17 Oct 2026 · 2,865 works · 700 news indexed
News · Business
Short original briefs on AI in culture, each linking out to the original reporting rather than reproducing it.
Business8 Oct 2026
Suno has brought in a Ticketmaster partnerships executive to lead a new live-experiences division that takes over Songkick, which it bought from Warner Music Group last year.
Business7 Oct 2026
Business7 Oct 2026
Bloomberg says DeepSeek is nearing a raise of at least $12bn with Tencent among its largest backers, a link that matters to music because Tencent Music already uses its models.
Business2 Oct 2026
Mikey Shulman gave no new numbers at Bloomberg's Screentime, only that Suno has passed its last disclosed marks, and said joint decisions on AI labelling beat rules set early.
Business30 Sep 2026
The rapper backs a Newark company that licenses culturally representative images and data to AI firms on terms that keep creators paid and in control.
Business30 Sep 2026
Khosla-backed Studio Jadu launches an AI-assisted animation studio that funds independent creators' shows, shares revenue with them and leaves creative control in their hands.
Business30 Sep 2026
Modulate raised $25M. Its AI music detector, sold per hour of audio, joins Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz and others trying to catch AI tracks before they take royalties.
Business28 Sep 2026
The licensed-data music generator lost out to richer rivals; its staff join Rusk Media while Beatoven keeps its Maestro model to license to businesses.
Business28 Sep 2026
The former Spotify engineering director who helped build AI DJ, Jam and Daylist will lead AI and machine learning across UMG.
Business26 Sep 2026
Investors now put the voice-AI company at roughly twice its February price, and its CEO says he will accept thinner margins to keep growing market share.
Business25 Sep 2026
The AI video workspace says its run rate hit $1 billion 18 months after launch, driven mostly by creative agencies using models from Google, ByteDance and others.
Business24 Sep 2026
The Prime Focus-owned company, built on DNEG and Metaphysic technology, raised $150 million and is preparing interactive digital humans.
Business23 Sep 2026
Patreon's co-founder and two of its senior leaders move to OpenAI to build tools for creators, with a first look promised at DevDay on September 29.
Business22 Sep 2026
Warsaw AI music startup GRAI has merged with Hangout, the turn-taking DJ platform licensed by all three majors, a month after licensing Universal-backed AI patents.
Business22 Sep 2026
Unit1 Studio's Balderton-led round comes with a claim that it can relocate a finished avatar show intact, which it says makes the ABBA Voyage format affordable for more artists.
Business18 Sep 2026
Disney is handing its technology, data and AI platforms to Character.AI's CEO, an advocate of AI entertainment whose company it once warned off its characters.
Business16 Sep 2026
Believe's chief says two layers of consent stand between its artists and any AI training set, and that Suno's licensed v6 meets the standard its April block did not.
Business16 Sep 2026
Cameron's 3D company takes over the AI stereo-conversion firm behind his Billie Eilish tour film, pitching studios a single 3D pipeline.
Business15 Sep 2026
The AI music company adds a finance chief as it manages a $5.4bn valuation, fast hiring and a stack of copyright suits alongside new label licences.
Business11 Sep 2026
Fans can connect Ticketmaster to Meta's new AI agent to get event picks, seats and prices, adding to the ticket seller's links with other assistants.
Business3 Sep 2026
YouTube's biggest creator will front a Gemini campaign and use the chatbot on screen in survival challenges, in an unusually large Google creator deal.
Business31 Aug 2026
The View co-host will develop AI films from her books, with her synthetic image in them and a revenue share. Fountain 0 is also inviting influencers to license their likenesses.
Business25 Aug 2026
Universal, Sony and Warner joined Stability AI's Series B, a year after licensing deals with the company, and Coatue's Thomas Laffont takes a board seat.
Business24 Aug 2026
WildBrain pays about $11 million in cash plus shares for a maker of child-safe character chatbots, with up to $56 million more tied to targets.
