The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) isn’t loving Amazon Music’s Phonorecords V proposal, which it’s criticizing as the “worst” of those submitted by DSPs and an attempt “to squeeze songwriters.” NMPA head David Israelite took aim at the Amazon-owned streaming platform’s suggested rate...
The White House is investigating claims that former Kennedy Center head Ric Grenell failed to deposit a multi-million-dollar donation to the center. Trump’s White House counsel is examining allegations by former Trump attorney Alina Habba that former Kennedy Center leader and ex-intelligence...
The band will kick off its global trek supporting new album Carnaval De Luz in Mexico City in early 2027.
Chance the Rapper scores a potentially $1.5 million judgment against “Pat the Manager” over merchandising deals and contract violations. Chance the Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, emerged victorious in his legal battle with his former manager, Pat Corcoran, also known as Pat the...
The set also reigns on Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums.
Band's tour in support of Carnaval de Luz, named after Bono's favorite song on the LP, begins February 2027 in Mexico City
Becky G, Ryan Castro, Lupillo Rivera, Santos Bravos, Elvis Crespo, Ha*Ash, Jessi Uribe and many more join the gala set for Oct. 22 in Miami.
The Brit also opened up about her recovery and love life in a new interview.
Warner Chappell will oversee the catalog's global rights administration, copyright protection, and sync licensing across film, television, and video games. Source
If the FTC wins, ticketing companies that run their own resale marketplaces could be held liable for reselling tickets they knew, or should have known. Source
Auguri Productions is the Paris-based artist development and concert production company co-founded by Charles Bensmaine. Source
Not afraid of custom waveforms frying your e-paper? Download it from GitHub and give it a shot on your stock screen today
Too Lost Music Group, the New York-headquartered music and technology company, has announced six executive promotions across its finance, A&R, corporate development, and commercial strategy teams.
There are 149 songs on this year’s entry list vying for just five or six slots on the final ballot.
While nepotism has always been rife in the music industry, today’s wave of nepo babies in pop appears more sustained and more impactful than ever. But does the streaming data reflect their advantage? We analyzed Spotify numbers for Gracie Abrams, Stella Lefty, and more.
The Grammy-winning rock band will also sit down for a conversation at the event, returning to 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Nov. 10.
Following a 2-year hiatus, the Northern California festival has a deal in place for annual events 2027-29.
AI's appetite for components hammers budget handsets, with analysts seeing little relief before 2028
Our Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom month continues on the 'Greatest Pop Stars' podcast with a look at one of the great rock bands of the '90s, whose frontwoman was the era's most incendiary.
The 21-minute look inside the singer's life was filmed last month before the group's shows at SoFi Stadium.
Check out behind-the-scenes episodes of Madonna, Price, Watt, Stromae, Arca, Feid and Parisi working on the hit album. (Psst: one of them features an unreleased song.)
U2 will be playing in stadiums around the globe next year, the group announced Thursday, with a tour dubbed “Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth” kicking off Feb. 23 in Mexico City and set to continue through 2027 “and beyond.” Only the first six dates of the Live Nation-produced...
The Swedish pop star turns a dirt road and bus stop into fantastical, romantic settings in her latest Midnight Sun clip
CEO eyes usage-based billing as automation pushes HR software vendor beyond traditional IT spending
“Grand Theft Auto VI” continues to roll out the major music moments from the upcoming game with the announcement that French electronic duo Justice will compose the score.
For those times when a full-fat editor is overkill
“La Bola Negra” soundtrack, featuring music by composer Raül Refree, is set to be released on Oct. 16 by Lakeshore Records. Taking its name from an unfinished play by Lorca and drawing on his writings and legacy, “La Bola Negra” is directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, better known as Los...
Wayland-only Plasma 6.8 heads for Kubuntu 'Tenacious T-Rex' early next year
The AI music labels are rolling out now in YouTube Music and will come to YouTube soon.
French duo also composed entire original score for much-anticipated video game
PARTNER CONTENT: A million reasons why advanced computing matters for genomics
Israeli adtech outfit allegedly helped spyware vendors infect phones while enjoying Google's seal of approval
October began with Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington premiering “Animals,” their new political thriller about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate (Affleck) whose family is thrust into an unimaginable situation involving their son and housekeeper and her undocumented immigrant boyfriend.
This client-only series takes a deeper look at the key themes shaping MIDiA’s 2026–2033 global music forecasts report and what they mean for the future of the music business. The growing maturity of the streaming music market brings with it increased sophistication and need for attention to deta...
The ruling does not put a number on what Corcoran owes, but representatives for Chance say he is likely to forfeit up to $1.5 million in management fees. Source
CEO said the workers were hired in Q2 and are still helping today
The role is newly created at the company, which oversees HYBE's business in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Source
Under the Act, music tourism covers travel to attend a festival, a concert, or another live musical performance or music-related special event. Source
Silicon giant budgets up to $64B for expansion while keeping an eye on construction progress and power supplies
The first 10 hand-numbered and signed editions of NEWS will be auctioned off for charity. “It is an artist’s duty to speak up,” Mitchell says
Jordan Firstman is bringing “Club Kid” to the club. A24 is set to hold free screenings of Firstman’s feature film directorial debut “Club Kid” for nightlife communities in 12 U.S.
Platform points to Iran, Russia, and China but provides no public evidence for attribution
YouTube Music is the latest of the big streaming services to reveal how it plans to label AI-generated music. Its labels went live yesterday (14 October) for songs “created primarily using generative AI”. The post is from Music Ally.
Last month we wrote about a debate breaking out in South Korea after an AI-generated song called ‘Forest of the Heart’ appeared in the lower reaches of streaming service Melon’s Top 100 chart. The post is from Music Ally.
One of the encouraging trends in AI-music this year is the growing number of startups that, right from launch, talk about their commitment to ethical training policies. The post is from Music Ally.
There is definitely something in the air around predictive intelligence tools for the music industry. We’ve written about HumanCulture, Rocketship and SeatGeek’s TourIQ in recent weeks, and now Brightlights is joining the predictive party. The post is from Music Ally.
Can we get Halloween out of the way before hitting the Christmas-singles season? Nope. Having recently released data showing that holiday-listening is already starting to move, Spotify has now revealed its first 2026 holiday tracks. The post is from Music Ally.
The current inhabitant of the White House has made it very clear: anyone who doesn’t stop saying ‘artificial intelligence’ and start using his preferred term of ‘super intelligence’ is “THE ENEMY”. And he doesn’t mean the Coventry rock band. The post is from Music Ally.
Carbon composite woes cause another delay for Peter Beck's Hungry Hippo
“This album is classic Blondie — an amalgamation of all our different influences and eras into something new,” Debbie Harry said
Artists understand their audiences largely through their actions. Following, liking, subscribing, opening an email, buying merch, buying a ticket, waiting in line – each of these efforts creates attachment and signals a different level of commitment. Source
ChatGPT maker turns tables in Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, claiming confidential hardware plans made their way back to Cupertino
The filings are in for the ‘Phonorecords V’ process to set the mechanical-royalty rates for music streaming in the US for the next five years. And NMPA boss David Israelite is already on Instagram giving DSPs a piece of his mind for their proposals. The post is from Music Ally.
Nearly 50 years of data caught up in breach, with probation service records also among the haul
The term military intelligence seems like an oxymoron in this case
Four firms believe server farms on barges in ports will help solve the problem of finding suitable sites
Officials say amendments remain under consideration despite minister's pledge to act
Preliminary notice seeks XLUUV builders, payload makers and AI developers, with Excalibur and Herne the obvious candidates
DJ Reinier Zonneveld has raised over $1 million in pre-seed funding for GasLab, a genAI music app built to recognize and pay musicians for their work. GasLab (Generative AI Solutions Lab), a generative AI music platform created by techno DJ and producer Reinier Zonneveld, has been backed by $1...
Officers unlawfully uploaded 179 people's details to Auror without required privacy checks or corporate approval
Tyler, The Creator’s creativity knows no bounds: he’s a chart-topping musician, an actor, a boundary-breaking producer, a fashion designer. Now he’s joining the ranks of artists to take over the iconic FC Barcelona jersey, with his GOLF logo worn by the team for El Clásico on October 25 at Spotify...
Never making type errors does not mean never making errors
Ye’s disastrous Malibu real estate project into which he poured millions is costing him $321,000 more following a Los Angeles Superior Court decision. Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, now owes the construction worker who was injured while working on his Malibu property more in legal...
Universal Music Group enacts some major reductions, leading to layoffs impacting the US, UK, and possibly other affiliated organizations. Universal Music Group (UMG) has started the process of another major wave of layoffs across its operations, affecting several top executives.
Trump signs Marsha Blackburn’s American Music Tourism Act into law, which requires the Department of Commerce to promote music tourism in the US. On Friday, President Trump signed the American Music Tourism Act, a bipartisan bill backed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen.
The conditional settlements come a month before a scheduled trial in Los Angeles, where the rapper’s brother and members of his entourage remain plaintiffs
Rapidly ascending Korean-American singer and former “Traitors” contestant Eric Nam has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Eric Nam, a Korean-American singer and former Traitors contestant whose star is currently on the rise, has been quickly snapped up by UTA for representation in all...
The HBCU Radio Preservation Project has received $750,000 from the Ford Foundation to support radio stations at historically Black colleges and universities.
When promoter Team Innovation and ticketing platform thumpN announced Arijit Singh’s long-awaited return to the road, they described it as a “stadium” tour. However, only three of the venues Singh […] The post is from Music Ally.
While Bollywood remains the biggest segment in India, its growth is slowing down, revealed Luminate last week. According to the entertainment data company, in the first half of 2026, streams […] The post is from Music Ally.
Pipeline is the $200 million-backed financing platform for the music and creative industries that launched in January through Matt Spetzler's investment firm Jamen Capital. Source
“I’m grateful to finally close this chapter of my life," the artist says in a statement
Four months and change after YouTube proper rolled out AI-label improvements, YouTube Music is adding AI tags of its own. YouTube Music confirmed as much in a brief blog post today, indicating that the labels will identify tracks “created primarily using generative AI.” And out of the gate, the...
The run will see support from John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen, and more
Live Nation is firing back against the FTC’s “misguided” BOTS Act lawsuit, which it says contradicts the law’s “plain meaning, flouts the will of Congress, and undoubtedly sets back the fight against scalpers.” The promoter and its Ticketmaster subsidiary formally answered the complaint yesterday,...
"I want to unreservedly apologise to her for what I did and for the distress and hurt I caused that night," former Black Midi singer says. "It was a huge mistake"
Both Switchzilla and CISA sound the alarm
Just days after announcing his “Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs” EP will be dropping this week — and not long after he broke the attendance record at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium while wearing a “Free Palestine” shirt — Zach Bryan has announced a stadium tour in support of the release,...
KATSEYE’s ‘Pinky up’, BLACKPINK’s ‘JUMP,’ and LE SSERAFIM’s ‘CELEBRATION’ all share something new: hard techno. K-pop’s trademark EDM sound is giving way to something grittier — and insiders say it’s just getting started. This article was written by Ben Jolley in collaboration with How Music...
Earlier this month, amid a high-stakes Phonorecords V rate-setting proceeding, participating copyright owners proposed a simplified mechanical that would end the “bundling loophole.” Now, DSPs including Spotify are defending the Phono IV terms and pushing to leave them in place through 2032.
The Ticket Policy Forum and its online ticket marketplace members have sued the District of Columbia to block the RESALE Act from taking effect on January 1. The Ticket Policy Forum (TPF) and its members, which include SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Gametime, and TickPick, have filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
YouTube will label AI-generated songs across its main website and YouTube Music, the latest service to publicly mark tracks as not produced by humans. “Generative AI is opening up new ways for artists to create, experiment, and share music,” YouTube said in a blog post on Wednesday.
Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google have filed their rate proposals in Phonorecords V Source
Roppo joins from Universal Music Group, where he most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Republic Records. Source
Character.ai files for bankruptcy, illustrating the sheer amount of money and resources burned with little gain and numerous lawsuits to show for it. The crash-and-burn could offer a preview for the music industry.
Just hours after his departure from Republic Records was announced, Jim Roppo has been officially named vice chairman of Warner Records Group. He will be based in Los Angeles and report to Chairman & CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck; his start date will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos.
Mohnish Sani has joined Hybe Americas in the newly created role of Head of Strategy and Growth, the company announced on Wednesday. In the role he will focus on long-term growth across the Americas markets and work with Hybe Korea’s strategy team; he will be based in New York and will report to...
Plaintiff Tony Saxon was previously awarded $140,000 for injuries suffered while working at the rapper-producer’s $57 million Malibu beach home
There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherboard replacements that combine many of the most popular mods into a single upgrade. Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC playback, and more.
It’s that time of year again! The holiday season has kicked off on Spotify, and that can only mean one thing: Our Spotify Singles: Holiday Collection is here. Each year, we ask artists to take a holiday favorite and make it their own.
'Our listeners have told us they want transparency when they're hearing an AI-generated track,' said YouTube Source
As has long been expected, Universal Music Group is being hit with extensive layoffs across its U.S. and U.K. operations, with multiple top executives departing, among many others.
With its skits, anecdotes, and punchlines, comedy lends itself well to short-form video. Now that streaming services have built the vertical feed infrastructure, they can leverage original, premium, short-form comedy to draw in new audiences for vertical TV. Source
When you have time, spend it well—with a podcast you love. That’s the idea behind our new Podcasts on Spotify campaign, celebrating the shows and creators that make a spare moment worth pressing play.
What has thrills, chills, and something for every book lover? It’s the wonderfully wicked world of horror audiobooks. With spooky season underway, we asked Spotify’s Katie del Rosario, Associate Director, Audiobooks Editorial, and Lena Yang, Senior Editor, Audiobooks, to walk us through some of the...
Spotify’s Get Ready for 2026 Wrapped landing page is now live on Spotify for Artists. Aside from the usual message for fans, eligible artists can this year share a performance video too. These could be things like live shows, acoustic takes, or studio sessions.
Distributor Too Lost has launched a daily public report page, which shares operational data from its platform, including support volumes and resolution times, DSP deliveries, payout acceptance times, client retention, uploads and product updates shipped. The data updates daily.
When Raye announced a show in London’s Royal Albert Hall, you’d expect demand for tickets to be high. But when the show received 1.8 pre-sale million sign-ups – for a 5000 seat show – it became clear to Raye’s team that “scalpers [were] using AI bots to create hundreds of thousands of fake...
UK-based organisation Black Lives in Music (BLiM) has launched a new report titled Race Equality in Music Event Licensing (REMEL) – which it says is “the most comprehensive investigation to date into how licensing and policing shape the fortunes of Black and South Asian artists, promoters and...
BMG and Concord are now one company, but is it a merger or an acquisition? Chief transformation officer Kent Hoskins used another word when he appeared at this week’s Music Ally Publishing Summit. “I would suggest it’s a combination,” he said.
Exclusive: Investigation finds racial inequality in live music industry rife and many genres labelled ‘high risk’ despite lack of evidence Black and south Asian music events in London face disproportionate cancellations, restrictions and licensing barriers compared with white events, according to a...
Hate AI slop? Deezer might be the on-demand platform for you, as it will soon allow users to “fully exclude AI-generated music” from their streaming experiences. Deezer announced the AI-audio toggle today, pointing to a planned global launch sometime before 2026’s conclusion.
YouTube surveyed 20,000 European creators, many of whom say they lack government support, training, funding, and industry representation. Over the summer, Public First conducted a survey commissioned by YouTube, gathering insights from over 20,000 creators across all 27 European Union member...
The Verve Pipe frontman Brian Vander Ark has inked a catalog deal with Primary Wave, which has taken an interest in “The Freshmen” singer-songwriter’s publishing and recorded IP.
Dolly Parton’s estate continues to battle her nephew and former head of her security, who denies accusations that he threatened violence and to destroy his aunt’s legacy.
I’m going for 75 minutes until I am 90! Living the dream!!! Peter Noone ____________________________________________ Great write-up on Mike Love. Mike was my boss for 23 years, including when I met you at the Vilar in 2019. You’ve hit the nail on the head – Mike really loves performing for the...
Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original.
YouTube has published a “proposal for unlocking the EU Creator Economy”, which argues that its community of creators in Europe should be treated more like small businesses, given access to the same EU funding (like the Creative Europe programme, or tax incentives) as established media companies,...
1 He’s always been nice to me. There’s an assumption that our musical heroes are just like you and me. They’re not. And they’re not like movie stars, not like politicians, not like any other performers, because they are their music, and their music speaks to us in a way no other medium does.
What are artists really signing away when they opt into an AI settlement? Join Jen Jacobsen, George Zelcs, Gwendolyn Seale, Tim Kappel and moderator Chris Castle at Artist Rights Symposium V on October 19 at the University of Georgia for a discussion of AI copyright licensing, hidden...
Hi everyone! Sorry if we react slowly this week, that’s because our brains are all slowed down digesting all of the chocolate! Which long term readers will know means we are in Barcelona at our yearly summit all week.
Picard 3.0.2 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. This releases fixes a crash in the Setup Wizard if Picard was packaged with the automatic update check disabled and several color theme related fixes.
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG.
Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts to really break through in the West. The English version of their single "Nobody" was the first K-pop song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2009.
Tune in Saturday October 10th to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz
San Francisco’s Pier 80 came alive last month as fans packed the dance floor for this year’s Portola Music Festival. If you missed any of the fun or just want an encore, you can now watch select sets and performances from the event in our Portola video hub from artists including Chloé Caillet,...
October 10 is World Mental Health Day, but for many podcast creators, wellness is a year-round pursuit. Listeners turn to their shows for accessible self-care tools, alongside inspiring stories of resilience, growth, and community.
Fair Use Analysis in ‘Thomson Reuters’ Should Have Generative AI Defendants Worried — “Defendants will keep saying Thomson Reuters is not a generative AI case. That is true, and it also doesn’t matter.
I've expended a lot of time and emotional energy, over the last couple years, on designing a query-language for expressing data algorithms and writing the reference implementation of its engine.