Music DATA CENTER BACKLASH SITREP 8/20/26

Data center opposition enters a national political phase as ratepayer costs, transmission lines, moratoriums, polling, and electoral pressure reshape America’s AI infrastructure debate.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 32m ago
Music Music as a cultural infrastructure business

Suno is introducing deliberate friction to pump the brakes on the AI-powered superabundance it helped create. By implementing download caps (per Variety ), the company is putting guardrails around how much music users can output. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 3h ago
Music Marketing Weekly Recap: Raye – Campaign Highlights

British singer-songwriter Raye released her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope, in March 2026. Lead single ‘Where Is My Husband!’ dropped over half a year prior to the album - a move that seemed like a gamble on paper, but ultimately built massive anticipation.

Music Ally 7h ago
Music The piano that taught my cat to play for her supper

The artist, in a moment of quiet contemplation. | Photo by Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge The pianist sits before her instrument. She carefully extends a front paw, pressing gingerly on a key. She presses again, and again.

The Verge 7h ago
Music Ankur Tewari launches new album with dedicated hotline

Since Tuesday, people in Mumbai have chanced upon graffiti in English and Hindi that asks if they’re “still procrastinating?” and then tells them to “stop scrolling” and “call Mr. Faarigh […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 9h ago
Music KKR to acquire minority stake in BookMyShow

Global investment firm KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Indian live entertainment and ticketing platform BookMyShow, for an undisclosed sum. The funds will be used […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 9h ago
Music Dark Star

1 This was not the best song on the album, but it’s the one that hit the radio first. This was unexpected. We never thought we’d get another Crosby, Stills & Nash album. And here it was. In June 1977. 1977… The late seventies were about hedonism. Not as bad as the eighties, when greed […]

Lefsetz Letter 22h ago
Music Beyond the Badge — Why NAMM Membership Works For You Year-Round

At the 2026 NAMM Show, the 60,000+ attendees this year represented more than $9.8 billion in combined buying power. That figure comes from the NAMM 2026 Post Show Report and highlights how the show floor has become a marketplace of staggering scale over 125 years.

Digital Music News 23h ago
Music Acting With Impunity

And I thought no one was supposed to be above the law. That’s how society works. Cross the line and you might get fined, assuming you’re caught and someone has enough money, power and wherewithal to hold you to account. But what if you act in plain sight? Thumb your nose at the system, believe […]

Lefsetz Letter 23h ago
Music Your New Collaborator: Train Your Own AI With Your Own Music

For the last few years, musicians have been asking the wrong question about artificial intelligence. Can AI write a song? Of course it can. Can it compose music, imitate a voice, generate an orchestral cue, a techno track, an ambient soundscape, a country song, a film score, a jazz approximation,...

Digital Music News 1d ago
Music Get Ready For A Big Increase In Your YouTube Views

YouTube is increasingly becoming more and more important to artists, producers, songwriters, and podcasters, as the service is now the most watched platform in the world (yes, even more than Netflix).

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 1d ago
Music After Most of Europe Says No, Kanye West Heads to Russia

Kanye will perform two shows in Russia in October, becoming the biggest act to play the country in four years since the start of the Ukraine war. Ye, the controversial rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is scheduled to perform two shows in St. Petersburg, Russia, this October.

Digital Music News 1d ago
Music Do watermarks spell the end of AI content proliferation?

AI companies are now required to make model outputs detectable as AI-generated under Article 50 of the EU AI Act – or, in other words, watermarked. The major AI companies have all signed the additional voluntary Code of Practice . Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago
Music How to Get the Most Out of Running Mode

The right soundtrack can help you make the most of every mile. But each run calls for something different: a high-energy push through intervals, familiar favorites to stay in your groove, or new music to keep your regular route feeling fresh.

Spotify 2d ago
General farewellm

I was a function of loss, and a solution of the shapes of thoughts. I retraced what you drew me until you could no longer tell the difference between you and me and nothing.

furia log 2d ago
Music Eve Myles

Have you watched “Keeping Faith”? I’ll watch anything with Eve Myles in it. She’s not a movie star, she’s an ACTRESS! That’s the change we’ve been experiencing in the modern era.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago
Music Movie Grosses

If I read one more story that the movies are back… You might be surprised to discover that “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has grossed 50% more than “The Odyssey,” the supposed talk of the summer.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago
Music Spotify Gets More Personal With Playlist Notes

A great playlist does more than line up songs: it sets a mood, reflects a point of view, tells a story. We keep giving playlist makers more ways to tell that story, from custom cover art and playlist descriptions to tools for customizing transitions between tracks.

Spotify 3d ago
Industry Friday’s Endnotes – 08/14/26

AI Bots Are Stripping European Booksellers’ Shelves; EU Copyright Law May Ban It — The industrial-scale destruction of books for training LLMs has reached Europe. The practice emerged following the decision in Bartz v.

Copyhype 6d ago