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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…
Hard-Fi announce new album 'Sweating Someone Else's Fever' and take aim at music industry on single 'They Ain't Your Friends'
Hard-Fi are back with a brand new album called ‘Sweating Someone Else's Fever' – check out the fiery lead single ‘They Ain't Your Friends' below. The news of the new album was announced today (Wednesday March 4), and will mark…
This new robot smartphone dances to music and talks to you
This new Robot Phone from Chinese tech company Honor might look like a normal smartphone at first, but it has a special camera that pops up from the back. Swivelling out via a motorised arm, it keeps video recordings stable with smooth movement…
Music therapy brings the world 'alive' for York boy
Emily Johnson, Yorkshire, York and Hovingham and Marley Styles, Yorkshire Ever since Peter Nash was a toddler, music has been a way of expressing himself when other forms of communication were 'almost impossible', according to his parents. The…
Music therapy brings the world 'alive' for York boy
Emily Johnson,Yorkshire, York and Hovinghamand Ever since Peter Nash was a toddler, music has been a way of expressing himself when other forms of communication were 'almost impossible', according to his parents. The 21-year-old from York was born…
The DOJ thinks that Live Nation-Ticketmaster has a monopoly on the live music industry. Could it have a point?
Signs are seen at the Live Nation NYC headquarters on May 23, 2024, in New York City (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The landmark antitrust trial kicked off on Tuesday, though the ticketing giant maintains that it's simply spreading joy. During…
Plans approved for music venue in Leicester to become shisha cafe
Plans to convert a former independent music venue in Leicester into a shisha cafe and restaurant have been granted planning permission. Leicester City Council has approved an application from Saqib Kataria to convert The Shed in Yeoman Street into…
Spring Deal Days: Amazon makes Music Unlimited free for three months
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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…
Luigi Mangione musical to open five minutes from site of CEO murder
Luigi: The Musical is back, and this time, it's set to open five minutes from the site of Brian Thompson's killing. The viral musical about alleged killer Luigi Mangione is set to debut in New York in June at the Green Room 42. The venue, located…
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 introduces metadata tags to disclose AI-generated content
Today, Apple introduced new metadata tags that will let record labels and distributors disclose when artificial intelligence was used in the creation of music, artwork, and more. Here are the details. According to an email distributed to Apple…
Australian music sees rising support for women composers, but challenges persist
In September 2015, when ABC Classic tracked who composed the music being played on air, female composers received a minuscule share of 2.2%. This galvanised the network to be more deliberate in how it was supporting the music of female composers…
Create Music Group Raises $450 Million in Investment, Debt Financing
Create Music Group said it raised $450 million through a combination of equity investments and debt capital on Wednesday, valuing the fast-growing independent company at $2.2 billion up from a $1 billion valuation less than two years ago. Founded…
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