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Ingrooves Lands Patent For AI Music Marketing Tech

Hypebot reports: "Independent music distributor Ingrooves has announced U.S. patent approval for a proprietary method of using artificial intelligence to detect trends in audience...

Twitch’s Soundtrack feature debuts today, and it will let streamers play...

The Verge reports: "Today, Twitch releases Soundtrack, a new product that allows streamers to play music while they’re live — or, at least, that’s...

Streaming Bots Might Be Tempting, But Artists Should Beware

Hypebot reports: "Given the weight of streaming numbers in the music economy, the idea of employing a streaming bot has a significant allure to...

Congress releases blockbuster tech antitrust report

The Verge reports: "The House Judiciary Committee has released its conclusions on whether Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google are violating antitrust law." Read more

Twitch, Amazon Slammed by RIAA and Major Industry Groups for Using...

Variety reports: "Twitch, the rapidly growing livestreaming platform, and its owner Amazon received a blistering letter on Thursday signed by multiple major U.S. music...

Hipgnosis Songs Buys Kobalt Music Catalog: 33,000 Songs for $323 Million

Billboard reports: "Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. continues its acquisition binge by acquiring the Kobalt Music Copyrights Fund 1, which includes the song catalogs of...

Chartmetric First To Get Pandora Data

Hypebot reports: "It seems like ions ago that Pandora bought Next Big Sound and made it the cornerstone of its artist and label analytics...

How Blockchain Will Play Major Role In The Future Music Monetary...

Hypebot reports: "In this piece, we look at some the ways in which blockchain technology could play a big part in the future of...

Canada’s SOCAN Reports Growth In 2019, Distributions Shrink Due to Tech...

Billboard reports: "SOCAN, the Canadian performance right organization, reports that in 2019 its total collections grew 8.2% to C$405.6 million ($308 million) from C$375...

How COVID-19 Rocked Hollywood’s $125 Billion Licensing and Consumer Product Cash...

Variety reports: "In late August, DC Comics and Warner Bros. held a virtual convention to showcase superhero content for fans across the globe, all...