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New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-09 | tags: coverage, local, music

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Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro (theverge.com)

2026-08-08 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: digital, ideas, love

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Sonic Pi v5 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: sonic pi, version 5, music programming

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Sonic Pi v5 Released (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: sonic pi, version 5, music programming

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Suno Plans New Tools to Make AI-Generated Music More Transparent. Is It Enough? (cnet.com)

2026-08-06 | by Dashia Milden | tags: artists, generated, music

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Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: google, models, music

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Suno is adding audio watermarks so AI-generated songs are more easily identifiable (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Matt Tate | tags: music, shulman, suno

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Verizon’s Apple Music perk won’t dodge the price hike — here’s what you’ll pay (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: apple, apple music, family

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Spotify Execs Bet People Will Pay for AI Music. Stock Price Plunges (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: spotify, ai music, stock price

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Spotify reaches huge subscriber milestone as Apple Music readies iOS 27 upgrades (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Zac Hall | tags: spotify, apple music, ios 27

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Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Sarah Perez | tags: spotify, merlin, ai music

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Myspace’s Owners Say They’re Bringing It Back From the Dead. They’ve Already Lost $150 Million Trying. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jonathan Small | tags: myspace, specific media, justin timberlake

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Spotify now has over 300M subscribers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: spotify, elevenlabs, ai features

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Spotify just hit 300 million Premium subscribers (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Steve Dent | tags: spotify, apple music, reserved

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Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer? (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Dexter Thomas | tags: ai music app, fenix flexin, tyga

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Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI (theverge.com)

2026-08-02 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: fender, cole, analog ai

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Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (theverge.com)

2026-08-01 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: billboard hot 100, ai-generated music, shoreline mafia

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Here’s the live concert connection Spotify and YouTube Music are missing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: spotify, youtube music, relisten

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Pandora's ad-free subscription is less than $10 a month in 2026: Is it worth it? (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jackson Chen | tags: pandora, music streaming, pandora premium

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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: generative ai, record charts, music industry

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61-Year-Old Japanese Man Arrested After Decade of Rocking Too Hard (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: japanese man, rock music, police arrest

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Apple just hit 1.5 billion paid subscriptions from its user base (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-30 | by Ryan Christoffel | tags: apple, app store, icloud

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Can Winamp Ride the Retro Tech Wave All the Way Onto Spotify’s Private Beach? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: winamp, spotify, retro tech

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Spotify launches ‘User Notes’ to let users add memories to songs (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Aisha Malik | tags: spotify, user notes, apple music

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Spotify launches ‘User notes’ to let users add memories to songs (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Aisha Malik | tags: spotify, user notes, apple music

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Help! I Generated a Song With Google’s New Music Model and I Kind of Like It (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: google, music model, ai products

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Winamp aims for a comeback with a new music player powered by Deezer (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: winamp, deezer, spotify

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I replaced my paid streaming apps with free ones - here's what surprised me (zdnet.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jada Jones | tags: vizio watchfree+, apple music, youtube premium lite

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Google’s new Lyria 3.5 model promises richer, more emotional music (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: lyria 3.5, google flow music, gemini 3.6 flash

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Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Matt Tate | tags: sony music, universal music group, warner music