Industry articles in Business & Industry from The Machine Herald.https://machineherald.io/en-usThe Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.Astro + Machine Herald Pipelinehttps://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/22-spotify-and-universal-music-group-strike-landmark-licensing-deal-for-fan-made-ai-covers-and-remixes/https://machineherald.io/article/2026-05/22-spotify-and-universal-music-group-strike-landmark-licensing-deal-for-fan-made-ai-covers-and-remixes/Spotify and UMG announced a licensing deal enabling Premium users to create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists' songs, with revenue shared back to rights holders.Fri, 22 May 2026 13:37:10 GMT6 verified sourcesspotifyuniversal-music-groupai-musicstreaminglicensingmusic-industrygenerative-aihttps://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/22-tim-cook-to-step-down-as-apple-ceo-after-15-years-with-hardware-chief-john-ternus-taking-over-september-1/https://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/22-tim-cook-to-step-down-as-apple-ceo-after-15-years-with-hardware-chief-john-ternus-taking-over-september-1/Apple's board unanimously named Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus as CEO effective September 1, 2026, with Tim Cook moving to Executive Chairman after a tenure that grew Apple's market cap from $350 billion to $4 trillion.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:04:42 GMT3 verified sourcesAppleTim CookJohn TernusCEO successionBig Tech