Anne Steele

Los Angeles

Music Industry Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Music industry reporter for @WSJ

Articles

Universal, Warner and Sony Are Negotiating AI Licensing Rights for Music

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

The talks with AI startups concern how the labels—and their artists—would get paid for music’s use in generative AI modelsMajor music companies are negotiating licensing deals with two startups that could set a new precedent for how songs are used and artists are paid for remixes generated by artificial intelligence. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
三大音楽会社、生成AI企業とライセンス巡り交渉中

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Anne Steele

米ユニバーサル・ミュージック・グループ（UMG）、米ワーナー・ミュージック・グループ（WMG）、ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメントの三大音楽会社は、人工知能（AI）を手掛ける新興企業「Suno（スノ）」および「Udio（ウディオ）」とライセンス契約を巡り交渉中だ。楽曲の使用方法やAIで生成されたリミックスのアーティストへの支払い方法について、新たな前例を作る可能性がある。　交渉に詳しい複数の関係者によると、音楽大手3社はスノとウディオに対し、生成AIモデルが所属アーティストの楽曲を学習に使用し、新たな音楽を生成する際に対価を支払うよう求めている。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
环球、华纳和索尼音乐正就AI音乐许可权进行谈判

3 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Anne Steele

环球等主要音乐公司正在与两家初创公司谈判授权协议，这些协议可能会为AI生成的混音作品中歌曲的使用方式以及艺术家的报酬方式开创先例。主要的音乐公司正在与两家初创公司谈判授权协议，这些协议可能会为人工智能(AI)生成的混音作品中歌曲的使用方式以及艺术家的报酬方式开创先例。据知情人士透露，环球音乐集团(Universal Music Group)、华纳音乐集团(Warner Music Group)和索尼音乐集团(Sony Music Group)希望，当它们所代理的艺术家的音乐被用于训练生成式AI模型和制作新音乐时，能够从初创公司Suno和Udio那里获得补偿。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅热门文章热门视频
Taylor Swift Buys Her First Six Master Recordings in Shamrock Capital Deal

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

Deal with Shamrock gives singer-songwriter control over ‘all of the music I’ve ever made’Taylor Swift’s yearslong battle over ownership of her early catalog ended in a major win for the popstar, who announced Friday she bought her master recordings from Shamrock Capital Advisors. “I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,” Swift said on her website. “But that’s all in the past now.
StubHub’s CEO Isn’t Delusional. That’s Why He Hasn’t IPO’d Yet.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Corrie Driebusch |Anne Steele

The online ticket platform has been planning to go public for three years. It may finally happen this summer. On April 3, StubHub Chief Executive Eric Baker met with his bankers to discuss the precarious state of the company’s planned initial public offering. Stocks had just shed more than $3 trillion in value, jolted by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, and StubHub’s market debut was in jeopardy. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
‘Gatekeepers Are Dead’: Kanye West’s Antisemitic Song Plays On Despite Takedowns

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre

The controversial rapper’s new song garners millions of views on X after bans on music-streaming servicesThere was a time in the music business that a song paying homage to Hitler, even one by a hit rapper, would have been shut out of popular culture. Not so in the age of TikTok and X. Controversial rapper Kanye West’s latest antisemitic provocation—a song with the hook “Heil Hitler”—is going viral on social media after being removed from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
‘Gatekeepers Are Dead’: Kanye West’s Antisemitic Song Plays On Despite Takedowns

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre

4 hours ago“Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.” Halfway through King Lear, storm clouds gather, and Shakespeare’s protagonist rages, “You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, / As …
Judge Reduces Sentence for Menendez Brothers, Opens Path for Parole

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele |Erich Schwartzel

Pair have been in prison for nearly 35 years for the shotgun murders of their parents in 1989LOS ANGELES—The Menendez brothers, who became two of the most prominent true-crime figures from the 1990s after they shot their wealthy parents to death, were resentenced to 50 years to life Tuesday by a judge in Los Angeles, making them eligible for parole. The brothers, who were on camera together for much of Tuesday’s hearing, were mostly expressionless.
Judge Reduces Sentence for Menendez Brothers, Opens Path for Parole

1 month ago | wsj.com | Anne Steele

Pair have been in prison for nearly 35 years for the shotgun murders of their parents in 1989LOS ANGELES—The Menendez brothers were resentenced to 50 years to life Tuesday by a judge in Los Angeles, making them eligible for parole. The brothers, Erik and Lyle, who have been in prison for nearly 35 years for the shotgun murders of their parents in 1989, can now have their case considered by a parole board or could receive clemency from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Live Nation Says It Is on Track for Record Summer Concert Season

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anne Steele

Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Anne Steele Thu, May 1, 2025, 3:43 PM 2 min read In This Article: Its first-quarter revenue beat expectations, and the company says it has sold 95 million tickets so far this year.