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CRTC Hearing on Canadian Content Obligations for Music Streamers
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is holding a five-day hearing to determine the appropriate Canadian content obligations for music streaming services, with stakeholders presenting contrasting views on existing regulations and their impact on the broadcasting ind...
CRTC Hearing on Canadian Content Obligations for Music Streamers
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is holding a five-day hearing to determine the appropriate Canadian content obligations for music streaming services, with stakeholders presenting contrasting views on existing regulations and their impact on the broadcasting ind...
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36% Bias Score
Spotify Plans Further Price Increases to Fund Growth and Reach One Billion Users
Spotify, facing Q2 2024 profit decline despite 12% subscriber growth to 276 million, announced further price increases to fund new features and reach its one billion user goal, following a recent €1 premium subscription increase to €11.99.
Spotify Plans Further Price Increases to Fund Growth and Reach One Billion Users
Spotify, facing Q2 2024 profit decline despite 12% subscriber growth to 276 million, announced further price increases to fund new features and reach its one billion user goal, following a recent €1 premium subscription increase to €11.99.
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36% Bias Score
Mystery Band's AI Origins Spark Music Industry Debate
The Velvet Sundown, a Spotify band with 850,000 monthly listeners, faces accusations of being AI-generated, despite denials, after a supposed spokesman admitted to using AI, later revealing it as a hoax, highlighting concerns about online information and the music industry.
Mystery Band's AI Origins Spark Music Industry Debate
The Velvet Sundown, a Spotify band with 850,000 monthly listeners, faces accusations of being AI-generated, despite denials, after a supposed spokesman admitted to using AI, later revealing it as a hoax, highlighting concerns about online information and the music industry.
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60% Bias Score
AI-Generated Music Flood on Deezer Raises Copyright Concerns
Deezer, a major streaming platform, reports that almost 20% of its daily new music uploads—over 20,000 songs—are AI-generated, a near doubling in just three months, prompting concerns about copyright and artist revenue.
AI-Generated Music Flood on Deezer Raises Copyright Concerns
Deezer, a major streaming platform, reports that almost 20% of its daily new music uploads—over 20,000 songs—are AI-generated, a near doubling in just three months, prompting concerns about copyright and artist revenue.
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52% Bias Score
Spotify's Dominance: Devaluing Music, Underpaying Artists
Liz Pelly's "Mood Machine" examines Spotify's 30 percent control of the music market, revealing how its algorithm-driven playlists devalue music, underpay artists (especially independent musicians), and homogenize musical tastes, prioritizing advertising revenue and user experience over artistic int...
Spotify's Dominance: Devaluing Music, Underpaying Artists
Liz Pelly's "Mood Machine" examines Spotify's 30 percent control of the music market, revealing how its algorithm-driven playlists devalue music, underpay artists (especially independent musicians), and homogenize musical tastes, prioritizing advertising revenue and user experience over artistic int...
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68% Bias Score
Spotify's AI Music Tool: Premium Feature or Copyright Challenge?
Spotify is adding an AI-powered music tool to its premium tier, allowing users to personalize songs, reflecting a broader industry trend of leveraging AI for premium features and potentially changing music consumption from passive to active.
Spotify's AI Music Tool: Premium Feature or Copyright Challenge?
Spotify is adding an AI-powered music tool to its premium tier, allowing users to personalize songs, reflecting a broader industry trend of leveraging AI for premium features and potentially changing music consumption from passive to active.
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40% Bias Score
Deezer Reports 28% of Uploaded Music is AI-Generated
French music streaming service Deezer revealed that 28% of music uploaded to its platform is fully AI-generated, amounting to 30,000 AI tracks daily, an 18% increase since February.
Deezer Reports 28% of Uploaded Music is AI-Generated
French music streaming service Deezer revealed that 28% of music uploaded to its platform is fully AI-generated, amounting to 30,000 AI tracks daily, an 18% increase since February.
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48% Bias Score
Drake Sues Universal Music Group, Exposing Algorithmic Manipulation in Music Streaming
Drake sued Universal Music Group, alleging they manipulated Spotify streams to boost Kendrick Lamar's music at his expense, highlighting issues of algorithmic manipulation and lack of transparency in the streaming industry projected to have 827 million paid subscribers by 2025.
Drake Sues Universal Music Group, Exposing Algorithmic Manipulation in Music Streaming
Drake sued Universal Music Group, alleging they manipulated Spotify streams to boost Kendrick Lamar's music at his expense, highlighting issues of algorithmic manipulation and lack of transparency in the streaming industry projected to have 827 million paid subscribers by 2025.
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40% Bias Score
AI Music Threatens Independent Musicians
The influx of AI-generated music on streaming platforms, with over 20,000 new AI tracks daily on Deezer, threatens the financial viability of independent musicians, who comprise 80% of new European music releases, and demands regulatory intervention to protect human creativity.
AI Music Threatens Independent Musicians
The influx of AI-generated music on streaming platforms, with over 20,000 new AI tracks daily on Deezer, threatens the financial viability of independent musicians, who comprise 80% of new European music releases, and demands regulatory intervention to protect human creativity.
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64% Bias Score
AC/DC's Classic Albums and Singles Re-enter Billboard Charts
AC/DC's "Back in Black" album re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 195, selling almost 8,300 units, while "Thunderstruck" re-entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 189, showcasing the band's continued popularity.
AC/DC's Classic Albums and Singles Re-enter Billboard Charts
AC/DC's "Back in Black" album re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 195, selling almost 8,300 units, while "Thunderstruck" re-entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 189, showcasing the band's continued popularity.
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40% Bias Score
Spotify's Impact on Music: A Critical Analysis
Liz Pelly's "Mood Machine" exposes Spotify's manipulative practices, including promoting fake artists to avoid royalty payments, forcing vulnerable musicians into pay-to-play schemes, and selling user data, harming artists' income and limiting musical diversity.
Spotify's Impact on Music: A Critical Analysis
Liz Pelly's "Mood Machine" exposes Spotify's manipulative practices, including promoting fake artists to avoid royalty payments, forcing vulnerable musicians into pay-to-play schemes, and selling user data, harming artists' income and limiting musical diversity.
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64% Bias Score
UK Pop Stars Vanish From Global Charts
In 2024, for the first time since at least 2003, no UK artists made the IFPI's top 10 global best-selling singles or albums; the highest-placed UK artist was Artemas at number 15, while South Korean boy bands secured four of the top ten albums.
UK Pop Stars Vanish From Global Charts
In 2024, for the first time since at least 2003, no UK artists made the IFPI's top 10 global best-selling singles or albums; the highest-placed UK artist was Artemas at number 15, while South Korean boy bands secured four of the top ten albums.
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40% Bias Score
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