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AI Took Over NAMM This Year – Here’s How the Debate Took Shape

Is AI killing music? Lindsey Mastis’s new mini-documentary, shot at and around the 2025 NAMM Show, offers a compelling exploration of artificial intelligence’s influence on the music industry.

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TicketData: Free Live Music Ticket Data Tool for Touring Insights

TicketData provides visibility into the ticket resale-market activity for live events. While resale is a dirty word for many, this free live music ticket data tool tracks resale pricing and availability that can help artists, managers, agents, and fans understand how demand changes before show dates.

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Music Industry News Last Week: Most Read Posts

Music Business News Last Week

Music business news last week included changes in how Ticketmaster handles ticket resale, proof of Bandintown’s massive reach, Musician’s guides to Instagram, Sora 2 and image sizes, MMF-US LA Summit, and more.

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MUSIC BUSINES NEWS & LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY UPDATES

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

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Music Tech News: MNGRS, Fandom, Music Tectonics, Fanlight, Triller & Musixmatch

In the latest music tech news, AI powered artist management service MNGRS.AI co-founded by Alexandre Deniot, former Director of MIDEM and Universal Music has completed a $1 million funding round.

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Bandsintown hits 100M registered users as global reach tops 4.1B

Bandsintown, the top live event discovery platform, is celebrating a major milestone: 100 million registered fan users across 196 countries. Alongside strategic partnerships with Spotify, Google, YouTube, YouTube Music, Apple and Shazam, Bandsintown’s total global reach is now more than 4.1 billion monthly active users.

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MUSIC BUSINESS & LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

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What Musicians Need to Know About Sora 2

What Musicians Need to Know About Sora 2

Sora 2 from OpenAI is a robust AI text to video creation tool that presents both frightening and exciting possibilities. Here’s what musicians need to know about Sora 2.

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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify AI, Suno, Udio, $12, More

Episode 272 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

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Top Music Business News Last Week

From music AI moves from UMG, Spotify and a new Ticketmaster President to advice on making the most of Spotify Wrapped, TokTok, new releases, merch and more, Hypebot’s got you covered with the latest and greatest music business news last week.

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UMG AI Strategy Shifts from Reaction to Innovation

Universal Music Group (UMG) CEO Sir Lucian Grainge shared a memo outlining how the world’s largest record label is approaching artificial intelligence (AI) in music. His open letter blends optimism with caution, showing how UMG hopes to lead in generative AI while defending the rights of artists and songwriters.

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