for responsible artificial intelligence (AI)...

Audiomack Launches ‘Sponsored Songs’ For Artists As Alternative To Streaming Fraud

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack is rolling out a new feature to allow artists to pay to promote their...