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forbes.com - Timothy P. Beyer - UNIVERSAL MUSIC'S SUDDEN MOVE FROM QUALITY GROWTH STOCK TO FALLEN ANGEL
UNIVERSAL MUSIC'S SUDDEN MOVE FROM QUALITY GROWTH STOCK TO FALLEN ANGEL
Forbes

The Universal Music Group headquarters in Santa Monica, California, US, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Billionaire activist Bill Ackman has proposed a bid for Universal Music Group NV to increase returns on one of his hedge fund's biggest holdings.

techcrunch.com - Sarah Perez - Spotify will label 'AI Persona' profiles and exclude their music from recommendations
Spotify will label 'AI Persona' profiles and exclude their music from recommendations
TechCrunch

Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artists with “AI Persona” profile tags and ban their music from its editorial and algorithmic recommendations, the company announced on Tuesday. In mid-September, Spotify users will see…

theguardian.com - Jenny Valentish - The astonishing voice of Grace Cummings: 'The peace I found in music is a legitimate lifesaver'
The astonishing voice of Grace Cummings: 'The peace I found in music is a legitimate lifesaver'
The Guardian

One of Grace Cummings' earliest memories is going into the lounge room to tell her parents about the night terror she'd had. The four-year-old was tormented by the possibility of what happens after death, her imagination stretching the…

theverge.com - Emma Roth - Spotify says it won't recommend music from 'AI Personas'
Spotify says it won't recommend music from 'AI Personas'
The Verge

Artist profiles on Spotify that do ‘not represent a real person' will get an ‘AI Persona' badge. Artist profiles on Spotify that do ‘not represent a real person' will get an ‘AI Persona' badge. All the latest in AI…

france24.com - Spotify to launch badge identifying AI music
Spotify to launch badge identifying AI music
FRANCE 24

'Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don't like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to find out that the persona is AI-generated,' Spotify said in a statement. The move is the Swedish company's latest effort to be…

pcmag.com - Jibin Joseph - Spotify Will Now Flag 'AI Personas' and Stop Recommending Their Music
Spotify Will Now Flag 'AI Personas' and Stop Recommending Their Music
PCMag

Is that a human artist or an AI persona? Spotify will soon make that distinction clearer with new “AI Persona” labels. The streamer introduced the label today and said that it will apply to artists' profiles whose public identity…

timeout.com - Leah Glynn - A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review ✭✭✭✭
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review ✭✭✭✭
Time Out

This rousing jukebox musical spanning Neil Diamond's impressive career really is so good, so good Theatre, Musicals Princess Theatre, Melbourne Recommended Melbourne's stages have seen a slew of jukebox musicals tread the boards over the past few…

thestage.co.uk - Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody review at Edinburgh Fringe: sketchy musical parody
Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody review at Edinburgh Fringe: sketchy musical parody
The Stage

“Late-night laughs” Aug 11, 202610:56 by Paul Vale Gilded Balloon Patter House, Edinburgh Kyra Brown and Hanna Barlow in Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody at Gilded Balloon Patter House, Edinburgh. Photo: Jordan Frame…

smh.com.au - Murray Ward - Augustus bags 19.5g/t WA gold at Music Well
Augustus bags 19.5g/t WA gold at Music Well
The Sydney Morning Herald

Augustus Minerals has bagged its highest gold grade to date at its Music Well project near Leonora in Western Australia, with its June reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign intersecting a one-metre section grading 19.5 grams per tonne (g/t)…

variety.com - Corbin Bolies - AI Music Company Suno Unveils Download Caps for Free, Paid Tiers in Quest to Combat Abuse (EXCLUSIVE)
AI Music Company Suno Unveils Download Caps for Free, Paid Tiers in Quest to Combat Abuse (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

Suno last week said that it would impose download limits on users of its AI music generator as it seeks to legitimize its presence in the music industry. Now it has specifics. Starting Sept. 3 for all songs in a user's library, free Suno users will…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - China's Tencent Music Reports $1.32 Billion in Q2 Revenue as Ximalaya Integration Marks New Audio Push
China's Tencent Music Reports $1.32 Billion in Q2 Revenue as Ximalaya Integration Marks New Audio Push
Variety

China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group posted total revenues of RMB8.93 billion ($1.32 billion) for the second quarter of 2026 – a 5.8% year-over-year gain – as its music services arm delivered double-digit growth and the newly…

techradar.com - Rowan Davies - Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags to differentiate real artists from fake ones, vowing to become ‘the most transparent and trustworthy place to listen to music' - but the tool isn't targeting the music itself
Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags to differentiate real artists from fake ones, vowing to become ‘the most transparent and trustworthy place to listen to music' - but the tool isn't targeting the music itself
TechRadar

Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags in mid-September The platform aims to improve user transparency by differentiating real artists from AI-generated ones Spotify only reviews an artist's profile and images, and not the music itself Spotify has…

indianexpress.com - Vagmi Joshi - The song nobody sang: Is AI killing music, or just removing the human?
The song nobody sang: Is AI killing music, or just removing the human?
The Indian Express

Every catchy AI song is, in some sense, built out of the bones of songs that came before it. This is because an AI music model has been trained on an almost unimaginable quantity of existing music until it has absorbed enough of the pattern to…

dailyrecord.co.uk - Judith Tonner - Headliners announced for music festival in Clyde Valley
Headliners announced for music festival in Clyde Valley
Daily Record

Two top musical acts have been announced as headliners at the inaugural family music festival being staged next summer at a popular Lanarkshire garden centre. Goulding's Live will take place in August 2027 at the centre's Valley View venue on…

deadline.com - Anthony D'Alessandro - Pluribus': Vince Gilligan and Composer Dave Porter On Series Music
Pluribus': Vince Gilligan and Composer Dave Porter On Series Music
Deadline

Of the 18 Emmy nominations for Apple TV ‘s Pluribus, composer Dave Porter can call dibs on three of 'em: for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), and Original Main Title Theme…

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