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Music Industry Moves: Create Music Group Completes $450 Million Fundraise, Company Valued at $2.2 Billion
Create Music Group has announced the successful completion of its latest funding round, valuing the company at $2.2 billion and securing over $450 million of new equity and debt capital to support its continued expansion. Create, which was founded…
Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report
Apple Music is changing the way that record labels and distributors can flag AI-generated or AI-assisted content when they upload it to the platform. According to Music Business Worldwide, Apple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday…
Paddington The Musical up for 11 Olivier Awards
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Paddington The Musical has received 11…
Plans for Birmingham's rich musical heritage to be celebrated
A £1m culture fund has been approved to help Birmingham bid for City of Music status and celebrate its rich musical heritage. The fund was raised as the city council passed its budget this week. Leader John Cotton told councillors it would be…
Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals
Yet another honesty policy for generative AI disclosures. Yet another honesty policy for generative AI disclosures. Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing…
Apple Music can now flag AI content, but only if distributors elect to label it
While music streaming apps like Bandcamp, Spotify and Deezer have taken steps to inform users about AI-generated content, we haven't heard much out of Apple Music in that regard. However, Apple Music has now introduced 'Transparency Tags' designed…
Apple Music is rolling out Transparency Tags to flag AI-generated music - but there's one big and annoying loophole
Apple Music is rolling out its own system for flagging AI-generated music 'Transparency Tags' will focus on visual elements as well as music composition The catch is that the responsibility lies with record labels and distributors The war between…
The RSC's music cuts fundamentally diminish our experience of theatre | Tom Service
News that the Royal Shakespeare Company is going through with cuts to its music department, shrinking one of the last bastions of theatre music composition, production and performance from a team of seven to just two, sounds the latest alarm for…
The Hong Kong vinyl bars offering music lovers 'a glimpse into the past'
In an era when algorithms dictate the type of media we consume online, some young people are “going offline” as part of a new movement encouraging more intentional interactions with the arts. Vinyl bars have been popping up around…
Rhodes Music Introduces Pianology
US A Collection of expressive acoustic and electric pianos 05/03/26 Rhodes Music has announces Pianology, which they describe as a curated collection of three expressive virtual pianos, bringing together a concert grand, an acoustic upright, and a…
2026 Incheon Pentaport Music Festival to open in July
The annual Incheon Pentaport Music Festival, one of Korea's largest rock events, will return for a three-day run in the western port city in July, organizers said Thursday. Hosted by the Incheon metropolitan government, the festival has been held…
Charlie Puth Named Chief Music Officer at AI Music Company Moises
Charlie Puth has been named the chief music officer at AI music platform Moises, the company announced Wednesday, with Puth set to consult Moises for the company's “creative and product direction.” Whereas some of the most notable AI…
Apple Music Introduces Tagging for AI Songs, Its First Regulation on AI Use
On Wednesday (March 4), Apple Music announced AI tagging as a new “delivery requirement” for record labels and music distributors. Now, when music is delivered to Apple Music, it must include disclosures of AI use, called…
Artist Charlie Puth tapped as 'chief music officer' of an AI platform
Charlie Puth is going all in on AI. Moises, a music-tech company, announced Wednesday that Puth, the Grammy-nominated singer, has been tapped as its chief music officer, a role that entails guiding its creative and product direction. “Every…
Apple Music is adding tags to show which songs are made by AI
Are you sick of nonexistent bands and singers? | Image by Apple It's hard trusting reality these days, and I'm not channeling my inner Timothy Leary here – there's so much AI these days that one can't be 100% sure of anything no more. The…
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