Thursday, April 04, 2024

Hard rock band Kiss sells brand and songs for $300m

 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68735699 That's the nice thing about physically retiring, they can still have digital avatars and VR concerts.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-sells-catalog-name-logo-makeup/

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kiss-sells-catalog-pophouse-1235960263/

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kiss-sell-catalogue-name-likeness-to-company-behind-abba-voyage

Of course an AI version of KISS would only be as accurate as its programming. Nevertheless, digital avatars and concert surrogates will gradually grow in popularity.