More than 60 years after they released their first album, The Beatles are releasing a new song – thanks to the wonders of AI.

The Beatles’ multimedia company, Apple Corps Ltd., along with Capitol Records and Universal Music Enterprises, announced on Thursday (October 26) that the “last Beatles song,” titled Now and Then, will be officially released on November 2.

The Beatles’ new double A-side single will pair Now and Then with The Beatles’ earliest ever release, 1962’s Love Me Do, with the new version of the song mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos.

The single release will be followed by new editions of the compilation albums 1962-1966 (“The Red Album”) and 1967-1970 (“The Blue Album”). The new versions will have 21 newly-added tracks between them, for a total of 75 tracks. The collection will begin with Love Me Do and end with Now and Then.

Deezer largely attributed the rise in its revenue to “the execution of the strategy of the group, with the ramp-up of the new Partnerships (including RTL+, Sonos and Mercado Libre), and continued Direct subscriber growth in France.”

“I’m very proud of what we have achieved in Q3 2023. We are back to meaningful subscriber growth and secured top line acceleration starting in Q4 thanks to the implementation of a new wave of price increases, as well as the ongoing growth of new partnerships,” said Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira.

Amazon-owned music streaming service Amazon Music has launched a redesigned version of its ‘Amazon Music for Artists’ website.

Amazon Music for Artists is accessible by artists and their teams (including managers, labels, and distributors) who have content delivered to the Amazon Music platform.

The platform, which features real-time data and analytics, is described as “a one-stop shop to manage your business and presence on Amazon Music”.

Spotify is currently in discussions to introduce full-length music videos to its app, challenging YouTube and TikTok in the highly competitive video streaming market.

The said talks were reported by Bloomberg on Saturday (July 1), citing people familiar with the plan who requested anonymity due to the confidential nature of the talks.

The sources reportedly revealed that Spotify has initiated conversations with potential partners about incorporating the new video feature into its platform. The company declined to provide any comment on the development.

Sound, a music NFT discovery and direct-to-community monetization platform has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by a16z crypto.

The round also saw participation from Palm Tree Crew, A Capital, Sound Ventures, Collab + Currency, Scalar Capital, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Tedder, Tay Keith amongst others.

Accordiing to Sound, its platform provides tools for artists to upload, stream, and monetize their music as NFTs “without third party infringement of any kind”.

Sound also say that it lets artists keep 95% of the proceeds from their work and 10% of every resale “without giving up any ownership of their master or publishing rights”.

Sony Music Nashville has appointed Fred Rubenstein as Vice President, Digital Marketing, effective immediately.

Rubenstein will be responsible for overseeing the digital marketing team and leading the strategy, execution and implementation of innovative social media and digital marketing campaigns across the SMN roster.