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 and remix songs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
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 software downloads among themselves, Reuters reported Thursday (May 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
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 to are still unanswered. ElevenLabs built a platform anyway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Spotify is increasingly leaning into artificial intelligence to keep users tuned in. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
December 08, 2025
The increasingly heated fight for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is, on its face, about libraries: HBO’s prestige slate, DC’s franchises and Warner’s studio machine. But the bidding war now featuring Netflix and Paramount is also a referendum on something less visible and arguably more defensible than IP: the consumer-facing algorithms that decide what gets watched, […]
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Every now and then a dark horse appears in the PYMNTS App Provider Rankings that shows how much consumers are willing to discover and explore new apps in what would...
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Wednesday (April 23) laid out the streaming giant’s vision for growth, which includes plans to diversify beyond online streaming as well as continuing to grow...
February 13, 2025
New models. New ads. New pricing tiers. The subscription economy has been active, to say the least, with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealing TV screens have now surpassed mobile as...
June 15, 2026
Fox is preparing to acquire streaming video company Roku for $22 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to […]
May 07, 2026
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 software downloads among themselves, Reuters...
March 23, 2026
Spotify is increasingly leaning into artificial intelligence to keep users tuned in. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
February 03, 2026
Spotify will use Checkout.com’s global acquiring services to facilitate payments for the users of its audio streaming subscription service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
