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Infinite Canvas Announces $6 Million In Funding for UGC Games

July 13, 2023

Infinite Canvas announced today that it has raised $6 million in its latest funding round. The studio promotes and enables user-generated content (UGC) on platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. Now it is settin... Read More...

Sound.xyz Announces $20 Million Raise, Opens to All Artists: ‘The Streaming Economy Is Broken for Most’

Dylan Smith

July 12, 2023

Self-described “web3-native music and economic tools” suite Sound.xyz has announced a multimillion-dollar raise and made its previously limited-access platform available to all artists. Two-year-old Sound d... Read More...

Metaverse Studio Karta Secures Investment from Pioneers Across Music, Gaming, Sports Industries

Ashley King

July 10, 2023

Metaverse studio Karta secures new investors after successful campaigns with clients including Republic Records, JYP Management, Unilever, Amazon Music, and Ronald McDonald House, with an investment seed roun... Read More...

With The Introduction of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Headset, The Focus on Spatial Audio Makes Sense

Ashley King

June 6, 2023

Apple unveiled its Vision Pro headset with a $3,499 price tag. The experimental tech is ushering in what Apple calls the era of spatial computing. During its WWDC 2023 conference, Apple finally gave the worl... Read More...

Virtual Concert Company VARK Announces $7.2 Million Raise, Eyes Global Buildout: ‘We Need At Least Ten Times This Amount of Funding and More People to Help Us Spread’

Dylan Smith

May 30, 2023

Tokyo-headquartered “virtual live music event platform” VARK has announced an “approximately one billion yen” ($7.16 million at the present exchange rate) first close of its Series C. The six-year-old virtu... Read More...

Turntable LIVE is Now Bringing Artist-Hosted Listening Parties — All On the Classic Turntable Dancefloor

Paul Resnikoff

May 14, 2023

Turntable LIVE's listening parties cater to exclusive fan engagement sessions, fundraising events, and album releases. These virtual events feature real-time chat alongside audio broadcast directly from Spoti... Read More...

XDMind Is Tapping AI to Quickly Match Catalogs to Video — Can This Bump the Value of Music Catalogs?

Paul Resnikoff

April 12, 2023

XdMind opens up catalogs to AI-powered music sync in dynamic environments, a potentially lucrative development for IP owners. Adapting to user preferences, the technology selects the best music for video, fil... Read More...

American Teens Aren’t Thrilled with the Metaverse — Only 4% Use VR Daily

Ashley King

April 10, 2023

A new report suggests American teens aren't thrilled with the VR metaverse—just 4% report daily use of VR headsets. According to a survey of 5,600 teens in America, VR ownership is relatively low compared t... Read More...

Decentraland Real Estate Prices Plunged Nearly 90% In One Year

Ashley King

March 30, 2023

Once a corporate darling in the metaverse frontier, Decentraland is a ghost town as investors abandon the metaverse. Decentraland was hailed in 2021 as one of the first instances of an actual metaverse for u... Read More...

Disney scales back metaverse division amid broader layoffs

Disney Shuts Down Its Metaverse Division Amid Broader Layoffs

Ashley King

March 29, 2023

Disney is exiting the metaverse entirely — and laying off around 50 employees from its metaverse division. The move comes as the Walt Disney Co. announced a round of layoffs impacting around 7,000 people. Th... Read More...

Cutting Through Web3 & AI Hype at the CRS Digital Music Summit In Nashville

Ashley King

March 6, 2023

Does the future of music lie with web3, NFTs, and virtual world technology? Maybe. Digital Music News is cutting through the hype during the Digital Music Summit at Country Radio Seminar (CRS). Here’s a quick... Read More...

ICE Strikes Deal with Gaming & Metaverse Start-Up STYNGR

Ashley King

February 23, 2023

ICE announces a deal with gaming metaverse start-up STYNGR, covering the multi-territory use of the ICE Core repertoire. ICE, the music tech company providing royalties for songwriters, has announced a deal ... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Infinite Canvas Announces $6 Million In Funding for UGC Games

Sound.xyz Announces $20 Million Raise, Opens to All Artists: ‘The Streaming Economy Is Broken for Most’

Metaverse Studio Karta Secures Investment from Pioneers Across Music, Gaming, Sports Industries

With The Introduction of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Headset, The Focus on Spatial Audio Makes Sense

Virtual Concert Company VARK Announces $7.2 Million Raise, Eyes Global Buildout: ‘We Need At Least Ten Times This Amount of Funding and More People to Help Us Spread’

Turntable LIVE is Now Bringing Artist-Hosted Listening Parties — All On the Classic Turntable Dancefloor

XDMind Is Tapping AI to Quickly Match Catalogs to Video — Can This Bump the Value of Music Catalogs?

American Teens Aren’t Thrilled with the Metaverse — Only 4% Use VR Daily

Decentraland Real Estate Prices Plunged Nearly 90% In One Year

Disney Shuts Down Its Metaverse Division Amid Broader Layoffs

Cutting Through Web3 & AI Hype at the CRS Digital Music Summit In Nashville