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...Universal Music Listing: Amsterdam The world’s biggest music label has always had a US centre of gravity, even if former parent Vivendi was based in Paris....
...executive of Politico-owner Axel Springer that has met leading AI companies Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, said his first choice would be to create a “quantitative” model similar to one developed by the music...
...The moves come after the commission hit Apple with a €1.8bn fine for preventing music streaming apps such as Spotify from informing users about cheaper deals....
...Today’s moves come a few weeks after the EU fined Apple more than €1.8bn for stifling competition from rival music streaming services in a long-running case dating from 2021....
...Providence has received bids from Apollo’s HarbourView music fund and Pimco and Warner Music, while Universal Music has looked at the asset, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Another allegation is that if you want to buy Amazon Prime, you get Prime Music, Prime Video and Prime shipping of packages. So that would be attacked as a tying arrangement....
...In the decades that followed, Hotel Georgia became a hotspot for music, with British Columbia’s most popular radio station being broadcast from its penthouse studio, and for its role as the local industry...
...says the 10-point manifesto of the countercultural arts and music festival, founded in 1986, which now draws more than 70,000 revellers in the run-up to Labor Day....
...But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.”...
...The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
...News round-up Arm shares jump by 25% on first day of trading (FT) BP chair rules himself out as next chief executive (FT) Hipgnosis sells $465mn of music to strengthen financial position (FT) Abcam founder...
...He was amazed to discover it could generate classical piano music as well as the state-of-the-art AI models of the time....
...“It used to be fun to go to the music store and browse CDs and tapes,” said Blater. “But would you ever give up on-demand streaming music to get that experience back? Unlikely.”...
...It also may be music to the ears of Jonathan Kanter, head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust unit. “There is no success greater for us than deterrence,” Kanter told a conference last month....
...“They want our brands to focus on what we do best — which is beer — and they want Bud Light to engage with topics relevant to all consumers, like music and sport.”...
...The company this week announced a partnership with Nvidia to develop an AI-powered 3D model generator, and has been working with Meta and LG on projects involving AI-generated stock video and music....
...It has faced sustained criticism and legal challenges from app developers, including Fortnite maker Epic Games and music service Spotify....
...(Side note: the bank also made cringey music videos, Alphaville has discovered.)...
...Music is the family trade. Her grandfather Percy Dickins co-founded New Musical Express as a music weekly in 1952. Her father Barry Dickins co-launched International Talent Booking in 1978....
...The colossal success of Taylor Swift’s latest album might suggest a pop music renaissance....
...Finally, right next to Penicillin is The Iron Fairies, a perfectly balanced blend of adventurous drinks, innovative comfort food, live music and unmatched service....
...News round-up Music business scrambles to contain fallout from Kanye West controversy (FT) Germany allows Chinese shipping group a stake in its biggest seaport (FT) European banks’ bumper quarter raises...
...On Tuesday, Reuters’ Milana Vinn reached out to a bagholder: Aliya Capital Partners LLC, one of the biggest investors that joined Elon Musk’s $44-billion acquisition of Twitter Inc, said on Tuesday it expects...
...It was about popular music and it was talking about what makes a hit song. The writer’s fundamental thesis was it’s something familiar and something new blended together....
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