George Mann@sgfmann

21h

Test Match Special

@bbctms

21h

David Warner has released a video in which he says Usman Khawaja's recounting of the 2018 ball tampering scandal is "100% accurate".

Khawaja has claimed the entire Australia team knew about the use of sandpaper in the match. The bowlers have consistently denied any knowledge.

Samuel West 💙💛@exitthelemming

Nov 7

Jack

@jackcoder0

Nov 5

Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.

Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.

The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.

Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.

This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.

A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.

“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”

Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵

Danny Baker@prodnose

Nov 7

Roshane Thomas@RoshaneSport

Nov 7

"You're not fit to wear the shirt" sing angry West Ham fans following the the loss to Blackburn Rovers. #WHUFC

George Mann@sgfmann

Nov 7

Rolling Stone

@RollingStone

Nov 7

Richard Lloyd, the Television co-founder and guitarist who helped bring a deft virtuosity to punk’s stripped-down fury, has died at the age of 75 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

George Mann@sgfmann

Nov 4

Jacob Steinberg@JacobSteinberg

Nov 4

Still, Scott Parker when West Ham are 3-0 down at half-time… (from Mark Noble’s autobiography, still available in all good book shops)