Grammy winner MixedByAli launches ‘EngineEars Direct’ music distribution platform
Audio engineer marketplace EngineEars has launched a new distribution service, EngineEars Direct, which enables artists to upload music directly to ...
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HYBE’s Weverse superfan platform is growing – and going big in China
HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse is making significant inroads into China through strategic partnerships with two of the market’s digital giants: ...
BeatStars has paid creators over $400m to date. CEO Abe Batshon wants 1 million musicians to earn a living from his platform
Abe Batshon has been buying beats online since the mid-’90s.Back then, he recalls, the process was fundamentally broken. You’d send ...
SM Entertainment’s operating profit soars 261% amid streak of hit K-pop albums, growth at fan platform DearU
South Korea’s SM Entertainment, known for K-pop acts such as NCT 127, EXO, Riize, and aespa, has reported a massive ...
K-pop superfan platform bemyfriends, a rival to Weverse, acquires controlling stake in SK Group’s music streaming operator Dreamus for $38.5m
bemyfriends, a startup operating fandom platforms for K-pop fans and other communities, agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dreamus, ...
You can now sell merch through DistroKid’s new direct-to-fan platform – and keep 100% of your earnings
DistroKid has launched a new direct-to-fan platform that lets independent artists create an online store to sell their merch. The ...
YouTube’s ‘twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,’ says Lyor Cohen, as platform makes $8bn+ payout to the music industry over the past year
YouTube reports that it paid more than $8 billion to the music industry during the 12 months from July 2024 ...
After buying Spitfire Audio in reported $50m deal, Splice launches virtual instrument platform for music producers
Splice has entered the virtual instruments market with a new platform that offers access to over 1,200 playable presets at ...
In ‘landmark’ move, SESAC and GMR join ASCAP and BMI’s ‘Songview’ copyright database, expanding platform to 38m+ works
In December 2020, US PROs ASCAP and BMI launched a public performance copyright database called Songview, described at the time ...
Universal and Sony Music partner with new platform to detect AI music copyright theft using ‘groundbreaking neural fingerprinting’ technology
Universal Music Group and Sony Music plan to use what they call “groundbreaking neural fingerprinting technologies” to detect copyright infringement ...
