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Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks

Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
Spotify Turns AI Fan Covers Into Artist Paychecks
May 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Spotify and Universal Music Group have built a rights framework for something that has been happening without one: fans using artificial intelligence AI to cover...

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US and Allies Guarantee Tax-Free Streaming and Software Downloads
US and Allies Guarantee Tax-Free Streaming and Software Downloads
May 07, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Nineteen countries, including the United States, have announced an agreement to not impose duties on cross-border electronic transmissions such as streaming music or films and...

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ElevenLabs Opened a Music Store While Taylor Swift Lawyered Up 
ElevenLabs Opened a Music Store While Taylor Swift Lawyered Up 
April 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) changed the economics of music fast. The harder questions about authorship, ownership, what a song is worth and who it belongs...

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Spotify Leans on AI to Keep Subscribers Listening
Spotify Leans on AI to Keep Subscribers Listening
March 23, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Spotify is increasingly leaning into artificial intelligence to keep users tuned in. And as CNBC noted in a report Sunday (March 22), experts say these tech investments...

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Who Made This Song? Platforms Start to Label AI Music
Who Made This Song? Platforms Start to Label AI Music
March 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated country song reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart last fall, and few listeners knew the song was...

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Spotify to Use Checkout.com’s Global Acquiring Services
Spotify to Use Checkout.com’s Global Acquiring Services
February 03, 2026  |  Partnerships

Spotify will use Checkout.com’s global acquiring services to facilitate payments for the users of its audio streaming subscription service. The companies’ new partnership will see...

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Spotify Raises Price of Premium Subscription in US
Spotify Raises Price of Premium Subscription in US
January 15, 2026  |  Subscriptions

Spotify is increasing the price of its Premium subscription service by $1 a month in the United States. The monthly price of an individual Premium...

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Say Hello to the Unsubscribe Olympics and the Resolution Economy
Say Hello to the Unsubscribe Olympics and the Resolution Economy
January 01, 2026  |  Subscriptions

The digital economy has a seasonal rhythm. Late December is when consumers “zero out” recurring payments — a thumb-scroll through bank apps and email receipts....

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