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Sample creators will get payouts from Splice's new Gen AI tools
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (449+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Splice is launching three new Gen AI tools for musicians and producers, including one called "Variations" that…...
Laufey is the headline artist for season 14 of Fortnite Festival
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (287+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Fortnite's in-game music game Festival is into its 14th season now, having originally launched'in December 2023. As ever, the…...
Label vets reveal new ventures: 26. 2, Joan of Arc, Cofvnders
3+ day, 7+ min ago (411+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! The recent rounds of reorganisation within major labels have seen some big-name executives exit those companies " either…...
Etsy "Festival Shop" features Laufey, Pink Pantheress and Willow Avalon
3+ day, 7+ min ago (228+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Etsy is getting into the licensed merch game, but in a way that taps into its community…...
Audiotool launches a global hackathon for music apps
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (342+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Music-tech people of a certain vintage still pine for the peak hackathons era. This was in the…...
Spotify and labels win (notional) $322m from Anna's Archive
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (223+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! We say "notional" because there is surely very little chance of getting this money. Nonetheless, Spotify and…...
PPL reveals that its collections grew 4. 8% in 2025 to "315. 3m
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (262+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! UK music-licensing company PPL has published its figures for 2025, revealing that its revenues grew by 4. 8% to "315. 3m last…...
India grew its paid music subscriptions by 37% to 14m in 2025
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (362+ words) Could India's long-anticipated surge in paid music subscriptions finally be underway? A new reportfrom EY and the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) offers some encouragement to the music industry. It claims that audio subscriptions generated more…...
Roblox to roll out "age-based accounts" and new subscription
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (317+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Roblox is excluded from Australia's ban on social media for under-16s, but it's very much part of…...
UMG's Michael Nash sees "no audience' for explosion in AI music
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (285+ words) Our new five-day online conference brings musicians and industry experts together to share their knowledge and experiences - and it's FREE for music creators! Universal Music Group's digital chief Michael Nash sat down with Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava at last week's…...