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The partnerships, announced on Tuesday (November 3), will let users add up to 60 seconds of a track to a video Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adobe-partners-with-universal-and-warner-to-bring-licensed-music-to-premiere-mobile-its-free-video-editing-app/

Warner Music Group has acquired Zebralution Music, a distributor for independent record labels in Germany and across Europe that was spun off from Zebralution this year. The seller is Frankfurt-based digital publishing company Bookwire, which is controlled by New York-based private equity firm Insight Partners through UK-based Delta Software Group. Insight agreed to buy Zebralution … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/wmg-acquires-indie-distributor-zebralution-music/

The two majors are seeking data from DistroKid on how many of the tracks it delivers to streaming services are flagged as AI-generated. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-sony-and-distrokid-tell-court-they-are-working-on-a-resolution-in-dispute-over-ai-music-data-for-suno-case/

The following MBW op/ed comes from Mag Rodriguez, Founder/CEO, of superfan-focused platform EVEN. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/goldman-sachs-just-told-the-music-industry-to-sell-to-fans-first/

Suno has unveiled a tool that lets users create songs from inside AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The tool, Suno MCP, is in beta and was announced in Suno’s release notes on Wednesday (October 28). Separately, MBW has spotted a sign-in portal for Suno’s developer API, which the company said remains in beta. … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sunos-new-mcp-tool-lets-users-make-songs-inside-chatgpt-claude-and-gemini-as-its-developer-api-gets-a-sign-in-portal-but-remains-in-beta/

Spotify plans to launch its AI-powered covers and remixes tool in the first quarter of 2027. That’s according to the Financial Times, which reported the timeline on Friday (October 30), citing people familiar with the plans. The company is weighing a price of USD $4 to $5 per month for the tool, on top of … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-plans-q1-2027-launch-for-ai-covers-and-remixes-tool-weighing-4-5-monthly-price-report/