CBS to Air Billy Joel Concert Special in April

The 100th performance of Joel’s Madison Square Garden residency will be the centerpiece

Hangout FM and Beatdapp join forces to combat streaming fraud

This collaboration aims to protect artists and ensure they receive fair compensation for their work by preventing fraudulent activity on the Hangout FM platform.

Audio industry shrinks despite streaming gains

Audio companies are being hit with new rounds of job cuts and cost cutting measures, despite how music and podcast listenership continue to grow in the U.S.

MLC sues Pandora over unpaid royalties

Pandora has been sued by collecting society MLC in a dispute over whether or not the US streaming service needs to pay mechanical royalties on all the revenues associated with its free tier.

Are Playlists Still Relevant for the Music Business?

Music playlists are hugely important in the music industry; they switch the listening habits of millions across platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, and Deezer. As streaming services dominate the music landscape, the importance of playlists in an artist's development strategy must be explored by music businesses like record labels. 

Spotify introduces new TikTok-style vertical feed for discovering new music

Featuring 30 second audio snippets. A handy new feature or further evidence of our dwindling attention spans?

BBC Sounds hits record listeners

A combination of live and on-demand content has boosted BBC Sounds listening with a record 5 million weekly users accessing the platform across the last two weeks of January and early February.

AI Elvis Presley: How do you digitally resurrect the King?

An immersive concert in London later this year will see the return of the King in all his leather-bound, hip-swivelling, Memphis-scented glory.

On World Radio Day 2024, Assessing Radio's Impact

This year, the theme of World Radio Day revolves around the 100th anniversary of radio broadcasting, exploring its past, its present and future. 

Audacity gets free AI plugins for music separation, generation and remixing (oh, and automatic text transcription, too)

Intel-powered OpenVINO processors are designed to “offer capabilities that were previously unavailable or just really difficult to achieve.”

PPL commits to three years of funding for ELAM

PPL will provide funding to East London Arts & Music for the next three years to help drive more diversity and equity in the creative and cultural industries. ELAM is a full-time industry academy in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets providing 16 to 19-year-olds from under-represented communities with a specialist education in music, film and television production and games design.

What Was AI Made For? AI’s Place in the Music Industry

Joseph Perla, the Founder & CEO of Hangout FM by Turntable Labs, cuts through the clutter to offer a music tech insider’s look at the good and the bad of music AI.

YouTube CEO sets out priorities for 2024: AI, Shorts and TVs

Fresh from YouTube's announcement that it has 100 million premium subscribers, the company's CEO Neal Mohan has published his annual letter.

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