Music Stories for 2023

Could We Build a Concert Venue in Space? 75
The Excitement of 70,000 Swifties Can Shake the Earth 46
After KISS's Final Show, They'll Become Digital Avatars From Industrial Light & Magic 93
Spotify To Phase Out Service In Uruguay Following New Copyright Bill 36
Sonos Teases Plans To Enter Headphones Product Category 25
The Final Beatles Song, 'Now and Then,' Featuring All Four Members and AI, Released 63
CarPlay? Android Auto? Most People Still Just Listen to AM/FM Radio 209
Musicians Are Angry About Venues Taking T-shirt Money 89
India's Early Electronic Music From the '70s Is Finally Being Released 38
Spotify Is Adding Auto-Generated Transcripts To Millions of Podcasts 14
Elvis Is Back in the Building, Thanks to Generative AI - and U2 27
Google Podcasts Shutting Down In 2024 For YouTube Music 22
Stability AI Brings Text-To-Audio Generation To the Masses 8
Apple To Acquire Major Classical Music Labels BIS Records 26
Spotify To Cut Back Promotional Spending on White Noise Podcasts 41
Record Companies Sue Internet Archive For Preserving Old 78 Rpm Recordings 73
Google and Universal Music Discuss Making an AI Tool To Replicate Artists' Voices 44
Nerdcore Is Dead (Long Live Nerdcore) 35
Meta Releases AudioCraft AI Tool To Create Music From Text 25
Spotify Hikes Prices of Premium Plans 59
Plex's Winamp-inspired Music Player Plexamp is Now Free 46
Vibrating Haptic Suits Give Deaf People a New Way To Feel Live Music 19
Silence Is a 'Sound' You Hear, Study Suggests 68
The Technology Behind the New Las Vegas Sphere 71
Jony Ive's First Post-Apple Hardware Project is a $60,000 Turntable 128
Grammys CEO: Music Containing AI-Created Elements Eligible 14
100 Bands Including RATM Boycott Venues Using Facial Recognition Technology 46
SiriusXM To Shut Down Stitcher Podcast App 15
New Video Shows a Flyby of the Planet Mercury - with AI-Assisted Music 14
New Grammy Award Rules Require Human Input, Curb AI Use 38
Spotify Plans New Premium Tier, Expected To Include HiFi Audio 50
Sir Paul McCartney Says AI Has Enabled a 'Final' Beatles Song 56
Music Pirates Are Not Terrorists, Record Labels Argue In Court 46
A Group of Workers at Bandcamp Just Voted to Unionize 23
Congress Moves To Preserve AM Radio in Cars 260
Saving AM Radio - the Case For and Against 282
Google Makes Its Text-To-Music AI Public 16
Fairphone's User-Repairable Headphones Will Offer Spare Parts Through Its App 13
Grimes Unveils Software To Mimic Her Voice 49
New Senate Bill Could Force Ticket Sellers To Disclose Their Fees Upfront 115
Grimes Tells Fans To Deepfake Her Music, Will Split 50% Royalties With AI 63
Sonos' Exciting New Product Category Is Commercial Audio 39
Universal Music Asks Streaming Services To Block AI Access To Its Songs 84
Streaming Services Urged To Clamp Down on AI-Generated Music 108
AI-Generated Viral Videos are Already Here 23
Music Labels Win Legal Battle Against Youtube-dl's Hosting Provider 45
AM Radio to Be Dropped in All Ford New Models Except Commercial Vehicles 145
Audible is Testing Ad-Supported Access To Select Titles For Non-Members 21
Duolingo Is Working On a Music App 8
Vinyl Outsold CDs for the First Time Since 1987 129
2024 Ford Mustang Drops AM Radio From Infotainment 218
Apple Launches Its New Classical Music Streaming App For Preorder 47
Spotify's Biggest Update in Over a Decade Includes 'Entirely New' Home Feed, CEO Says 46
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence On Right To Repair 17
Spotify Is Testing Playlists That Could Be Unlocked By NFT Holders 54
Spotify Hits 205 Million Paid Subscribers 37
A Welsh Brand of McDonald's Plays Classical Music, Rations Wi-Fi To Deter Anti-Social Behavior 66
Google Created an AI That Can Generate Music From Text Descriptions, But Won't Release It 52
Podcast Exclusivity Is Quickly Becoming an Outdated Strategy 47
Microsoft Has Copied the Best Windows Audio App 41
New Sony Walkman Music Players Feature Stunning Good Looks, Android 12 48
Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Movies, Music and Software of 'Unfriendly' Nations 198
The Tech Pioneer Behind Sound Blaster Has Passed Away 79
'Metropolis', Sherlock Holmes Finally Enter the Public Domain 95 Years Later 87