Sync platform SourceAudio has entered into an agreement with services company Symphonic giving independent labels, managers and artists signed to Symphonic the possibility to "easily opt-in and participate" in SourceAudio’s AI music dataset licensing marketplace.

SourceAudio provides fully cleared music licensing for AI training. Under the agreement, Symphonic labels and artists who opt in will be able to earn incremental revenue from their songs when they are used to train approved third-par...

Kobalt Music's Director, Licensing Operation Chelsea Johnson has joined Meta as Publishing Operations Lead for North America. Johnson announced two weeks ago her departure from Kobalt after over 12 years with the company. "I’m so excited to continue to work closely with so many of you. Gaining experience on the DSP side has been extremely important to me in my growth and curiousity on how music, digital continue to grow together," wrote Johnson, who joined Kobalt in 2013, in a LinkedIn post. S...

Rights-tech platform ClicknClear has signed a global licensing agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), providing athletes with the ability to license music from UMG’s repertoire to accompany choreographed routines in a wide variety of sport. "While sporting venues generally clear the public performance of music at events, to date there has been no online platform offering athletes a route to obtain the rights required to use music in choreographed routines," explained ClicknClear, which has...