AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI Licensing & Rights: BMG and Suno struck a global deal letting participating artists and songwriters opt in for AI inputs and compensated derivative works, while also settling prior Suno use of BMG recordings/publishing. Platform Policy: Spotify will badge AI-generated artist personas with “AI Persona”/“Likely AI Persona” and exclude them by default from recommendations, with badges rolling out mid-September. Industry Deals: Bucks Music Group signed Will Gregory of Goldfrapp for film/TV and other projects beyond the duo. Label/Tech Growth: Tencent Music leaned on its parent ecosystem as rivals pressure free-music apps; Q2 revenue rose to $1.32B. Artist News: Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats announced “ii” (Aug. 21 digital, Dec. 4 physical) with “DIFFERENCE.” Live & Culture: Florida Orchestra launched pop-culture concerts including “Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era” and Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” live-to-film. Theater & Community: Jobsite’s one-woman “Penelope” runs Aug. 19–Sep. 6 in Tampa, and Kitchen Céilí returns Aug. 22 with interactive Celtic dance. Passing: Makoy Portado, a longtime collaborator, died at an undisclosed time.
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