"Those royalties are going to the artists that listeners love, that they’re listening to, artists that we all love, those verified artists, those human, authentic artists.
"When we look at the sort of entirely AI-generated music that people worry about, music that’s industrially produced, less human input, we see [and] every other streaming service sees well under 1 per cent of consumption is going to those tracks.
"Listeners don’t want it … and we’re really seeing low consumption there.
“What we’re hearing from fans and what we’re seeing on our service is people want to listen to and are seeking out authentic human music.”
I mentioned that one because it’s been at it since way before the Internet and is now well known even beyond France for the extremely eclectic and high quality selection it plays. FIP originally stands for France Inter Paris, it was meant as a music only station with only very short interruptions with soothing voices for news and traffic. The women with those particular tones of voice became known as the fipettes, and got some kind of faceless celebrity as a result. It used to be a standard setting on every car radio before there were a bazillion ststions (and CDs, and streaming).