Veteran music tech executive Tracy Chan has exited his role as COO of SoundCloud after less than two years to become the CEO of red-hot AI music creation platform Splash…..
Catch up on what everybody has been talking about with last week’s most-read posts. Topics range from music tech startup stars to streaming fraud, new Spotify reports, and more…..
A Danish man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for using fake accounts and bot-generated streams to defraud streaming services of 2 million kroner ($290,000 USD) in royalties…..
BandLab has passed 100 million registered users of its flagship social music creation platform, up 40 million in a little over a year. Thirty percent of the platform’s creators are based in the US……
Business journal Fast Company has released its annual list of Most Innovative Companies, including ten focusing on music, and it contains a few surprises…..
Real and threatened bans, UMG, and others pulling tracks, mountains of bad press, and increased competition from Meta and YouTube are taking their toll on TokTok, just as the social platform may be forced to look for a buyer…..
Eventbrite sent a message to users that its ToneDen smart-link service, which is popular with musicians and music marketers, is not working due to “an issue with our domain provider, which is unfortunately out of our control”…..
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