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Splice Users Can Now Use Their Own Sound Loops With AI-Powered...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Splice subscribers will now be able to upload their own original loops to integrate their unique sounds with Splice’s sample...

“Human-Created Works Must Be Respected”: 50 Major Music Tech Brands Sign...

Music Tech reports: "Over fifty global music technology companies and associations have penned their support for Roland and UMG’s Principles for Music Creation with...

Queen Catalog To Be Acquired By Sony Music In $1.27bn Deal...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Sony Music Entertainment is set to acquire the catalog of legendary rock band Queen in a landmark deal worth GBP...

Shuttered Discord Music Bot Rythm Returns With Licensing Deals

Music Ally reports: "Remember Rythm? You might not if you weren’t spending much time on messaging platform Discord in 2021. Rythm was the most...

Stability AI Releases Free, Open-Source Text-To-Audio Model That ‘Respects Creator Rights’

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Stability AI, known for its AI art generator Stable Diffusion, has launched Stable Audio Open, a free, open-source model for...

Merlin Officially Launches ‘Merlin Connect,’ A One-Stop Licensing Solution For ‘Promising...

Digital Music News reports: "Merlin has officially debuted a program that will afford certain emerging platforms access to pre-cleared music and “mutually beneficial collaborations.” The...

Web3 Music Technology Gets Its Very Own Trade Association

Music Ally reports: "It’s clearly the season for new music-tech trade bodies. March saw the launch of Music Tech Europe, an umbrella association for...

Audius Partners With Music Reports To Power Rights Clearances For Music...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "San Francisco-based blockchain-powered music platform Audius has partnered with rights administration platform Music Reports to power the licensing of rights...

Netflix Spikes The Football: Behind Its NFL Megadeal

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "In the last week of March, NFL officials and team owners huddled at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando for the league’s...

Independent Music Body WIN Sets ‘Principles For Generative AI’

Music Ally reports: "Global independent-labels body WIN is the latest music industry organisation to announce the principles it would like to see govern generative...