Musixmatch acquires Music Reports, combining Songdex, Blokur, and Cuetrak to expand music rights administration and develop AI-powered royalty matching and reconciliation.
Goldman Sachs projects AI music could generate $3.3 billion in additional annual streaming revenue by 2035, while raising concerns about competition for existing royalty income.
Music publishers and songwriters are seeking higher streaming royalties for 2028–2032, proposing a 20% revenue rate and new minimum protections as Amazon pushes for lower payments.
South Korean music creator Meomuru has reached No. 3 on Melon's Top 100 chart with "Have You Become the Adult You Dreamed Of?", a rock ballad featuring vocals generated using the AI music platform Suno.
A proposed order seeks monthly upload and royalty figures, plus details of DistroKid’s AI prediction tool, through a non-party subpoena.
Deezer confirms TIME recognition for its detection technology as it reports nearly 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks arriving daily.