Deezer announced on Monday that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform. The company said it’s receiving almost 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day and more than two million per month. The consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, at 1-3% of total streams, and 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and demonetized by the company.
Source: Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated
On Friday, the Authors Guild took a dive into how the numbers break down. According to papers filed by attorneys for the authors, 440,490, or 91.3%, of the eligible works had been claimed by last month’s deadline, compared to what the Guild says is a typical 10% rate in most class action lawsuits. That 91% rate is a huge increase over 54% of claims attorneys for the class reported on March 19.
A verified editorial photograph with full chain-of-custody provenance sits in the same licensing catalog, at the same price point, as an AI-composite that looks vaguely similar. Behind a paywall, whether it’s a stock subscription or a news outlet, all content is treated equally. You pay for access, and everything inside costs the same. The photograph’s relationship to reality, its evidentiary weight, its verifiable origin, none of this is priced.
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The romance started about a decade ago when consumers began cutting the cord with cable TV bundles en masse in favor of direct-to-consumer streaming apps. However, where investors were once enamored with subscriber growth, rewarding companies that were able to expand their consumer reach, their attentions have now shifted toward profitability.
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AI agents and bots will become the “primary” revenue source for the publisher websites they visit, the co-founders of AI monetization company Tollbit believe. “It’s not happening overnight,” Olivia Joslin said. “It’s not going to make their year this year in terms of the revenue that’s flowing through the pipes. But this is certainly going to be the primary mode of revenue. It’s going to have to come from AI visitors.”
Source: Publishers urged to embrace future where bot readers provide majority of revenue
High-profile sales haven’t ceased; Miranda Lambert recently sold her catalog to Sony Music Publishing (plus Domain Capital), and the Quincy Jones estate partnered with HarbourView, for instance. Meanwhile, Warner Music’s poised to announce some presumably huge purchases, and DMN’s picked up on a couple noteworthy transactions that should soon receive public announcements. But in general, growing list of IP-heavy company buyouts aside, smaller-scale purchases are taking center stage.
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Paramount is turning to artificial intelligence at one of the most consequential points in the filmmaking process: deciding what gets made. According to reporting in Bloomberg, the studio has begun testing AI-driven tools designed to assist with script evaluation and early-stage project analysis, as executives look for ways to manage rising costs and increasing uncertainty around audience demand. The tools are not being positioned as replacements for creative judgment.
Source: Paramount Tests AI Tools in Development as Cost Pressures Mount
More than 1,000 writers, actors and directors released a letter on Monday opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the deal would harm Hollywood’s already distressed entertainment industry. The letter warns that merging two of Hollywood’s major studios will result in “fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs and less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world.”
Source: Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
Through RoyFi, TuneCore launched TuneCore Direct Advance, which lets artists apply for upfront financing in exchange for a flat fee. Repayment is drawn from future royalty earnings, according to a press release on Wednesday (April 8). Artists can secure direct cash advances without giving up equity or transferring ownership of copyrights, said TuneCore.
Source: TuneCore partners with RoyFi to offer royalty advances to indie artists
On Patreon, podcasts have become the largest content category in terms of revenue and they’ve continued their upward trajectory, says chief operating officer Paige Fitzgerald. “Podcasts are a resonant medium,” she says. “They work well for multihyphenate creators who want to leverage several types of media formats to connect with their fans.”
Source: Patreon Says Podcasters Earned $629 Million in 2025, Platform’s Biggest Content Category