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Duolingo, a language learning app with over 500 million users, is working on a music app, TechCrunch has learned. The Pittsburgh-based tech company currently has a small team working on…
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Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music
6:44 am PDT • September 26, 2023Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition to move its streaming listeners over to YouTube…
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With the rise in popularity of Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI tools like ChatGPT, developers have found use cases to mold text in different ways for use cases…
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Work on Duolingo’s next big app, Duolingo Music, is well on its way, according to new findings. Recent development efforts indicate the company’s upcoming app will focus on piano, drums,…
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Apple rejects Spotify’s update with pricing information for EU users
6:56 am PDT • April 24, 2024The music streaming company said it is not opting into Apple’s new DMA changes that charge a “core technology fee” for developers with more than 1 million annual downloads.
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YouTube Music is adding a TikTok-style ‘Samples’ short-form video feed
9:00 am PDT • August 15, 2023YouTube Music is launching a new TikTok-style short-form personalized video feed called “Samples,” the company announced on Monday. Each clip in the feed offers a glimpse into the artist, music…
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Duolingo confirms its app will soon include both math and music lessons
6:27 am PDT • September 6, 2023Language learning app maker Duolingo this morning officially confirmed the coming launch of its latest product, Duolingo Music. TechCrunch had previously reported the company was hiring for music expertise back…
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Google Podcasts is shutting down soon, users urged to move to YouTube Music
12:49 pm PDT • March 29, 2024Google is shutting down its Podcasts app in the U.S. in a matter of days. The company has begun warning the app’s users they will need to migrate their subscriptions…
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Startups
Deadmau5-founded startup Korus taps into AI for music creation
10:15 am PST • December 12, 2023Pixelynx, an Animoca Brands-owned metaverse company co-founded by DJ and producer Deadmau5, announced today its newest suite of tools for its flagship product Korus, an AI-powered music creation platform where…
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Apple will pay artists more to have a spatial audio version on Apple Music
9:26 pm PST • January 22, 2024Apple will pay additional royalties starting this month to artists if they have a spatial audio version on Apple Music, according to multiple reports. The company will pay up to…
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AI-generating music app Riffusion turns viral success into $4M in funding
6:00 am PDT • October 17, 2023Nearly a year ago, developers Seth Forsgren and Hayk Martiros released a hobby project called Riffusion that could generate music using not audio but images of audio. It sounds counterintuitive…
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Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” has been out for only a few days, yet it’s already obvious that we’ll be talking about it for years to come — it’s breaking records across…
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Startups
Sona launches its music streaming platform and marketplace to reward fans for buying ‘digital twins’ of songs
4:30 am PST • December 6, 2023Sona is a new web3 streaming protocol that uses DeFi primitives (decentralized finance basic building blocks) to put the financial power back into artists’ hands with its rewards model, auctions…
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Indaband’s new app lets you create music with people around the world
6:00 am PDT • April 16, 2024The app is designed to make people who usually play an instrument on their own feel like they’re part of a worldwide band.
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Bojam
11:14 am PDT • August 23, 2023Bojam is an online music collaboration service enabling musicians to discover mixes, record music, and connect with other musicians.
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YouTube Music now lets you create custom AI-generated playlist art
7:00 am PDT • October 24, 2023YouTube is introducing a new feature that lets users create customized playlist art using generative AI, the Google-owned company announced on Tuesday. The new experimental feature is rolling out starting…
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Users on TikTok can once again create music clips using tracks from Universal Music Group’s catalog, which features some of the biggest names in music today: Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish,…
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YouTube Music’s latest feature lets users create custom radio stations
2:05 pm PST • February 21, 2023YouTube Music is introducing a new radio experience that lets users create their own custom stations, the company told TechCrunch on Tuesday. Prior to the launch of this feature, users…
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Spotify’s layoffs put an end to a musical encyclopedia, and fans are pissed
1:53 pm PST • February 12, 2024On a brutal December day, 17% of Spotify employees found out they had been laid off in the company’s third round of job cuts last year. Not long after, music…
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AI-generated music is fast becoming a reality. Thanks to tools like Meta’s MusicGen, it’s now possible to create halfway decent songs in a range of styles without ever having to…
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Amazon Music Unlimited is raising prices for Prime members, family plan users
7:10 am PDT • August 16, 2023The price of Amazon Music Unlimited plans is increasing for Prime members and customers on the family plan, Amazon revealed on an FAQ page on its website. The Amazon Music…
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Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later
2:45 pm PDT • November 1, 2023Apple Music just shut down its cheapest option — the Voice Plan. The subscription, which launched in 2021 and cost $5 per month, featured a Siri-only experience; the only way…
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Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released yesterday during the kickoff of…
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Media & Entertainment
Block acquires music financial services startup Hifi
7:37 am PDT • October 12, 2023Block, the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech company previously known as Square, has acquired Hifi, a music-focused fintech startup. The company declined to share deal terms. Hifi founder and CEO Damian Manning…