The streaming service is going on the offensive amid a Congressional probe of its new Discovery Mode feature, and it has help from some indie distribution CEOs. In a post on its Spotify for Artists blog, the Swedish streaming service highlighted Argentinian singer Natalie Perez — who is signed to French label Believe — pointing out how a collection of artist-friendly tools, most notably Discovery Mode, helped to push her sophomore album Detox to new heights.
Source: Spotify Touts Benefits of its Discovery Mode as House Judiciary Probe Continues
Like film and sport, the music sector is an ever-evolving industry and one which AI has affected over the past few years. Although technology has long been at the heart of music production, computer-powered advancement has since raised the bar and opened the door to new possibilities. From a creation standpoint, AI has changed how music is made, allowing musicians to create otherwise impossible new songs.
Music licensing marketplace Songtradr has established a brand-new global creative division and tapped music industry vet Amanda Schupf to lead it. Songtradr’s global creative division will work with artists, labels, music catalogs and rights holders to secure access to music for the company’s music subscription products, which provide sync products to businesses as well as cleared music for content creators.
Representatives of 29 Danish media companies, including state broadcaster DR, partly state-funded TV2, as well as most major newspaper publishers, will gather on Friday for their first meeting. “We believe that a collective management of our rights will make for the best and most fair value regarding big tech’s use of our content,” Stig Orskov, chief executive of media company JP/Politikens Hus, told Reuters.