Music Business Trends, Topics & Stories to Watch in 2025
From a potential TikTok ban to the upcoming Diddy trial to changes coming in streaming, AI, distribution and concert ticketing, there’s plenty to watch in 2025. …
Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota’s New Year’s Memo to Staff Touts New AI Pilot Program, 2024 Wins & More
In the letter, Sirota highlights the organization’s successes over the past year, lays out its ambitions for 2025 and reveals a new AI program with an unnamed partner. …
Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota’s New Year’s Memo to Staff Touts New AI Pilot Program, 2024 Wins & More
In the letter, Sirota highlights the organization’s successes over the past year, lays out its ambitions for 2025 and reveals a new AI program with an unnamed partner. …
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Charli XCX and Taylor Swift Help Lift UK Music Streams to Record High – But Proposed AI Regulations Threaten Growth
Female artists spent 34 weeks at No. 1 on the UK’s official singles chart in 2024, fueling an 11% increase in streaming for the year. …
Music Biz Calls for ‘Robust’ Action as U.K. Government Begins Consultation on AI Regulations
Consultation proposes new AI training opt-out scheme for creators and rights holders, which music companies say will weaken copyright laws. …
Merlin to AI Companies: Don’t Harvest Our Data
The indie licensing organization has announced opposition to “any product…that has been trained on Merlin members’ music without permission.” …
Will Generative AI Become a Creator Terminator?
A study by trade organization CISAC found that AI music will boom — and put almost a quarter of publishing-side collections revenue at risk. The industry needs to prepare. …
Artist Rights Symposium Returns for a Fourth Year at American University
The fourth annual conference, founded by Cracker frontman David Lowery, will feature discussions about ticketing, AI litigation, and publicity rights. …
SoundCloud Expands AI Integrations With Tuney, Pex, Audible Magic Partnerships
SoundCloud is also showing its support for ethical AI use in the music business by signing AI for Music’s “Principles for Music Creation” with AI pledge. …
Imogen Heap and Jen Launch AI Voice and Music Models to Capture Artist’s Style
Announced at Web Summit, Heap’s AI voice model and AI StyleFilter are trained on her latest singles, giving fans the chance to create new songs inspired by her sound. …