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chinadaily.com.cn - Chinese government gives push to music industry - Culture
Chinese government gives push to music industry - Culture
中国日报网

Chinaculture.org | Updated: 2017-11-10 11:39 During the fourth Music Industry Forum held on Nov 3, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television said a series of promotions will be given to the Chinese music industry in…

axios.com - Delano Massey - Spotify Wrapped reveals the real battle for attention in the music industry
Spotify Wrapped reveals the real battle for attention in the music industry
Axios

Spotify Wrapped, a recap of users' listening year, dropped on Wednesday with new social features, IRL pop-ups and AI-powered listening stats — presenting a vivid example of how music is being discovered, marketed and monetized in 2025. Why…

theverge.com - Charlie Harding - The future of country music is here, and it's AI
The future of country music is here, and it's AI
The Verge

Suno is taking over Nashville's writing rooms. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge When songwriter Patrick Irwin moved to Nashville last year, he was entering a lottery. Each day hundreds of sessions take place where writers create a song demo to…

complex.com - Joe Price - Clipse's Malice Says AI in Music Will Invite 'More Fakene...
Clipse's Malice Says AI in Music Will Invite 'More Fakene...
Complex

In a Reddit AMA, Clipse's Malice was asked about his thoughts on the implications of artificial intelligence technology being used in the music industry. “How do you both feel about the rise of AI in music?” asked one fan, to which…

nytimes.com - Bill Friskics-Warren - Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
The New York Times

Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis's Stax Records in the 1960s and '70s, died on Wednesday in Nashville. He was 84. His death, at a…

chinadaily.com.cn - Music streaming giants forge partnership to boost Chinese music - Culture
Music streaming giants forge partnership to boost Chinese music - Culture
中国日报网

By Xu Fan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-11-20 09:50 NetEase Cloud Music CEO Zhu Yiwen announced to cooperate with Taiwan's music streaming site KKBOX to promote Chinese music. [Photo provided to China Daily] Music streaming giants NetEase…

chinadaily.com.cn - Music for world, no strings attached
Music for world, no strings attached
中国日报网

By Zhu Wenqian in Beijing and Yang Jun in Guiyang | China Daily | Updated: 2019-12-02 07:49 Guitar capital Zheng'an county strikes the right notes online to boost exports Zheng'an, a small county in Guizhou province of Southwest China, is the…

ghanaweb.com - Ghanaian music has lost its spark - Captain Planet asserts
Ghanaian music has lost its spark - Captain Planet asserts
GhanaWeb

Ghanaian musician Captain Planet has sparked an online debate following a statement he made about the Ghanaian music industry. In a post shared on X on December 4, 2025, Captain Planet stated that the music being produced by the current crop of…

wsj.com - Katherine Sayre - Spotify Wrapped 'Listening Age' Feature Has Music Fans Howling
Spotify Wrapped 'Listening Age' Feature Has Music Fans Howling
Wall Street Journal

chinadaily.com.cn - Stage set for more outdoor music events - Culture
Stage set for more outdoor music events - Culture
中国日报网

By Chen Nan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-11-02 09:23 [Photo provided to China Daily] Starry Asia Entertainment, a Chinese live music production company, announced its latest plans in Beijing recently. After successfully introducing the…

thesun.co.uk - Ellie Henman - Ed Sheeran makes decision about his future in music as he wants more family time
Ed Sheeran makes decision about his future in music as he wants more family time
The Sun

HE'S had two of the highest-grossing tours of all time, but even that achievement can't persuade Ed Sheeran to keep hitting the road. Instead, Ed 's looking into building a state-of-the-art venue near his home in Suffolk, for him to play a…

people.com - Jack Irvin - Michael Bublé Declares People 'Should Start Listening to Christmas Music in June
Michael Bublé Declares People 'Should Start Listening to Christmas Music in June
PEOPLE

Michael Bublé appeared on the Thursday, Dec. 4 episode of Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie podcast The Voice coach spoke about his thoughts on when people should start listening to holiday music Bublé also revealed his favorite festive…

androidauthority.com - Stephen Schenck - Your Pixel 9 can now add music to Google Recorder sessions
Your Pixel 9 can now add music to Google Recorder sessions
Android Authority

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google brought music generation to its Recorder app with the launch of the Pixel 10. This week, Pixel 9 series devices are being updated to get access to those music creation tools. Google's also expanding…

republicworld.com - Associated Press Television News - Your Music In A Nutshell: How to Find Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, YouTube Recap
Your Music In A Nutshell: How to Find Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, YouTube Recap
Republic World

The end of 2025 is near. And the season of unwrapping our online lives, or at least a glimpse of what they looked like over the past year, is well underway. Music streamers, social media sites and a host of other apps have already started…

winnipegfreepress.com - Ben Waldman - Mythical musical resonates with portrayer of Percy
Mythical musical resonates with portrayer of Percy
Winnipeg Free Press

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