Music South Korean Authorities Investigating Massive Hybe Data Breach

K-pop powerhouse agency Hybe disclosed a cyberattack last month that exposed the personal information of current and former employees and partners. On October 18, Hybe, the South Korean music agency behind K-pop giants BTS, quietly disclosed a cyberattack that exposed the personal information of...

Digital Music News 2h ago
Music The Election

Trump is toxic. How come the Republicans didn’t realize this? In truth, many of them did, but they were more afraid of the president than they were of the public, and this was a grave mistake. Akin to the Democrats in 2024. Biden said he wanted to “finish the job.” It was clear he had […]

Lefsetz Letter 10h ago
Music Karol G Brings ‘No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto’ to TikTok Live

Karol G is bringing her latest album, ‘No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto,’ to TikTok Live with an hour-long set featuring songs from the new album. Karol G is taking her new album live on TikTok on November 4 from 8 PM to 9 PM CST. She’ll perform music from No Me Arrepiento De Sentir […]

Digital Music News 11h ago
Music Cynthia Erivo to Play Tupac Shakur’s Mother in Snoop Dogg Biopic

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winner Cynthia Erivo has joined the cast of Universal’s upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic and is set to portray Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur. Jonathan Daviss leads the cast of “Snoop,” which is described as the “definitive biopic of the entertainment mogul and icon,” Snoop Dogg.

Variety 12h ago
Music Get ready for 2026 Wrapped

Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner. It’s a global celebration where listeners look back on the music, artists, and moments that defined their year — and where artists see […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 15h ago
Music Music Ally Insight Report :: Startups 2026

This year is our fifth edition since launching SI:X in 2022, and as ever the entries were an exciting spread of ideas, innovation and iteration. The finalists operate in areas ranging from sync licensing and fan-data aggregation to curation-driven streaming, payment tech and virtual instruments.

Music Ally 15h ago
Music Why news analysis podcasts may be a tonic for news avoidance

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...

MIDiA Research Blog 17h ago
Music Cisac report reveals record €15.5bn creator royalties in 2025

Collecting societies body Cisac has published its annual ‘Global Collections Report’ covering 2025, and it comes with a big headline figure: €15.5bn of global royalty collections. That’s up 11.3% year-on-year to set a new record. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 19h ago
Music MLC Formally Opposes Udio’s Streaming-Data Subpoena, Says Complying ‘Would Require Approximately Two to Three Weeks of Staff Time’ At an Hourly Rate of $150 to $315 Per Employee

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is doubling down on its opposition to Udio’s (and Suno’s) streaming-data subpoena, claiming that complying with the demand “would require approximately two to three weeks of staff time” at a staggering hourly rate of between $150 and $315 per employee.

Digital Music News 1d ago
Music Nicole Taylor, Country Singer in Triplet Trio Taylor Red, Dies at 35

Nicole Taylor, a country singer and one-third of the identical triplet trio Taylor Red, which built a massive following on TikTok and Youtube, has died after a battle with breast cancer. She was 35. Taylor died Sept. 28 at her home in Nashville, Tenn., according to a statement on the group’s...

Variety 1d ago
Music BTS, Katseye Drive Hybe to Record Quarterly Revenue and Profit

BTS’ world tour sent K-pop powerhouse Hybe to the highest quarterly revenue and operating profit in its history in the third quarter of 2026. Revenue for the quarter reached KRW1.5257 trillion ($1.13 billion) and operating profit came in at KRW188.5 billion ($140.2 million).

Variety 1d ago
Music The Aerosmith Extravaganza Night 2

1 Rock died because it became self-referential. You got tattoos and put on the clothes and we were supposed to believe you, but even though you sang pretty good and one could tap their toes to your music, the audience didn’t feel it in the gut, there was not that visceral response. I’d like to […]

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago
Music Tech Picard 3.0.4 released

Picard 3.0.4 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. This release fixes crashes on macOS with some language settings as well as a potential crash when updating the plugin list.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago
Music Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app

No lies detected. | Photo: Onda Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it's hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape Innanetape, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September?

The Verge 4d ago
Music Your Opinion Has Changed…Or Not-SiriusXM This Week

You loved or hated them previously and now… Tune in Saturday October 31st 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

Lefsetz Letter 5d ago
Music A Body That Works

Netflix trailer: A mediocre name for a phenomenal series. Then again, it’s translated from Hebrew, it was probably better in its initial iteration. What surprised me was “A Body That Works” was hiding in plain sight, i.e.

Lefsetz Letter 5d ago
Music Friday’s Endnotes – 10/30/26

Meta delays rollout of updated commercial terms amid publishers’ collective pushback — “Last Thursday, a number of publisher trade bodies around the world published letters to Meta pushing back on its terms, and urged lawmakers to take action.

Copyhype 5d ago
Tech The problem with democratisation

The demise of gatekeepers was part of the internet’s founding mythology – but, in reality, we quickly learned that they were going nowhere. However, the human ones were cast aside as algorithms took their place. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago
Music Taste, space, and scale: working to keep humans at the centre of culture

A scene needs taste, somewhere to put it, and money to keep it going. At ADE last week, the sessions I was part of kept returning to one question: how do you scale all three without losing what made them worth having? “Beyond the Feed” with Bessie-Mae Armitage, Quentin Chambers, and Michail Stan...

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago
Music Picard 3.0.3 released

Picard 3.0.3 is a maintenance release for Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations.This release fixes a crash when switching color themes, a crash when loading a release from an ISRC lookup, metadata issues in the Album Pane when multiple files match a track, and problems...

MetaBrainz Blog 6d ago