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Simon Cowell teams with TikTok, Universal Music Group to launch music-making online ‘talent show’

StemDrop will see artists making their own tracks using stems from a Max Martin-penned single
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Sony Music inks new partnership with Kuwait-based creative studio GHMZA to sign Khaleeji pop artists

Bader Al Shuaibi and Bashar al-Shatti will be the first two artists to work with Sony Music Middle East
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As Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision buyout awaits approval, games giant files patent for AI music tech

Back in January, Microsoft issued jaw-dropping news that it was buying Activision Blizzard in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion. Activision – one of world’s most prominent interactive entertainment developers, publishers and distrib…

Why the music industry is headed for a tussle with TikTok over royalties

New financial data and comments from Sir Lucian Grainge suggest that tension is mounting over TikTok’s payouts to the music industry
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ONErpm launches ‘Amplifer’ marketing platform, which it says raised DIY artist streams by 129% in September

‘Amplifier’, provides “on-demand information and transparency” regarding clients’ marketing campaigns
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2 Chainz to host weekly Amazon Music Live concert series on Prime Video

The series is called Amazon Music Live and will go online Thursdays at 9pm PDT
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HYBE share price rises after news of BTS members enlisting in military

Investors in South Korea appeared to be unfazed by news of BTS taking a break from their career to embark on mandatory military service in their home country. Shares of HYBE, the parent company of BTS’s management team BIGHIT MUSIC, rose 1.3% when the …

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