Kristin Robinson

Los Angeles

Music Publishing Reporter at Billboard

Senior Writer @Billboard - covering music publishing, technology and more | sign up for my *free* Billboard newsletter ‘Machine Learnings’ below 👇

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The 100 Best Country Songs of All Time (Nos. 100-76): Staff Picks

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Katie Atkinson |Katie Bain |Dave Brooks |Kyle Denis |Thom Duffy |Josh Glicksman | +16 more

The 100 Best Country Songs of All Time (Nos. 100-76): Staff PicksIn many ways, country music tells the story of America. There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes that herald Saturday night’s debauchery and Sunday morning’s redemption. There are bring-you-to-your knees, heartbreak songs and songs that embrace both fleeting and everlasting love.
The Music Business Saturation Problem Keeps Getting Bigger: Analysis

1 week ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson

This analysis is part of Billboard’s music technology newsletter Machine Learnings. Sign up for Machine Learnings, and other Billboard newsletters for free here. Last week, I had a drink with a source who works in music marketing. They showed me their latest handiwork: a TikTok page where every post features their client’s song paired with an AI-generated video of a scenic landscape.
Mike Reed from Pitchfork Festival to Launch Sound & Gravity in Chicago

1 week ago | se7en.ws | Kristin Robinson |Bill Donahue |Dave Brooks |Jessica Nicholson

Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Share on Pinterest + additional share options added Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Whats App Send an Email Print this article Post a Comment Share on TumblrThe new multi-venue event looks to highlight the city’s indie music scene. By Dave Brooks
Udio Partners With Audible Magic to Fingerprint AI-Generated Tracks

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson

Udio Courtesy Photo Udio, a generative AI music company backed by will.i.am, Common and a16z, has partnered with Audible Magic to fingerprint all tracks made using the platform at the moment they are created and to check the generated works, using Audible Magic’s “content control pipeline,” for any infringing copyrighted material.
BeatStars Partners With Sureel to Provide AI Training Opt-Outs for Creators

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson

Courtesy Photo BeatStars has partnered with Sureel, an AI music detection and attribution company, to provide its creators with the ability to express their desire to “opt out” of their works being used in AI training.
A Comprehensive Guide to Comments Submitted in the Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on U.S. PROs

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson

Back in September, the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, requesting the examination of “concerns” and “emerging issues” with U.S. performance rights organizations (PROs). More specifically, the Committee expressed concerns about the alleged “lack of transparency” with PROs and the so-called “proliferation” of new PROs in the market.
Meet the Editors Crafting Some of Spotify’s Top Playlists: ‘I Can Assure You We’re Not AI’

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson

When Spotify’s social media accounts started posting about the editorial team’s song of the summer predictions in 2024, global head of editorial Sulinna Ong noticed a lot of commenters asking the same question: Is this artificial intelligence? “I actually went in and said, ‘I can assure you we’re not AI,’ ” she says, adding that she then found herself wondering, “Do people care whether it is [AI]?” The answer was a resounding yes.
Spotify’s Global Head of Editorial Talks AI Music, New Editorial Features and Short-Form Video

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Kristin Robinson |Ed Christman |Bill Donahue |Marc Schneider

Last month, Billboard was invited to the Spotify offices in Downtown Los Angeles to meet its top editors and curators and get an inside look at how Spotify’s playlists come together, genre-by-genre. And leading that team is Sulinna Ong, global head of editorial at Spotify. Over time, Ong has held a variety of roles at companies like Live Nation, Sony BMG Music and French streaming service Deezer, before joining Spotify in 2019.
Publishing Briefs: Reservoir Media Expands to India, Plus Ultra Rebrands as Payday Publishing

3 weeks ago | hallaback.com | Kristin Robinson

Time to squeeze in another Publishing Briefs, our semimonthly bulletin of recent signings, deals and doings in the wide world of music publishing. Since the last time we rapped, EMPIRE Publishing hired !llmind as a senior vp of A&R and elevated Al “Butter” McLean to the role of executive vp of global creative, plus Billboard‘s Kristin Robinson made sense of the Copyright Office’s inquiry into the U.S. PRO system with this explainer. Caught up?
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Wants Two-Month Delay of Trial Date in Sex Trafficking Case

4 weeks ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue |Ed Christman |Joe Lynch |Kristin Robinson

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a federal judge to postpone his sex trafficking and racketeering trial by two months, blaming prosecutors for delays and saying they cannot “in good conscience” go to trial in May.