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North Carolina 'Musician' Faces Charges After Earning $10M from AI-Generated and Bot-Boosted Music

North Carolina 'Musician' Faces Charges After Earning $10M from AI-Generated and Bot-Boosted Music

North Carolina man Michael Smith made $10 million by using AI and fake accounts to flood music streaming services with artificial songs, leading to charges of wire fraud and money laundering.


Spotify Raises $1 Billion Through Financing Deal

Music streaming company Spotify raises $ 1 billion deal through financing in the form of convertible debt. TPG rounded the funds together with Dragoneer along with other institutional investors. The deal placed by Goldman Sachs is expected to close on April 2.

Line Shutters MixRadio, Opts For Rendering Regional Services Through Line Music App

Line Corporation, owning entity of MixRadio has studied that 65% of its app users are from Far Eastern Countries. To uphold the company priorities for going regional, Line has decided to shutter MixRadio. Meanwhile, its Music streaming app will be restricted for the users of Japan and Thailand only.

Additional Million Subscribers For Apple Music in a Month, Catching Up With Competitor

Apple Music has gained another million subscribers, following its previous 10 million members. It means that Apple is chasing to compete tightly with its competitor, Spotify.


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Spotify and Genius work together to provide a better and deeper music experience for their users. Fact Tracks shows lyrics, along with annotations from the community or the artist itself.
This Christmas eve of this year has come up with another good news for the music fans. The Beatles' catalogue will soon be arriving on streaming services.
Taylor Swift gave Apple Music exclusive rights to stream her 1989 World Tour Concert Film starting December 20, 2015. The concert video will include appearances by music and special artists.
Taylor Swift is completely in a gift giving mood this Christmas with the latest launch of her 1989 World Tour Documentary on the Apple Music. On the occasion of Swift's 26th birthday, she announced that the release is scheduled on December 20, 2015, on her Twitter platform.
Apple Music partners with Swift Taylor in her "The 1989 World Tour LIVE" concert video. The concert video will be shown on December 20.
Apple offers Apple Music for Android as its first user-centric app on the Android platform. It features over 30 million songs and is said to come to China very soon.
Apple promised Android users that they would get access to Apple Music by this Autumn, with the leak of some screenshots of the Android version of the iOS app, it seems like it will be happening indeed.
Screenshots of the Apple Music App for Android has been leaked. Good news for Android users as the Apple Music may finally arrive on their platform. Leaked images of the Android app's design has been spotted by German tech website MobileGeeks.
The internet radio services provider Pandora's stock plummeted owing to increased competition in the global market. Pandora shares dropped 35 percent on Wall Street in just one session eroding $1.4billion market capitalization of the company. The emerging competition in internet radio services from global majors such as Apple is impacting the Pandora's performance. Adding to this YouTube has also introduced a subscription plan for music and video.
Apple has begun providing more entertainment services to Apple enthusiasts in China. Since China is one of the largest markets in Apple, the company made the Apple Music, the iBooks store, and iTunes available in the country.
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