North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and ...

Mike Smith was indicted in 2024 after using AI and bots to generate and stream thousands of songs, siphoning millions of dollars away from recording artists.

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Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform.

Boosted by paid streaming services, global recorded music revenues grew 6.4% to $31.7 billion ‌in 2025, their 11th straight year of growth, the IFPI organisation representing the recording industry ...

In three years, generative AI music has become the industry’s most pressing concern. Here are all the major developments so far.

Concerts celebrating Beethoven and others, two programs featuring Tony Award nominees, and more in this week's top arts events in the Sarasota area.

Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington discuss 'On Cinema at the Cinema', the internet's most deranged movie review show.

Veteran producer and publicist Ralston Barrett is set to release a brand‑new reggae one‑drop rhythm project titled Jailhouse Set Me Free Rhythm Vol 1, a compilation that brings together a powerful ...

Tickets are on sale for Opera Louisiane's production of Giacomo Puccini's grand opera, "Madama Butterfly" at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Raising Canes River Center Performing Arts Theater, 240 St. Louis St ...

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