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Collaborative Music Platform Drooble Is Shutting Down

Ashley King
November 29, 2022
Photo Credit: Wes Hicks Collaborative music platform Drooble is shutting down in December. The social media network was created by musicians for musicians to meet and collaborate together. Drooble was founde... Read More...
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Country Radio Seminar Broadens Opening Day With Digital Music & Tech Summit — Here’s What to Expect

Ashley King
November 28, 2022
Photo Credit: Country Radio Seminar/Kayla Schoen Anyone in the music business with a small stake in the country genre should check out Country Radio Seminar (CRS) this year. The 2023 CRS event is slated for M... Read More...

Artist-Advance Startup beatBread Announces ‘$100 Million Institutional Funding Agreement’ Following $34 Million Seed Round

Dylan Smith
November 22, 2022
Photo Credit: beatBread About nine months after closing a $34 million seed round, artist-advance startup beatBread has officially inked “a $100 million institutional funding agreement.” Two-year-old beatBre... Read More...
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Music Networking Platform Vampr Scores Downtown Investment As Part of Broader Partnership Deal

Dylan Smith
November 17, 2022
Photo Credit: Vampr Downtown Music has officially invested in six-year-old music networking platform Vampr as part of a broader partnership deal. New York City-headquartered Downtown Music unveiled its inve... Read More...
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YOOM Raises $15 Million — Finneas and Jimmy Iovine Among the Star-Studded Investors

Ashley King
October 26, 2022
Photo Credit: YOOM YOOM raises $15 million in a star-studded round of investment from the likes of Finneas and Jimmy Iovine. YOOM, founded in 2016 by Dr. Miky Tamir and Micha Birnboim and known initially as ... Read More...
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The Music Acquisition Corp., Once a High-Flying SPAC, Is Getting Delisted by the New York Stock Exchange

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Photo Credit: Ken Lund / CC by 2.0 The Music Acquisition Corp. (TMAC.U) is seeking shareholder approval to liquidate its trust early. The SPAC doesn't have a completion deadline until February 5, 2023, but t... Read More...

Artist Investment Platform Exceed Announces $8 Million Seed Raise, Hires Anthony Martini As President

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BeatConnect Announces $2.2 Million Raise, Touts Role In Forthcoming ‘Musical Revolution Centered Around Collaboration’

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Photo Credit: Techivation Montreal-headquartered musician-collaboration platform BeatConnect has announced a roughly $2.2 million raise that drew support from Triptyq Capital. Two-year-old BeatConnect just ... Read More...
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HYBE Acquires AI ‘Singing Voice Synthesis’ Company Supertone in $32MM Deal

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Photo Credit: Supertone.ai Hybe has acquired AI tech startup Supertone in a deal worth an estimated $32 million. Supertone synthesizes realistic voices that can sing. According to Korean media, the deal foll... Read More...

One Play at a Time, Audoo Is Making Accurate Performance Data Part of the Songwriter Pay Conversation

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Photo Credit: Eric Tompkins The debate over songwriter compensation is unlikely to end anytime soon — though fast-evolving technology will play a big role in the discussion moving forward. Case in point: Audo... Read More...
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Crowd Sourced Investors Lose $750,000 Collectively On Awesome Merchandise Bet As Firm Enters Bankruptcy

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September 1, 2022
Photo Credit: Robot Food More than 1,000 investors are set to lose $750,000 collectively as Awesome Merchandise in the UK enters bankruptcy. The Leeds-based merchandiser previously raised £654,000 from 1,064... Read More...

A Closer Look at Trolley — The Canadian Fintech Taking Aim at Royalty Payment Complexity

Paul Resnikoff
August 16, 2022
Trolley leadership team, from left, Jordan Cohen (VP Sales), Sasha Kossovsky (VP Engineering, Vincent Guérin (VP Marketing), Tim Nixon (CEO & Founder), and Natalie Loop (VP People & Culture). Not pictu... Read More...
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