"No other festival in Asia possesses comparable buying power or influence" as the Singapore GP, WME's Brett Murrihy says.
If I hear one more self-satisfied, establishment Democrat rail against Democratic Socialists… I’m gonna laugh. These people are so out of touch, they don’t realize that they themselves are the problem.
That’s a problem, cos it just spent $51 billion on infrastructure and still needs to rent compute from others to run its cloud
The labor leader and civil rights icon died on Wednesday at 96
MJ's daughter is again alleging wrongdoing by the man running her father's lucrative business affairs — claims the estate calls “nonsensical” and “absurd.”
Mercuriadis detailed plans for his new venture, Hipgnosis Artist Partnerships, at the Music Tectonics conference in Santa Monica.
Suno is doubling down on its Apple subpoena push, arguing that the information being sought – about Apple Music’s major label licensing talks, “anti-AI deal terms,” and more – is central to its fair use and copyright misuse arguments.
All of the photos were taken by Harrison between 1963 and 1970, with many being published for the first time in this collection.
Frank also shared social media clips of new music featuring Lecrae, KB, Elevation Rhythm and more.
YouTube Music and Premium cracked a total of 150 million worldwide subscribers during Q3 2026, when “living room” viewing made up more than one-third of YouTube’s advert revenue. Alphabet revealed these and other noteworthy performance figures in its third-quarter earnings report this afternoon.
Cole previously said The Fall-Off would be his final album.
The rock band agreed to stop using costumes resembling the iconic cheer squad’s uniforms in a skit featuring backup dancers at its Hollywood Bowl shows
The acquisition is the latest in Create's recent string of investments in the indie space.
"eternal buzz coming soon," the musician teased of his upcoming album.
Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning is an in-depth look at the rock icon's swan song.
Boy George secures a partnership to release his single “We Will Dance Again” via Warner Music/ADA after the song was taken down from Bandcamp. After Boy George’s controversial tribute to the victims of the attack at Israel’s Nova Music Festival, “We Will Dance Again,” was taken down from Bandcamp,...
Nicks concluded the Spirit of Life gala with an acoustic rendition of "Landslide" and remarks about why "City of Hope has meant so much to me."
The MPC Sample Key looks like the MPC Sample just with keys instead of pads. | Image: Akai The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding.
I held a Disneyland pass for eight years. The email asking me to renew reminded me why teams often stop providing feedback.
The AI medical assistant is still being tested. Now the space boffins want to give it hands
Brazil’s federal consumer protection agency (Senacon) has ordered five ticketing platforms to stop facilitating resales ahead of BTS’ three São Paulo shows.
Create, supported by private capital backers Flexpoint Ford and Ares, made the investment earlier this year Source
Sam Fender postponed the presale for his two homecoming shows at Newcastle's St James' Park on Wednesday (October 28) Source
Peermusic acquires Australian music publisher 120 Publishing, appointing Karen Hamilton as Managing Director, Peermusic Australasia. Peermusic, the world’s largest independent music publishing and neighboring rights company with 39 offices across 33 countries and over 200 employees worldwide, has...
Attackers probe another EBS bug, and ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft 0-day turns out to involve three vulns
Networks can be built from scratch, and AI can close the skills gaps a budding entrepreneur needs. But an MBA can still offer something else.
Unreal Snack’s Kevin McCarthy on building America's biggest better-for-you candy brand
Garth Brooks pulled the pre-sale for an extra performance in Kansas City, and now the affected Saturday matinee has been canceled altogether due to bot activity.
A new entity billing themselves as John Stamos and the California Sound have been formed to take the place of the Beach Boys at Disney World on November 11 and 12
Easol, the self-described “all-in-one platform for managing your entire experience business,” has launched a new agentic product and formally announced a $30 million raise. The “all-in-one SaaS platform” debuted Teammates and unveiled the $30 million Series A extension today.
Sam Fender postpones a pre-sale for three shows in his upcoming tour in the face of a “sophisticated bot attack.” On Wednesday, Sam Fender took to Instagram to tell fans he had pulled the pre-sale for three of his upcoming shows, moving it to Thursday, October 29, “to ensure real fans get the...
Women aren't opting out of ambition; they're being priced out of it.
The My Morning Jacket frontman will release his debut memoir One Wonders in April with reflections on his musical career and mental health journey
A strong website RFP should define the business problem, not prescribe every answer.
The first single off new album, "Designed for Use," is a barreling, muscled track that turns a piece of mundane packaging copy into a motto
Learn how YouTube can help your business get found everywhere online.
Following its theatrical release, film and soundtrack versions of Back to the Beginning will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, CD, and vinyl with special bonus material
Focus more on what matters, please, like creating useful software and accomplishing company goals
After nearly 20 years and roughly 900 client engagements, I've learned that most entrepreneurs are solving the wrong problem when it comes to customer acquisition. Here's what the data actually shows.
Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse
The deal gives Peermusic the publishing rights to 120 Publishing's approximately 5,000 works and 120,000 administered copyrights Source
What the history of the Eiffel Tower can teach business owners about the cost of needing external recognition.
Artem Stryzhak joined both gangs, which targeted businesses and a hospital during the pandemic
Lindsay Leopold had developed more than 100 SKUs over the course of her career, but she was ready to launch a different kind of product.
The next-ranked "scary" job also tops $300,000 a year.
All Things Open Talk provided lessons in how not to upgrade a software package
He shaved two minutes off the Time Out of Mind classic, but added in a distinct reggae touch and made some of the darkest lyrics of his career feel significantly less dreary
The band's latest selection for their week of performances on the late-night series was first released as the lead single from their debut album Foo Fighters in 1995
Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030
Streaming service Deezer has published its financial results for Q3 2026, revealing growth for its direct subscriptions business, but continued decline for its B2B partnerships. The post is from Music Ally.
UK collecting society PRS for Music’s efforts to boost the accuracy of its payouts continues – this time via a partnership with B2B music supplier Soundtrack. The post is from Music Ally.
Maná are one of the most successful Mexican rock bands ever, with tens of millions of sales (and four Grammys) to prove it since forming in 1981. Now they’re aiming to reach old and new fans alike with a free concert stream on YouTube. The post is from Music Ally.
Sound Rink has built a business around VIP and presale programs for touring artists, paying out more than $24m to its clients since 2023. It’s also moved into the fan-clubs space, managing Dashboard Confessional’s ‘Saints & Sailors’ club. The post is from Music Ally.
Defense Intelligence Agency space report includes a rare orbital snap of the Chinese craft, and it looks rather familiar
UK prime minister Andy Burnham has now been in office for 100 days – which, frankly, is pretty good going, given the rotating-door policy that 10 Downing Street seems to have had in the last decade.
The new making-of doc, which premieres exclusively on Rolling Stone, was filmed before Kiwanuka suffered a stroke last year
“Our present drummer is atrocious!” Jones wrote to Watts in a letter headed to Sotheby’s with an estimated price between $70,000 and $80,000
Report accuses corp of getting subsidies for its fabs from Oregon and New Mexico that deprive those states of vital funds
The genre playlist is the most common object in music streaming and, at the same time, the most misunderstood. Millions of them exist, most of them are mediocre, and the reason is simple: people treat a genre as a sorting instruction rather than as a listening promise.
We’ve reported regularly on the trends in Spotify’s revenues and market capitalisation, but how about the value of its brand? Courtesy of this year’s ‘Best Global Brands’ study from consultancy firm Interbrand, we have some new stats on that. The post is from Music Ally.
Country star Alan Jackson’s farewell concert, “Alan Jackson: The Last Show,” will air on NBC on Dec. 8. The event, which celebrates Jackson’s career and memorializes his final concert performance, will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Jennifer Lopez is getting close to releasing new music. The multi-hyphenate tells me she was inspired to write and record again when her kids, twins Max and Emme Muniz with ex-husband Marc Anthony, left for college.
Project Quarry aims to provide a 'shared language' for evaluating agent behavior
The company says the funding allowed it to develop and launch Teammates, a set of AI agents for festival and experience businesses. Source
You may have heard of Tamborzão – but you don’t hear a lot of it in mainstream channels outside of Brazil. Bill Werde wonders why not... Source
Company chiefs believe the attackers could be the same as those who used ARTEX to breach South Korea’s financial giants
Amy Weissbrod Gurvey’s legal fight with Live Nation dates back to 2006. The Federal Circuit ruled that she had waived all her arguments. Source
Vevo’s EVP of Content, Programming and Marketing, JP Evangelista, discusses the power of nostalgia, the opportunities for the future of music video and why the commercial infrastructure around short-form video needs overhauling… Source
PRS will begin incorporating that data into royalty payments to songwriters, composers, and music publishers from December 2026. Source
El Reg takes a tour of a satellite nursery for customers thinking about de-risking dependence
How It Started… is MBW’s series delving into the origin stories behind the industry’s most notable founder-led companies. It’s over 20 years since Denis Ladegaillerie launched Believe, which has gone on to revolutionize the independent artist and label market worldwide… Source
The notice gives no reason for the withdrawal and leaves Aviel Calev Hirschfield free to refile his claim. Source
Why waste time thinking of something useful to say when an app can leverage synergies for you?
Quake AI is developing APIs to let autonomous agents access its services more efficiently
PARTNER CONTENT: Connectivity at all times, abroad
What Artists Should Be Doing When the World Thinks Nothing Is Happening. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass Somewhere along the way, the music business decided that if you’re not constantly releasing, performing, posting, promoting, or announcing something, you must not be...
Good for its bottom line, not great news for yours, or for the PC and smartphone markets
Predicts slower growth as savings from automation hit price of extended deals
Variety has amassed 62 nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club’s 19th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including nods for Print Journalist of the Year for Chris Willman and Online Journalist of the Year for Ethan Shanfeld.
Meta’s Q3 earnings revealed strong revenue growth coming from its core business and “major milestones… toward delivering personal superintelligence for everyone”. Beneath that is a more turbulent picture, however: low user growth, potential ad saturation of its existing audiences, and costly...
From: Stacie Griffn We have finally posted Jim’s obituary today. It was not an easy task as there is so much more to know about him and there was so much more left for him to do. We continue to receive an enormous number of emails and postings on social media from friends and colleagues […]
With a UMG v. Suno subpoena maelstrom upon us, here’s a closer look at some of the document and testimony demands’ many interesting angles – and the disputes’ bigger-picture significance in the AI litigation arena.
My Chemical Romance settles the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ lawsuit over the band’s use of uniforms that look remarkably similar to the team’s own. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have quickly emerged victorious in their lawsuit against My Chemical Romance over the use of uniforms that look...
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Oracle plans to add those chips alongside new Nvidia hardware and OpenAI services as businesses await AI payoffs
An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a patent lawsuit filed against Live Nation, Ticketmaster, law firm Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, the MLB, and others.
Long ago I designed a team collaboration system called eRoom. It was like Slack, but if you propelled Slack backwards in time and somehow it picked up more features and flexibility as it went (but fewer emoji).
Game scores tend to outlive the games they were written for. A franchise score can fill concert halls decades after launch, and a soundtrack can keep streaming long after the game studio has moved on.
It’s anti-country bias. If a pop or hip-hop song broke the “Billboard” record you’d hear hardly a negative peep, only hosannas, how this act had paid its dues and their success is evidence of the health of the music market. But I’ve got to ask you, have you heard a single song from “Diary of […]
Chartmetric and Base for Music have teamed up on a new playbook exploring how artists and music professionals can turn music data into more effective marketing strategies.
The 1990s were a very different time — especially in Silver Lake, California — once a fertile neighborhood of artists and musicians and now a pricey hot spot.
In November 2025, rapper RBX sued Spotify, accusing it of having “turned a blind eye” to “billions of fraudulent streams” of Drake’s music on its service. Whatever happened to that case? It’s just been thrown out. The post is from Music Ally.
Primary Wave’s thirst for partnerships and catalogue deals shows no sign of being slaked. Its latest announcement is with Mary J. Blige, and (thankfully for her) it has nothing to do with Suno. The post is from Music Ally.
Music marketplace Discogs is preparing its most high-profile drop yet: nearly 1,300 rare Beatles records sourced from a private collection by German record store Black Plastic Records. The post is from Music Ally.
Meta’s efforts to make its Muse AI agent cuddly and friendly for non-tech folk is a plushy-style mascot called Jolly. Now independent label Edged Out Records has launched an inventive marketing campaign riffing off the character. The post is from Music Ally.
In November 2025, Icelandic music startup Overtune told us that it was building a “virtual music studio” for Roblox. That work evolved into a game called Beat Battle, which has just launched a new artist partnership. The post is from Music Ally.
And we’re not joking about the ‘many’. The Risk Factors section of Anthropic’s S-1 filing starts on page 27 and ends on page 119. The post is from Music Ally.
How long will Universal Music Group remain a publicly-listed company? It’s a question that reared up in April when hedge-fund Pershing Square tried to buy the major label for $63.5bn, before ultimately being rejected. The post is from Music Ally.
Songwriters celebrate a Supreme Court ruling affirming earlier victories for Cyril Vetter in the Middle District of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding copyright recapture under statutory termination.
Deezer (Euronext: DEEZR) has reported nearly 2% revenue growth for Q3 2026, when its total subscribers and international revenue slipped due to a partnerships-side contraction. The Paris-headquartered DSP disclosed its third-quarter showing today, pointing first to €133.8 million (currently $148.9...
PRS for Music partners with Soundtrack, the music streaming service for businesses, to improve distribution of public performance royalties. PRS for Music is expanding its use of music usage data to improve the accuracy of royalties paid to songwriters, composers, and music publishers when their...
The world premiere of the David Bowie immersive concert experience, “Stage,” has been set for Feb. 14 at Berlin’s Uber Arena. It will play during the Berlin Film Festival, representing a rare foray into alternative programming at the European film event.
Garth Brooks quickly halted ticket sales for his Kansas City concert after just over 30 minutes, blaming excessive bot activity for the decision. Over the weekend, Garth Brooks abruptly halted ticket sales for his third Kansas City concert, scheduled for November 7 at T-Mobile Center, leaving fans...
Too Lost Music Group, the global music distribution and technology company serving independent artists and labels, has appointed James ‘Jay’ Rosenstock as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Former AEG Live President Rob Hallet partners with David Bowie’s estate to recreate the artist’s iconic 1978 performance in an immersive experience. Rob Hallet, Wonderworld founder and the former AEG Live President, will present a collaboration with David Bowie’s estate and filmmaker Brett Morgen...
A producer’s lawsuit against Drake over his hit “Janice STFU” has been voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled. Producer Aviel Hirschfield’s copyright claim against Drake over his hit “Janice STFU” has been voluntarily dismissed after a little over a week.
BookMyShow Live has published ‘OOO: Offline. Outdoors. Out Loud’ a report that contains the findings of a survey conducted among 1,700 Indian concert-goers above the age of 18 across 75 […] The post is from Music Ally.
As rumored last week, Jay-Z has been announced as the headliner for the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at California’s SoFi Stadium on February 14, 2027. Rumors have been swirling that Jay-Z’s Roc Nation was preparing to announce none other than Jay-Z himself as the Super Bowl LXI halftime performer.
Donnie Iris, regarded as Pittsburgh’s biggest hometown rock hero for a six-decade career that included hit singles in the 1960s and ’80s, died Monday at 83. He had been fighting bladder cancer for three years. Iris’ biggest chart success came as a member of the Jaggerz, who reached No.
Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36.
Everyone should read this book. I’m burned out on Gladwell, he’s so into his shtick that oftentimes he rewrites reality to fit his thesis, and he can never admit he’s wrong, and his holier-than-thou delivery…have you listened to his podcast?
Jay-Z is slated to perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, taking place on Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. “From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,” said Jay-Z in a statement.
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies.
Macklemore dedicated his first “Free Palestine” tour date in Dublin, Ireland to “love and liberation,” just over a month after he was dropped as an opener for Ed Sheeran following a political speech on stage.
As Anthropic prepares to go public, the lawsuits from the music industry keep on coming. Latest to sue the AI giant is Authentic Brands Group, owner of a number of IP rights relating to Elvis Presley. The post is from Music Ally.
From Wichita Lineman to MacArthur Park, he penned masterpieces. As the great hit-maker resurrects his lost songs, he recalls writing for giants – and the night Richard Harris stripped off and disappeared ‘Flat for 50 miles,” recalls Jimmy Webb, remembering the desolate stretch of Oklahoma that...
In my mind, Spooky Season music comes in two distinct flavors. There are the fun, occasionally goofy songs like "The Monster Mash" and John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme." Then there is the genuinely terrifying: Throbbing Gristle, The Body, or Scott Walker's The Drift.
The government’s lawsuit against REPS & Company exposes an alleged industrial-scale ticket scalping operation. But who financed it, who facilitated the transactions, and why doesn’t the case warrant a federal racketeering prosecution.
Fender criticises stadium pricing, calling it ‘bollocks’ and says it ‘won’t be happening’ on his tour Sam Fender has responded to criticism by fans about ticket prices for his 2027 stadium tour by promising he would lower the cost, telling followers on Instagram: “They’re getting changed.” The...
Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B.
Para celebrar sua trajetória e a conexão especial construída com os fãs ao longo de sua carreira, Jão voltou aos palcos para sua primeira apresentação ao vivo em mais de um ano. Com o apoio do Spotify, o artista compartilhou esse momento com os fãs que fazem parte de sua história desde o início.
To celebrate his journey and the enduring connection he has built with his fans, Jão returned to the stage for his first live performance in more than a year. With some help from Spotify, he shared the moment with the fans who have been part of his story from the start. Now, the concert film...
If you've been feeling nostalgic for your old iPod, you can head over to Apple Music's 404 page to listen to music on a virtual re-creation of the first-generation iPod. The hidden iPod was spotted by users on social media on Friday.
It looks exactly like what you’d expect a Teenage Engineering guitar amp to look like. | Image: Teenage Engineering Teenage Engineering is branching out into instrument amps with the previously leaked EP-35, a multi-input, multi-instrument, battery-powered amp with built-in effects.
When BTS opted out of the 2027 Grammys, it raised a question that goes beyond one band: can a category built to celebrate Asian music also end up setting it apart? Artists, executives, and the data weigh in on what recognition should look like for a global sound.
New York is getting a Halloween double bill: on October 31, Harry Styles’ final night at Madison Square Garden will be paired with an electric disco dance party for fans across the city.
From Bad Bunny to Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican artists have made an indelible mark on music worldwide. And while the island’s talent continues to reach global audiences, Spotify is committed to expand access to the resources and spaces the next generation of Puerto Rican creators need to pursue their...
Spotify told investors its rollout of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a "crackdown," just a routine improvement.
Fandom is not “one-size-fits-all”, but rather an amalgamation of different engagement types and levels of activity. In last year’s Defining entertainment superfans report, MIDiA began to demystify engagement by creating four core fan archetypes according to how fans engage with their favourite...
Under tredje kvartalet 2026 växte vi till 306 miljoner premiumanvändare, med tillväxt i samtliga regioner, och nådde 788 miljoner månatliga aktiva användare. Samtidigt blev både bruttomarginalen och rörelseresultatet bättre än väntat.
In Q3 2026, we grew to 306 million Premium Subscribers, with growth across every region, and reached 788 million Monthly Active Users, while our Gross Margin and Operating Income came in ahead of expectations.
