Publishing Briefs: Idris Elba Deepens UMPG Pact, Plus Nick Drake Estate Sees Bryter Days

This week's publishing roundup features a wave of new deals, including Warner Chappell's latest signings and Kobalt's ...
KPVI

Universal says struck first licensing deal for AI music

A deal struck between Universal Music Group and AI music creation startup Udio marks a new chapter for a recording industry ...
Music Business Worldwide

Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music ...

Berlin-based entertainment company umn (pronounced ˈhjuːmən) was founded in 2024 by ex-BMG senior execs, Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus ...
GitHub

Generate music based on natural language prompts using LLMs running locally.

MusicGPT is an application that allows running the latest music generation AI models locally in a performant way, in any platform and without installing heavy dependencies like Python or machine ...