Author: Zachary Gulino
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RAIN News: LyricFind sues Musixmatch for anticompetitive behavior
RAIN News covered the LyricFind lawsuit filing and letter from Darryl, suing Musixmatch over tactics they believe are destroying the market for their own financial gain. LyricFind’s complaint hinges on MusicMatch’s aggressive licensing of rights to control song lyrics owned by Warner Chappell. Locking up exclusive licensing of those lyrics…
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Letter From LyricFind’s CEO, Darryl Ballantyne
Why We’ve Sued Musixmatch and The Private Equity Owner That Runs It When we launched LyricFind over 20 years ago, the company was just three friends straight out of university looking to solve one of digital music’s early problems: the lack of complete, accurate, licensed lyrics on the internet. Our…
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Bloomberg Law: LyricFind Accuses Competitor Musixmatch of Antitrust Violations
Bloomberg Law covered LyricFind’s recent legal filing alleging Musixmatch of engaging in an unlawful scheme to foreclose competition in the market. Music lyric service LyricFind Inc. accused its primary competitor, Musixmatch SpA, of engaging in an unlawful scheme to foreclose competition in the market for providing lyrics to digital streamers…
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Jaybird March 2025 Newsletter
March Newsletter Notice anything different about us? Yes, we have a new header image for our newsletter… but that’s not all! We are in the process of launching a new website and updated branding to go with it. It’s the classic Birdy with some fresh new tricks! Stay tuned to www.jaybirdcom.com in the…
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Symphonic Distribution Promotes Steve Lewis, Jakub Alexander, Jon Mizrachi, and Laura Catana to Drive Expansion and Grow Talent Roster
March 4, 2025 (Tampa, FL) – Symphonic Distribution, a leading music technology and services company for independent labels, managers, and artists, has promoted Steve Lewis to Senior Director, UGC & Video; Jakub Alexander to VP, A&R and Client Development; Jon Mizrachi to VP & Head of Sync for Bodega Sync; and Laura Catana to Director of Content and Social…
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Digital Music News: Latest Music Industry Hires: MySeat Media, AEG, EAW, FBMM, Big Machine, Sony Music Nashville — Plus Many, Many More
The music industry hires column in Digital Music News covered the AIMP’s election of Frank Handy as National Chair. The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has elected Frank Handy of Peermusic as its National Chair for 2025-2026, with a remit to lead the organization’s efforts in educating and informing…
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AI Musicpreneur: SourceAudio + Cyanite team up to help 33 million songs get found – Here’s how their partnership works
Christopher Wieduwilt’s AI Musicpreneur put together a comprehensive breakdown of SourceAudio’s latest Cyanite partnership announcement, illustrating all the benefits SourceAudio’s users will get through the AI-tagging integration. SourceAudio and Cyanite are now connecting AI music analysis with the world’s biggest sync platform. Musicians get better visibility while film and TV…
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Music Ally: Sync firm SourceAudio teams up with AI-tagging startup Cyanite
Music Ally covered SourceAudio’s newly minted partnership with Cyanite for AI-tagging capabilities. Sync-meets-AI partnerships are all the rage right now, with the latest example being a tie-up between sync platform SourceAudio and AI-tagging and search startup Cyanite.SourceAudio will now be using Cyanite’s technology for its library of more than 33m…
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Billboard: The Deals: New K-Pop Girl Group AtHeart of Titan & Imperial Pact; Spotify Inks AI Audiobook Partnership
SourceAudio’s Wolfman Jack announcement was featured in Billboard’s deals column this week! Synch platform SourceAudio struck a deal with the Wolfman Jack estate through which the company will repurpose and discover new monetization opportunities for the radio legend’s shows. Through the AudioGenius tool on SongLab — SourceAudio’s AI-powered suite of…
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Record of the Day: SourceAudio and Cyanite Join Forces, Offering Improved Music Discovery for Sync Licensing via AI-Powered Tagging and Search
Record of the Day covered SourceAudio’s announcement they’ve joined forces with Cyanite to offer SourceAudio’s vast network of music libraries and content owners to opt-in to instantly access Cyanite’s AI tagging and search system within their existing workflows, dramatically streamlining the metadata enhancement process for millions of tracks. SourceAudio… today…