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Italian music group Artist First has launched a new live music promotions division called Artist First Live. Artist First Live will be headed by Alessandro Fabozzi, the founder of Milan-based artist management company 432 Srl and digital agency Officine Orange, both of which sold majority stakes to Artist First in recent years. Fabozzi will work […]

Steve Stoute’s music distribution and artist services company UnitedMasters has launched a new personalized artist development feature called ‘Blueprint.’ The company says that the new tool, available within the UnitedMasters app, will provide independent artists with guidance, coaching, and insights to help them progress in their careers. UnitedMasters says that the Blueprint service is personalized

With the A&R Awards now just a week away, YouTube Music has been announced as the sponsor of one of the night’s guaranteed on-your-feet moments, the Icon Award. Previous winners include legends of A&R who have changed the industry and influenced generations, such as  Muff Winwood, Simon Cowell and Chris Blackwell. Presented by Music Business Worldwide, the A&R Awards is the

TikTok and DistroKid have struck a new global deal that they say will create “new revenue opportunities for independent artists”. The deal will see music distributed by DistroKid available across TikTok Music, CapCut, and in TikTok’s Commercial Music Library. In the media statement announcing the news, DistroKid and TikTok say that the deal “will unlock new opportunities for independent

Google has committed to invest up to $2 billion in artificial intelligence unicorn Anthropic, which last month also secured a multi-billion dollar investment from Amazon. Alphabet-owned Google had already invested $500 million in Anthropic earlier this year, and now plans to pump in another $1.5 billion over time, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (October 27), citing people familiar with the matter.