In May of this year we covered an intriguing — and to some, a threatening — experiment. Four AI radio stations were set up, completely staffed by AI models, from DJ to GM. Today we learn what happened. Click for history, details, graphics, and links.
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Label giant Universal Music Group (UMG) has brought a federal lawsuit against digital music distributor DistroKid, on the grounds of deceptive trade practices, and copyright infringement. The “deceptive trade practices” charge appears to focus on AI-created music. Click for details. Continue Reading
RAIN’s Kurt Hanson attends the Sounds Profitable Business Summit — a podcast industry event — in NYC, and sends back a portfolio of photos. We present a selection.
Star rapper and producer Buster Rhymes is stirring attention with a complaint about Spotify payouts. Continue Reading
A hefty percentage of live radio listeners tune in to the venerable format for music discovery. That discovery comes from British audio research firm MIDiA Research. Continue Reading
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — the global trade organization of the record industry — is announcing today a new initiative to combat streaming fraud. Named the Streaming Integrity Initiative (SII), the project establishes a set of baseline practices. Click for details. Continue Reading
Radio on 9/11/2001 On this 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, we wanted to look back at radio coverage of that catastrophic emergency that nobody was prepared for. (THIS POST CAN BE UPSETTING TO READ.) We found this… Continue Reading
Last week we covered an interesting research finding from Edison Research. We learned that fiction audiobook consumers prefer AI to human narration … some of the time, in some ways. This week we attended a deep-dive webinar produced by Edison and sponsored by Spoken: The AI Audiobook Company. Hosted by Edison VP Megan Lazovick and Spoken founder/CEO Philip Marshall, It provided details of the underlying research conducted by Edison. Continue Reading
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Hollywood Reporter has launched a Microdrama Chart, believed to be the first ranking of vertical drama. (Vertical dramas are Small-format video stories meant to be consumed on smartphones.) Owl & Co produces a data engine which powers the chart. Continue Reading
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K-Pop band BTS is making news with its latest album, titled ARIRANG. Using a vinyl-first product strategy, and partnering with data and insights company Luminate (which powers the Billboard music charts), a case study of vinyl album success results. Continue Reading