Polyend unveils Drums, a kitted out drum machine that might just rival the TR-1000
Superbooth 2026: Polish music tech brand Polyend has unveiled Drums, a new drum machine that might just rival the Roland ...
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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, ...
HYBE sells $27m stake in rival YG Entertainment’s YG Plus subsidiary
South Korean entertainment powerhouse HYBE sold its entire 7.67% direct stake in YG Plus, a subsidiary of rival YG Entertainment, ...
Kobalt’s AI deal with Suno rival ElevenLabs guarantees publishing ‘parity’ with recorded music
Earlier today (August 5), music publisher Kobalt announced a landmark licensing agreement with ElevenLabs’ new AI music platform, Eleven Music ...
HYBE is selling its entire stake in K-Pop rival SM Entertainment to Tencent Music for nearly $180m
South Korean entertainment giant HYBE is selling its entire 9.38% stake in rival K-Pop firm SM Entertainment.The buyer is Tencent ...
Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees
TikTok rival Triller is once again facing a lawsuit over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees.This time, the music organization suing ...
TikTok rival Triller secures $50m in equity funding
With TikTok facing a possible shutdown in the US – if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the app – rival ...
OpenAI, valued at $157bn and facing multiple copyright infringement lawsuits, says China’s DeepSeek may have used its data to train rival AI model without permission
The sudden arrival of China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot has thrown the US’s AI industry into what Forbes calls a “panic.”AI-related ...
TikTok rival Triller sued over alleged non-payment of $35.5m debt
The parent company of TikTok rival Triller, which debuted as a publicly traded firm in October, has been sued by ...
TikTok rival Triller says Kevin McGurn won’t be joining the company as CEO after all
In an unusual move, TikTok rival Triller has backed out of plans to make Kevin McGurn its new CEO.“The Board ...
