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Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates

Engadget

It's no secret that Spotify isn't a big money maker for most artists. But, in its annual Loud & Clear report , the music streamer is trying to change the narrative, reiterating an earlier claim that it paid artists $10 billion in 2024 ($60 million since launching) and adding that these payments increased tenfold over the last 10 years.

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Napster just sold for $207 million

Engadget

Current Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos says that the purchase will allow artists to create crazy environments that are really only limited by their imaginations. As an example, he described a reggae artist who might enjoy a virtual beach environment. . "The most legendary collab?!

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How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won’t say

TechCrunch

But so far no one can agree on whether or how much artists should be paid. As tech companies begin to monetize generative AI, the creators on whose work it is trained are asking for their fair share. A recent open letter from the Authors Guild signed by more than 8,500 writers, including Margaret Atwood, […]

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Artists across industries are strategizing together around AI concerns

TechCrunch

As creative industries grapple with AI’s explosion into every artistic medium at once, separate calls from artists warning the world to take action before it’s too late are starting to converge.

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Artists launch copyright lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney

TechSpot

The problem was highlighted last September when the Colorado State Fair's contest for emerging digital artists was by Jason M. AI-powered content-generating tools have seen their popularity explode in recent months, but it hasn't stopped the controversy that surrounds them. That's been especially true of systems that create art.

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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How artists and scientists see tree branches similarly

Fast Company Tech

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century abstract artist and art theorist obsessed with simplicity and essence of form. As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, Im starting to think so.

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