Momo Boyd talks embracing creative freedom, exploring different sounds and refusing to put herself in a box: “It's about being able to dip into anything you enjoy without limitations.”
New episodes of DWTS air live with contestants include Tatyana Ali, Harry Shum Jr. and others.
This billionaire is betting that AI will revamp websites as we know them.
"It's all love, but just please, please don't flip me off at my show," singer tells Ohio concertgoer
Drizzy is expected to hit the road for a world tour in 2027.
Black Friday isn't just for big retailers. Here's how small businesses can attract customers, boost sales and stand out without big budgets.
PETA asks Cage the Elephant to temporarily change their name to “Free the Elephant” ahead of their NFL halftime performance in Munich to bring awareness to the living conditions of a 56-year-old circus elephant.
Most businesses stumble at some point. How you respond decides whether the failure becomes a setback or a turning point, and the research has some useful pointers.
We'll be updating our list as musicians announce their new music, so keep checking back for the latest!
Sony Music Publishing (SMP) is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly using an “iconic photograph” of Stevie Wonder in a social post without authorization.
As previously announced, the film will soon become available on YouTube Premium.
What does it take to rebuild after your worst decision?
Spotify gives its AI DJ an upgrade, allowing users to customize their DJ with different voices and personalities and reduce chatter between songs. Spotify’s AI DJ, one of its earliest and most popular attempts at embracing artificial intelligence technology, has gotten a major upgrade.
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, Elvis sues over AI, Robbie Williams defends Olivia, HYBE dodges a BTS lawsuit and much more.
Someone's fishing for exposed devices
Garth Brooks has announced his Sevens Network, LLC company is set to purchase a Nashville radio spot currently held by Lightning 100, at WRLT-FM/100.1 on the FM dial, to establish a new country station that will offer a mixture of younger and historically established artists.
The 27th annual ceremony will air live on Thursday, Nov. 12, from Las Vegas.
Secondary ticketing marketplaces and their trade group, Ticket Policy Forum, are seeking to block the district's newly enacted RESALE Act.
Performances in New York City go throughout the 2026-2027 holiday season.
Autark can act without constant prompting, but leaves users to enforce their own security boundaries
Could an R&B star take home his first-ever Grammy in the reggae field?
Some waitlist members get a first look at Thundermail, a paid alternative to Gmail
Composers Haim Mazar and Grace Fisher are set to score Disney’s upcoming animated short, “Lilo & Scratch.” The new short will play ahead of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Hexed.” It follows Stitch, who may havefinally met his match in Scratch, a mischievous and mysterious cat who Lilo introduces...
Earned media shouldn't stop working once the article is published. You get the most value from press coverage by treating it as the start.
Decades of hard-earned business wisdom matters most when leaders are willing to share the full story behind it, not just the outcome.
Jeff Byers already had one of the best creatines on the market. He raised the bar anyway, then took it to Target
Bosko Kante claimed he created and licensed a performance for the original version of song, but the agreement didn’t cover its use in any of the hit remixes
Today, Ableton announced Live 13, which is expected to arrive in early 2027 with a slew of new features. Most of the changes are seemingly minor on paper, but when combined, they make for the biggest update to the digital audio workstation (DAW) in years.
Bestselling author Julian Sancton dives into his new book, "Neptune's Fortune," the story of a legendary sunken treasure, the man who found it and what entrepreneurs can learn from his tireless quest.
On a rainy Monday, a Manhattan restaurant landed 50 diners by reaching people who lived just a few blocks away. The exec behind the campaign explains why new neighbors are ready to pick their go-to spots.
In May, as part of a banner year for Spanish cinema at the Cannes Film Festival that also included Los Javis’ award-tipped “La Bola Negra” and Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved,” Audiovisual From Spain presented three short films as part of their Where Talent Ignites campaign to showcase the...
Chips boast up to 256 cores, clocks up to 5.3 GHz, and IPC gains of 20 to 31 percent, just not all on the same SKU
Janell Stephens started her career as a speech language pathologist before tapping into her passion for haircare.
Venice-X promises big speedup for EDA and HPC workloads
He also told dirty jokes at the annual Stand Up for Heroes charity show, which raised nearly $6 million for veterans groups and their families
Vevo kicks off tipping season with prestigious Artists To Watch list Source
Cores, clocks, memory, and interconnects all perfectly balanced for a singular mission: keeping instinct fed.
The full moon is out at Concord Originals, the film and TV arm of music and theater powerhouse BMG, where it is developing and producing supernatural gothic horror feature “Wolf at the Door.” Based on the eponymous play from Concord Theatricals, the genre pic will be helmed by Argentina’s Agustina...
Van Valkenburg will be based in Nashville and will report to UMPG Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson. Source
Jordan Fisher will portray “The Kid,” the iconic role made famous by Prince, in Broadway’s “Purple Rain.” Fisher is a theater veteran, having appeared in musicals like “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Moulin Rouge!
Josh Van Valkenburg has been named president of Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville, it was announced by UMPG chairman & CEO Jody Gerson. Van Valkenburg will report to Gerson, be based in Nashville and assume his position on January 4, 2027, as longtime UMPG Nashville chairman & CEO Troy...
In the role, Shah will lead worldwide marketing strategy across brand and creative, customer acquisition, lifecycle and retention, and product marketing. Source
Michael LoSapio could inherit a depleted workforce and a political headache or two, courtesy of his current employer
Variety has announced that artist, songwriter and producer RAYE is the 2026 Hitmaker of the Year and will be honored at the 10th annual Hitmakers event in Los Angeles on December 5.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is designating the legendary Troubadour as a Landmark in music history, with a ceremony to make it official set to take place Wednesday afternoon at the West Hollywood nightclub, among the first of several days of events in L.A.
'Barry and team have a proven track record of identifying and championing exceptional talent at Bossy Songs,' said SMP's Katie Welle Source
Inference biz pins latest breach on cloud provider and LLMJacking miscreants
You Sing Like You’re Joking is set for release on February 5
Just a few more months until Accenture takes over running scandal-hit Horizon system
López received the distinction at a ceremony at Madrid's Teatro Real on Friday (November 6). Source
For generations, Scholastic has filled bookshelves with stories for kids of all ages. Now, through a new agreement with Scholastic U.S., Spotify is bringing the publisher’s catalog to more younger readers and their families. Starting today, Premium subscribers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia,...
La personalización siempre ha estado en el corazón de Spotify. Una de nuestras funciones Premium más populares, DJ, te permite darle play a una selección personalizada de música, acompañada de contexto y comentarios adaptados a tus gustos.
Personalization has always been at the heart of Spotify. One of our most popular Premium features, DJ, lets you press play for a personalized lineup of music, complete with context and commentary tailored to your taste.
Five-year review charts upheaval in work, science, and public life – with little consensus on who's in control
The Presley complaint tests whether Tennessee’s ELVIS Act can reach a general-purpose AI music generator. Source
The award was presented to Moot by Mark Ronson at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday (November 9). Source
We smiled at the headline for the latest edition of tech site The Verge’s ‘Decoder’ podcast: “Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guy”. A wry reference to the still-lingering memories of the industry body’s reputation in tech circles in the Peak Napster era. The post is from Music Ally.
If you’ve heard Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘take me home (4 christmas)’ single, you may have noticed some similarities to Robbie Williams’ 2012 hit ‘Candy’. Is he going to demand a credit, royalties or even sue her? Nope. The post is from Music Ally.
The UK’s PRS Foundation has launched its latest funding and career-development initiative, focusing on women and gender-diverse music creators. It’s called Tempo Shift. The post is from Music Ally.
Tiny gold statuettes? Pfft! Apple Music knows what top musicians really want: awards so large that they’ll need a new mantelpiece to show them off. And the latest artist scrambling for the fixture-and-fittings catalogue is Olivia Dean. The post is from Music Ally.
We trust Harman to make hi-fis, speakers, headphones and in-car entertainment systems. We haven’t, thus far, looked to the company for music recommendations. However, the Samsung subsidiary has sprung a surprise with the launch of an app called Drops. The post is from Music Ally.
Another Chrome memory bug gets squashed, but not before attackers got their hands on it
BYOD claims extensive data theft as campus Wi-Fi returns, most systems remain restricted, and classes carry on
Sunset of legacy cellphone tech means forced upgrade for many millions of smart energy meter users
Ye's companies Yeezy Record Label LLC and Yeezy LLC are also named as defendants, as is distributor Create Music Group. Source
YouTube and Billboard fell out in December 2025 when the former pulled its data from the latter’s US charts. It was a protest over Billboard’s weighting methodology, with every paid stream worth 2.5 ad-supported streams. The post is from Music Ally.
Jennifer Hudson will headline the upcoming “Concert With the Poor” at the Vatican, with Pope Leo scheduled to attend the annual event to be held Dec. 5 in the Holy See’s Paul VI Hall.
Jennifer Witz will remain at the company in an advisory role until the end of 2027. Source
Shamar Deal claimed he held a 10-year exclusive license to a beat used in the song, which he bought for $200 on the online marketplace Traktrain in 2019. Source
Post-quantum handshake and Triple Ratchet get a formal security check
Admins have until December 9 to review access settings as Anthropic processes data in the US
After years of missed deadlines, ballooning costs, and a blame game over who was responsible, Brussels has finally called in the lawyers
Most people can hum a chorus but struggle to name the moment it arrives. That gap is worth closing, because once you can tag sections as they happen, a pop song stops being a blob of sound and becomes a machine with visible moving parts.
Indie can describe an independent release or a musical style. A record can fit one meaning without fitting the other: sound alone cannot establish its release arrangement. The first axis: independence as a release model In its strictest sense, indie is shorthand for independent.
Force deploys an operational squadron to gain experience in uncrewed systems as part of its Hybrid Navy vision
Office 365 A1 and Student Use Benefit face retirement, leaving institutions to budget for paid replacements at renewal
The rapper dissed Carey and Cannon on his 2009 track “Bagpipes From Baghdad” after claiming he was in a relationship with the pop star
Venice Beach gets primed for a massive new music festival with the two-day 1905 Fest due for fall 2027, featuring five stages and a dozen-plus bars. Santa Monica’s inaugural Ocean Way Festival didn’t turn out this year, thanks to erosion of the beach caused by Hurricane Marie.
A copyright infringement lawsuit over Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” that’s been raging on for years has suddenly been dismissed with prejudice. A producer’s copyright infringement lawsuit over Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” has suddenly been dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled in the future.
The singer made a surprise cameo during a Billy Joel cover band’s show in January
Global rollout of unified portal finally happening in 2027
YouTube announces its return to the Billboard charts in 2027 under a new methodology to better reflect fan engagement in both paid and ad-supported tiers.
Every artist knows the drill: “Check out our merch, check out our socials, check out our setlist.” Fans get bounced between five different apps and three different checkout carts just to feel connected to the show they’re already attending.
SiriusXM CEO Jennifer Witz is stepping down after nearly 25 years with the company, and Tubi head Anjali Sud is officially set to take the reins in 2027. The Pandora parent reached out with word of the C-suite shift today, on the heels of a seemingly solid Q3 2026 earnings report.
November began with a slew of award season FYC screenings and Q&As in Los Angeles, including a round of appearances from Jordan Firstman in support of his feature “Club Kid” and an Angelina Jolie-hosted “Wild Horse Nine” premiere in Los Angeles.
Radio conglom iHeartRadio has just announced an exclusive TikTok Live premiere with U2, previewing new music from the band’s upcoming 16th album, releasing on November 13th.
P!nk announces her forthcoming 2027 residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere, making her the first solo female pop act to headline the bespoke venue. Today, Grammy Award-winning icon P!nk announces her forthcoming residency at Sphere in Las Vegas next year.
Enterprise security tools will offer its capabilities without handing customers the model itself
Spotify’s upcoming AI remix tool is already drawing criticism online from people questioning everything from fairness for artists to the ethics of the AI training.
The two Beatles will make a rare onstage appearance together at Joe Walsh's VetsAid music festival in January
Too Lost has signed Afterpeak, the Dubai-based independent music and entertainment company founded by Avery Chauhan. The deal is an exclusive, multi-year distribution partnership covering existing catalog and every release still in the pipeline.
The Korea Popmusic Industry Association (KPIA) has officially responded to the New York Times’ report on NewJeans members’ “unusually restrictive contracts,” criticizing the coverage as “a one-sided and biased assessment.” KPIA, which reps K-pop giants including Hybe, SM, JYP, and YG, reached out...
A star-studded music festival celebrating the highly anticipated release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI will take place in Miami on November 21. Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI is such a big deal that it’s even getting its own music festival to celebrate its release on...
A California judge said Monday he would toss out and reconsider any rulings by a previous judge if either side requests it in the long-running case
From: Richard Griffiths Subject: Re: Song of the Summer Most important number these days? MPH Merch per head. That tells you if you’re playing a pub for a hundred but MPH is £10 versus artists playing 10000 and only doing £5 MPH. The pub artist has real fans the arena artist passing fans. I have […]
Is a requirement at the arena level. The old days of the music being enough…there are very few acts that can pull this off, usually ones who became established before the death of MTV/VH1/radio and the advent of the internet.
Musician’s Las Vegas run at the venue kicks off in September 2027
France’s Rock en Seine festival confirms that it will be taking a break in 2027 due to “numerous unprecedented factors beyond its control.” Rock en Seine will not be taking place in 2027, with festival organizers announcing a break next year due to “numerous unprecedented factors beyond its...
Guitarist Julian Lage has also returned to the tour for the first time since August, replacing Mike Seal after just eight concerts
She’s a founder, CEO, investor, and Academy Award-winning actor. Through her lifestyle platform, goop, Gwyneth Paltrow has spent years exploring the worlds of wellness, beauty, relationships, and culture, often turning to the people she trusts and admires for new perspectives.
Christopher Nolan and the AFM call for studio and label accountability in AI licensing, emphasizing consent, credit, and compensation. Copyright ownership, they argue, does not erase creators’ contractual, economic, or personhood rights.
Today, I’m talking with Mitch Glazier, who is CEO and chairman of the RIAA. This conversation was a real full-circle moment for me: I was in college when Napster hit, and the RIAA became everyone’s villain for suing kids for downloading music.
“In a world of endless screens and AI-generated everything, the one thing that can’t be replicated is being there,” is how Live Nation boss Michael Rapino’s statement on the company’s Q3 financials begins. The post is from Music Ally.
The fallout from K-Pop group NewJeans’ 2024 dispute with their management agency, Hybe subsidiary Ador, continues – even though the group ultimately lost their legal battle to end their contract with the company. The post is from Music Ally.
A lot has been said – much of it by independent-music bodies – about the consolidation in their sector driven by major-label acquisitions. But we’re seeing other kinds of deals too, where majors take stakes in independents. The post is from Music Ally.
In recent years, the music industry has been catching up fast on the demands of running superfan communities online. A new study by the US-based Pew Research Center offers some useful pointers on problems that can see fans running for the exits. The post is from Music Ally.
TikTok is in trouble again with the European Commission. The company has preliminarily been found in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act for its ‘For You’ feed – and specifically “the so-called ‘rabbit hole effect’ of its recommender system”. The post is from Music Ally.
Another day, another AI infringement lawsuit – this time against Suno, which is accused of infringing a number of Elvis Presley copyrights as well as the King of Rock’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.
The flow of copyright-infringement lawsuits aimed at AI-music service Suno isn’t letting up yet. Two new legal actions have been added to the pile: from a group of Elvis Presley rights-owners and Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style. The post is from Music Ally.
Too Lost CEO and co-founder Gregory Hirschhorn on why publishing your performance data is an advantage rather than a risk, and how early-stage music companies can start. Every music startup […] The post is from Music Ally.
AI may become very good at identifying influence without becoming any better at paying creators. Attribution has become one of the music industry’s favorite answers to the AI problem.
When Hamburg musician André Grafet, who records as Colored Tears, released DECAY / TIME, a 23-song tribute to the 1980s Swedish post-punk band Twice a Man, he says every note was played, programmed, and sung by him using a combination of Cubase, Sequential synthesizers, and Native Instruments’...
The Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture announces another $67 million in funding for the Canadian Music Fund, with nearly $25 million earmarked for French-language artists and productions.
Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival returns to Amazon Music for the fourth consecutive year of their exclusive livestreaming partnership. Last week, Amazon Music announced that it will exclusively livestream Tyler, the Creator’s 12th annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, taking place on November...
Their sound is gritty, dark, and even pummeling at times, totally outside Miley's musical box, but their meeting of the minds bore beautiful fruit.
People only want to see the headliner. Live music is now an event, not a culture. Sure, there are outliers, fans who need to go to the show constantly, keep up on developing acts, but that’s not most of the public. People have favorites and they want to see them and no one else. They […]
Soul Glo has a new record called NA I'M GON GRAB ALLAT coming out in January, and I, for one, can not wait. While two singles have dropped, it's not enough to truly tide me over, so I've been revisiting Songs to Yeet at the Sun and my favorite album of 2022 - Diaspora Problems.
Suno is facing yet another pair of lawsuits. A group of rights holders of Elvis Presley's music and the publisher of some of Eminem's biggest records are suing the AI music company, claiming it illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic those artists.
Exclusive: Head of IFPI says allowing AI companies access to online content would be a ‘huge mistake’ and damage Australia’s reputation Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia weakening copyright protections to aid AI companies would be “ridiculous and dangerous”, the...
NO COMPLAINING The only people who want to hear it are…other complainers. There’s a whole ecosystem of people convinced that the system is stacked against them, who are constantly complaining online how unfair the game is. The truth is they are not good enough and/or unwilling to work hard enough.
Not long ago, selling out Madison Square Garden meant chart hits and a household name. Now artists like Slayyyter, FKA twigs, and Cleo Sol are filling arenas on the strength of something else. So what does it actually take to be an arena artist today
inMusic, the parent company of Akai, Moog, Native Instruments, and more, has decided to embrace the modding community. In an interview with The Verge, inMusic CEO Jack O'Donnell said, "We're going to provide a toolbox to the community, we're going to provide the inner workings of, say, an MPC or...
University libraries are being swarmed by AI bots, putting public access at risk — “Right now, the bots create ‘a disincentive for libraries and other institutions to make parts of their collection available online,’ Weinberg said.
It’s another busy day for news from the live-music and ticketing sector, starting with a Very Big Number from Live Nation for The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour, which has finally wrapped after four years of stadium dates. The post is from Music Ally.
TikTok is keen to encourage more big artists to host livestreams in its app. The latest to take up the challenge was Colombian musician Karol G, with a live performance earlier this week (4 November). The post is from Music Ally.
Wrapped season is almost here! We want to make sure you get everything you can out of the experience. Here are a few simple ways to get your Spotify ready before the big reveal. Update your Spotify app Check your device’s app store to see if an update is available, so you’re ready to dive...
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 16: In this photo illustration the logo of the music streaming service SoundCloud is displayed on a smartphone on January 16, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
Anyone who studies consumer behaviour knows that what people say matters to them does not always align with how they act. Similar to the way that most people agree that eating healthy is important yet still reach for fast food , when it comes to everyday decisions, people tend to prioritise...
The playlist you made for the trip. The podcast you’re halfway through. The audiobook you’ve been meaning to start. Thanks to our partnership with United Airlines, you’ll be able to listen to all of those and more—directly from your seatback screen, logged into your own Spotify account.
Historically, the international expansion blueprint for music companies relied on exporting finished media assets from established markets to new ones. However, a new strategic model is emerging.
News podcasts generally do what they say on the tin: report events as they happen, with little analysis, because the headlineshave only just come in. Think daily briefings such as NPR’s Up First or News Now : short, tightly scripted, objective, and fast-paced, built to answer who, what, when and...