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ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

Voice AI company ElevenLabs has quietly released an iOS app called ElevenMusic that can be used to create music with AI and discover AI-generated music. The new app, which was listed on the App Store for a few weeks and finally released on April 1, suggests ElevenLabs wants to be more than just a voice model company. The company sees tools that use AI to create music and other mediums as a way to grow and protect itself from the eventual commoditization of AI audio models.

Source: ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

See How Hollywood’s Job Market Is Collapsing

The early 2020s marked the apex of a production boom known as “peak TV,” during which streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max tried to add subscribers as fast as possible. By the time strikes by actors and writers ended in 2023, Wall Street was demanding that streaming services give priority to profits over growth. The easiest way to get into the black was to cut production spending. 

Source: See How Hollywood’s Job Market Is Collapsing

Commentary: The Disney/Sora fiasco shows the limits of the AI craze

Sora’s demise points to more than the collapse of a big-media financial deal. It’s yet another indication that the allure of AI-created content for paying customers has been vastly overestimated. So too have been the ostensible efficiencies that AI brings to businesses. For example, Walmart has reportedly found that conversion rates — the percentage of consumers who complete an online transaction after an online search — are appreciably lower for consumers who attempt to complete the purchase through ChatGPT.

Source: Commentary: The Disney/Sora fiasco shows the limits of the AI craze

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

An editor at one of the “big five” publishing houses said a “cold shiver went down my spine” when the Shy Girl story broke. “It really is a case of ‘there but for the grace of God go I,’” they said. “It’s an issue publishers are keenly aware of. We make it very clear to authors what we expect, we get them to sign contracts and we run their work through multiple AI detection tools, but we know all this is fallible. “Hence the cold shiver: if an author is determined to use AI, then cover their tracks, there’s very little we can do.”

Source: ‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

As AI Discourse Rages, Publishing Has More Questions Than Answers

One week after Hachette Book Group pulled Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl for strong suspicions of AI use, the industry is reeling—and struggling to contend with the implications of the novel’s cancelation. In a statement about the book’s cancelation, Hachette cited its commitment to protecting “original creative expression and storytelling.” But book industry researcher Rachel Noorda argued that Hachette’s actions reflected market demands more than anything.

Source: As AI Discourse Rages, Publishing Has More Questions Than Answers

Global Streaming Subscription Revenue Tripled In Five Years, Poised to Top $200 Billion by 2030

Global streaming subscription revenue surpassed $150 billion for the first time in 2025, according to a new survey from Ampere Analysis, which highlighted that as “a major milestone” for the subscription market. And streaming subscription revenue will hit $202 billion by 2030, up 29 percent, “as streamers shift focus from subscriber growth to price increases and ad-supported tiers.”

Source: Global Streaming Subscription Revenue Tripled In Five Years, Poised to Top $200 Billion by 2030

Can AI Music Be A Real Growth Market?

The conversations around the usage of AI in music can get quite nebulous without proper framing. On one hand, Suno’s current role, according to CEO Mikey Shulman, is that it’s the Ozempic of the music industry: everyone is on it, but no one is telling you. With 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue, the sizable base is there. The question now is what the ceiling looks like. The belief that “most of the music on Suno is bad,” is also accurate. But most songs on Spotify are not good.

Source: Can AI Music Be A Real Growth Market?

Why Is the Music Industry Still Estimating Public Performance?

At a top level, public performances of musical works are tracked by a vast and complex system of loosely tied organizations. Issues aside — and there are many — it’s a remarkably complex royalty-collection mechanism for music IP owners, with PROs worldwide tracking and charging for music the public enjoys. But is it time for that mechanism to undergo a system upgrade?

Source: Why Is the Music Industry Still Estimating Public Performance?

SunoCharts shows how AI music’s trending creators and breakout genres could be tracked

The recently-launched SunoCharts website carries the tagline ‘the analytics layer for AI music’. The twist is that none of the trending tracks or artists included in those analytics are real. That’s not us making a snarky jab at those creators. They’re literally not real, as the site’s creator Kieron Donoghue explains. “SunoCharts is a site built on dummy data that shows what could be possible if Suno released an API. It does not use any live data, it’s purely a demo,” he says.

Source: SunoCharts shows how AI music’s trending creators and breakout genres could be tracked

ElevenLabs launches Music Marketplace to let its users monetize their AI-generated tracks

According to the company, once published to its Music Marketplace, tracks can be downloaded and used as they are, remixed into new projects, or licensed for use in videos, games, ads, and other commercial work. When a paid subscriber uses a published track, the original creator earns from that use. he company says that more than 14 million “studio-grade tracks have been created” via ElevenLabs since the launch of its AI music generator last year.

Source: ElevenLabs launches Music Marketplace to let its users monetize their AI-generated tracks

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