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AllTrack Becomes Fourth U.S. Performing Rights Organization Accepted By CISAC

August 28, 2024

Photo Credit: Hayden Bower AllTrack, a performing rights organization (PRO) built in the digital era to serve the independent music sector, has been accepted as a rights management entity by CISAC. The Inter... Read More...

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Is Warner Music Really Achieving ‘Strong Subscription Streaming Growth’? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out

Paul Resnikoff

August 28, 2024

Warner Music Group consolidated quarterly streaming revenues (source: WMG 10-Q disclosures) For Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, calendar Q2 2024 was a tale of two earnings reports — and streamin... Read More...

Music Notation Software Finale shutting down

MakeMusic Is Sunsetting Music Notation Software Finale After 35 Years — “There Will Be No Further Updates”

Ashley King

August 26, 2024

Photo Credit: Stefany Andrade Music tech company MakeMusic has announced it is sun setting its music notation software Finale, Finale PrintMusic, and Finale Notepad. First released under its Coda Music Techn... Read More...

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Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested ‘The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform’ to Find Out

Paul Resnikoff

August 21, 2024

Is Melodio being trained on copyrighted music? DMN Pro takes a look under the AI hood.

Alex Solano of AlexProMix: ‘Reimagining Music Arrangements in Dolby Atmos’

Raha M.

August 13, 2024

Photo by Luke Heiber on Unsplash As one of the earliest adopters of immersive music mixes, Alex Solano is the mixing engineer behind Dolby Atmos projects for labels like Atlantic Records, Photo Finish, NinjaT... Read More...

Too Lost-distributed artist Ollie Joseph (Photo: Ollie Joseph)

Too Lost on Why Music Distribution Is More Than Just Moving Your Music From A-to-B — Here’s a Look at Their Diversified Partner Strategy

Paul Resnikoff

July 31, 2024

Too Lost-distributed artist Ollie Joseph (Photo: Ollie Joseph) The music industry isn't running out of music distributors anytime soon, though Too Lost is differentiating with some interesting innovations —in... Read More...

What Major Label Litigation? AI Music Upstart Udio Launches ‘Audio-to-Audio’ Remixing

Ashley King

July 25, 2024

Photo Credit: Udio As the major label battle with generative AI music start-ups Suno and Udio heat up, the latter has released a new model with audio-to-audio remixing. Here’s the latest. Lawsuits filed by S... Read More...

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DMN Pro Weekly Report: Last Month, 97% of Spotify Accounts Were Classified as Bundles. Now, That Figure Is 98%.

Paul Resnikoff

July 24, 2024

Mechanical licensing royalty payments from major streaming music platforms, US, April 2024 (Source: DMN Pro data) In March, Spotify officially flipped the switch on its controversial bundling strategy. One re... Read More...

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10 Particularly Important Music Industry Lawsuits to Watch

The Music Industry Is Bursting With Litigation — Here Are 10 Particularly Game-Changing Lawsuits to Watch

Paul Resnikoff

July 17, 2024

Photo Credit: Mohamed Hassan From infringement complaints against generative AI developers to unpaid royalty actions targeting streaming platforms, the music industry certainly isn't lacking high-stakes litig... Read More...

Spotify Says Its Un-Bundled ‘Basic’ Plan Isn’t Getting Buried — But You Be the Judge

Paul Resnikoff

July 15, 2024

Photo Credit: Ugglemamma Spotify is now taking serious issue with Digital Music News' assertion that 'Basic' is getting buried from would-be subscribers. Spotify has every incentive to bury its newly launche... Read More...

Created by Humans, Helping People License Their Creative Works to AI Models, Raises $5 Million

Ashley King

June 26, 2024

Photo Credit: Created by Humans Created by Humans aims to help creators license their works to AI models, receiving a $5 million injection to launch. In a sea of genAI companies facing litigation from the cr... Read More...

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Spotify Stands to Gain at Least Half-a-Billion a Year From Its Latest Price Increases In the U.S. Alone. Music Publishers Won’t Be Seeing Much of That.

Paul Resnikoff

June 12, 2024

So far, so good: despite a string of recent price increases, Spotify's subscriber count keeps going up (Source: Spotify disclosures) Spotify has once again raised prices in the U.S. as well as the U.K., where... Read More...

Don’t Forget These Critical Details When Building A Music Streaming App

On Air Inks Licensing Deal With Mercury Studios for Concert Video Content — Here’s a Closer Look at the Platform

Too Lost Fan Blast Keeps Fans Engaged & In the Know — Here’s How

How to Train Your AI Chat Dragon: Hearby Uses Chat Technology to Help Fans Find Grassroots Music They’ll Love

UNIFI Music Has Another Plan for AI — Artist Management

AllTrack Becomes Fourth U.S. Performing Rights Organization Accepted By CISAC

Is Warner Music Really Achieving ‘Strong Subscription Streaming Growth’? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out

MakeMusic Is Sunsetting Music Notation Software Finale After 35 Years — “There Will Be No Further Updates”

Did Kunlun Tech Train Melodio on Copyrighted Tracks? We Tested ‘The World’s First AI-Powered Music Streaming Platform’ to Find Out

Alex Solano of AlexProMix: ‘Reimagining Music Arrangements in Dolby Atmos’

Too Lost on Why Music Distribution Is More Than Just Moving Your Music From A-to-B — Here’s a Look at Their Diversified Partner Strategy

What Major Label Litigation? AI Music Upstart Udio Launches ‘Audio-to-Audio’ Remixing

DMN Pro Weekly Report: Last Month, 97% of Spotify Accounts Were Classified as Bundles. Now, That Figure Is 98%.

Spotify Says Its Un-Bundled ‘Basic’ Plan Isn’t Getting Buried — But You Be the Judge

Spotify Stands to Gain at Least Half-a-Billion a Year From Its Latest Price Increases In the U.S. Alone. Music Publishers Won’t Be Seeing Much of That.