Warner Music Group (WMG) and China's music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music have renewed aqnd expanded their strategic multi-year licensing agreement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new deal will provide "multiplying opportunities in China for WMG's artists and songwriters and offering NetEase Cloud Music's highly engaged user base new and enhanced ways of engaging with their music," according to the two companies. In particular, the agreement expands the partnership from distr...

Singapore-headquartered music technology company BandLab Technologies has acquired Aiode, an AI-powered digital music studio which provides music creators access to fully licensed audio-to-audio models to create new music. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. BandLab Technologies, a division of Caldecott Music Group, owns and operates platforms such as BandLab, Cakewalk, ReverbNation and Airbit. Aiode will join BandLab's music-focused platforms BandLab and Cakewalk. “What sets Aiode apar...

Washington DC-based Digital Media Association (DIMA), the trade association representing music streaming services, has appointed Alyssa Slaimen to the position of Vice President, Government & External Affairs. She reports to DIMA President and CEO Graham Davies. Slaimen joins from the office of Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), where she led the Senator's portfolio on intellectual property and artificial intelligence. Her work included legislation currently before the US Senate Judiciary Committe...