AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoMusic Finance: Former Recognition Music CEO Ben Katovsky has taken the top job at Pipeline, which launched with $200 million in lending capital for independent music companies, using digital royalties as collateral. AI and Streaming: YouTube is adding labels to identify AI-generated music across its platforms, while Deezer plans a global option to filter synthetic tracks from search results. Deezer says nearly 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks arrive daily. Record Label Shakeup: Universal Music Group is restructuring, with senior executives at Republic and Def Jam among those exiting. Music Tourism: President Trump has signed a bipartisan law directing the U.S. government to develop a plan to grow domestic and international music tourism. Live Music Access: New research finds Black-led music events face higher rates of cancellation, shutdown or restriction, with barriers to Black and South Asian events costing London as much as £141 million a year. Royalties: Ghana’s music rights debate intensified as a leading industry figure said only a small share of the country’s hundreds of radio and TV stations pay royalties.
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