MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP

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  • Pitchfork Bandcamp Announces Ban on AI Music

  • Billboard Canada Here’s How Much Canadians Across the Country Are Listening to AM/FM Radio

  • The Globe and Mail Out of sync: The music industry is going all-in on licensed AI — but musicians are less excited

  • Billboard Canada Consumers Council of Canada Seeks to Sue Live Nation to Divest From Ticketmaster

  • The Global and Mail Ontario court seeks arrest of man in $10-million music-industry heist case

  • FACTOR

    • Songwriter Development | Rolling deadline. Applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure.

    • Video | Rolling deadlines

    • Live Performance | Rolling deadlines, at least one day before the start of the trip

    • Sponsorship | Applications must be submitted at the latest three months prior to the start date of the proposed event/project

  • Jumpstart Foundations is an on-demand free video series presented by Music BC and music industry professionals and specialists covering topics on Branding, Tik Tok, Music Marketing, Music Law, Domestic Tour Strategies and much more.

  • Amazon Music has teamed up with Music Ally to present the Amazon Music for Artists Pro Series, a collection of five free video courses designed to help music industry professionals and artists effectively build their business on Amazon Music. The content is a crash course on five key areas of Amazon Music’s business and opportunity areas for artists, including Amazon Music for Artists, Artist Merch, Voice, Livestreaming/Twitch, and Programming. The Pro Series is free to access globally from the Music Ally learning hub, with subtitles available in Spanish and Japanese.

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