[Tianji. com IT News Channel]Universal Music Group ranks first in the music industry.

    Universal Music Group was selected because of its leading position in the field of generative artificial intelligence and taking the lead in proposing a new "artist-centered" royalty distribution model for streaming media.

    (Santa Monica, March 19, 2024) Universal Music Group, the leader of the global music and entertainment industry, was selected as the prestigious "Fast  Company)》2024 Global * Innovative Companies "list. This is the second time that Universal Music Group has been selected in five years, and it is also the first time that a mainstream music company has been listed for the second time. This year’s list focuses on companies that have shaped their industries and cultures through innovation, set new standards and achieved remarkable milestones in various economic fields.

    Universal Music Group also ranks first in the classification list of the music industry.

    When introducing the company’s achievements in the past 12 months, Fast Company pointed out that Universal Music Group was established by Sir Lucian Granci, Chairman and CEO (Sir  Lucian  Under the leadership of Grainge, he advocates the establishment of a healthier and more sustainable music ecology, so that artists and songwriters can flourish in the next few decades and treat artificial intelligence in a responsible way. This way will pay more attention to artistic value and better coordinate the relationship between artists and fans, thus providing higher value for the platform.

    "Although many veterans in the music industry were worried about the emergence of generative artificial intelligence last year, Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, saw an opportunity. As Interscope, Geffen and Def  Universal Music Group, the parent company of record companies such as Jam, has been coordinating the response of the whole industry to this technology, and at the same time redesigning the distribution method of streaming media royalties behind the scenes-all of which are looking for’ artist-centered’ solutions to deal with the threat posed by artificial intelligence. "

    "Fast Company" also pointed out:

    "Universal Music Group promoted the ‘(Human  Artistry  Campaign (HAC) has played an important role. The movement has brought together more than 150 organizations inside and outside the industry to jointly establish a framework for action to ensure that artificial intelligence can be used responsibly to carry out creative work on the premise of respecting copyright and artists’ image. Universal Music Group advocated lobbying Congress to strengthen the supervision of artificial intelligence through this policy; Sue Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup that uses copyrighted lyrics to train its model and generate protected lyrics; And guide strategic partners to better benefit from this technology. In August last year, Universal Music Group and YouTube jointly launched an artificial intelligence incubator, which was jointly built by many artists under Universal Music Group, from Frank  Sinatra estate management will go to John  Legend, then to Charli  XCX and Troye  Sivan, etc In October, BandLab, a music creation platform driven by artificial intelligence, signed the HAC principle and promised to cooperate with Universal Music Group to promote human artists to * priority in its music production tools. "

    "Fast Company" also emphasizes that Universal Music Group has introduced a new "artist-centered" streaming media royalty distribution model:

    "At the same time, faced with the challenge of massive music content pouring into the streaming media platform, Universal Music Group skillfully proposed a solution, which essentially broke through the deep-rooted royalty distribution model in the past decade. Last year, it cooperated with Deezer, a French music streaming service provider, and won twice the royalty income for artists who received more than 1,000 plays from more than 500 listeners every month, while avoiding the commercialization of white noise content. Deezer* initially only cooperated with artists of Universal Music Group to launch this’ artist-centered’ royalty distribution model, and now it has been applied to more than half of its music library. In January of this year, Spotify also adopted a similar payment scheme, setting a threshold for artists who reach 1000 plays per year to pay royalties. "

    Fast Company magazine not only selected 50 innovative companies in the world, but also published 606 company organizations spanning 58 industries and regions. The editors and authors of the magazine have deeply explored the companies that promote the progress of the industry in various fields around the world. The results of this selection have also become a global innovation guide, covering from start-ups to some valuable companies in the world.

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According to Agence France-Presse reported on December 14th, the White House said on the 14th that the United States hoped that the war between Israel and Hamas would end "as soon as possible". Earlier, the Israeli Defense Minister told visiting US Presidential National Security Assistant jack sullivan that the war would continue for several months.

John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said that during his visit to Tel Aviv, Sullivan also discussed the issue of changing Israel’s military operations in Gaza into "low-intensity operations" in the near future.

According to the report, the rising number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip has deepened the contradiction between the two allies of the United States and Israel.

Kirby said at the press conference: "I think we all hope that the war will end as soon as possible." He also claimed that if Hamas gave in, the war "could end today", but "it seems unlikely now".

Kirby said that the US government has not "imposed demands" on Israel, and the timetable given by Israeli Defense Minister Joyaf galante is "consistent" with the previous statements of many Israeli officials.

However, the spokesman also said that during his visit to Israel, Sullivan raised "sharp questions" to Israeli officials about Israel’s offensive plan.

Kirby said: "Sullivan did talk about the possibility of transitioning from high-intensity actions we are seeing to low-intensity actions in the near future. But I don’t want to give a timetable for this. "

The Israeli Prime Minister told the United States: Continue to fight until "absolute victory."

According to a report by Reuters on December 14th, according to a statement issued by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu told visiting US Presidential National Security Assistant jack sullivan on the 14th that Israel would continue its war against Hamas until it "won an absolute victory".

According to reports, Netanyahu said that he and Sullivan discussed regional threats, including Iran’s agent Hezbollah in Lebanon and its agent Houthi in Yemen, to ensure the safe return of hostages held by Hamas and continue to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

The statement reads: "I told our American friends that our heroic soldiers did not fall in vain. Inspired by the deep sorrow of their fall, we will continue to fight more resolutely than ever before until Hamas is eliminated-until we win an absolute victory. "

According to a report by DPA on December 14th, Hamas leader ismail haniya pointed out in his speech on the evening of 13th that all post-war plans in Gaza Strip excluding Hamas are "fantasy" and "delusion".

Chana also confirmed that he was willing to negotiate "all proposals or initiatives to end this aggression".

Chana said that Hamas is willing to hold talks on a possible political path to "ensure the right of the Palestinian people to have an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital".

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