Ashley King

TikTok CEO Scheduled to Testify in House Congressional Hearings

January 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Árpád Czapp TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before a Congressional hearing in March. Here's what we know. The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) confirm... Read More...

Google’s MusicLM Is the ChatGPT of Music Creation

Ashley King

January 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Mike Castro Demaria Google researchers have created an AI capable of generating music from text prompts—like ChatGPT. The model is called MusicLM. A text prompt like 'a calming violin melody ba... Read More...

Warner Music Group Shifting Away From 180G Vinyl – Shifting More Production to the US

Ashley King

January 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Manuel Sardo Warner Music Group has released its second annual Environmental Social Governance (ESG) report. It reveals the music company is continuing its shift away from 180g vinyl to reduce e... Read More...

Sweetwater content creators production quality

Are You a Budding Content Creator? Here’s How To Help Your Production Quality Bloom

Ashley King

January 30, 2023

Photo Credit: Sweetwater Ready to take your home setup to the next level as a content creator? Whether you’re writing music, streaming video games, or making videos–Sweetwater has the gear content creators ne... Read More...

Microsoft’s OpenAI, GitHub Seek to Dismiss AI Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Ashley King

January 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Mohammad Rahmani Microsoft's OpenAI and GitHub seek to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit over the open-source code used to train their artificial intelligence systems. Microsoft, along wi... Read More...

Miley Cyrus Flowers breaks streaming record

Miley Cyrus Breaks Her Own Record — “Flowers” Becomes the Most-Streamed Song in a Single Week on Spotify for the Second Week in a Row

Ashley King

January 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Raph_PH / CC by 2.0 Miley Cyrus continues to set records on Spotify as her hit single "Flowers" becomes the track with the most streams in a single week for the second week in a row. After her ... Read More...

What Are the Best-Selling Albums of All Time?

Ashley King

January 28, 2023

Photo Credit: Douglas Johnson / CC by 2.0 What are the best-selling albums of all time? We look at the top ten based on total certified copies sold versus claimed copies sold -- and why it's so difficult to d... Read More...

Universal Music Group Cuts the Ribbon on EMI North in Leeds

Ashley King

January 27, 2023

Photo Credit: EMI North Universal Music Group announces the launch of EMI North in Leeds. Universal Music-owned EMI Records has announced the launch of EMI North, a new label in the northern UK city of Leeds... Read More...

Bad Bunny Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Heading For Settlement

Ashley King

January 27, 2023

Photo Credit: Kevin9625Ja / CC by 4.0 The Bad Bunny copyright infringement lawsuit over the track "Safaera" may be coming to a close. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by AOM Music, Inc. The suit claims that "Sa... Read More...

Spotify’s ‘Viral Hire’ Gets Laid Off 9 Months Later

Ashley King

January 27, 2023

Photo Credit: Emily Vu Twitter A woman who landed a job with Spotify thanks to her Spotify-themed resume has been laid off by Spotify. Emily Vu posted a screenshot of her Spotify-themed resume in 2021. But a... Read More...

Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Intellectual Property from ‘Unfriendly Nations’

Ashley King

January 26, 2023

Photo Credit: Reiseuhu.de Belarus legalizes the piracy of intellectual property from 'unfriendly nations' after international sanctions limit the media, software, and technology allowed within the country. T... Read More...

Sweetwater 2022 Sales Revenues Jump 9.5% to $1.57 Billion

Ashley King

January 26, 2023

Photo Credit: Susan Mohr Sweetwater has announced it reached $1.57 billion in sales for 2022, achieving revenue growth of 9.5% YoY. This marks the third consecutive year that Sweetwater has managed to break ... Read More...

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