Amazon Prime Big Deal Days runs from Oct. 6-7 this year, with streaming offers as low as $0.99 per month.

Billboard 6m ago

The Swedish pop star opened up about her political ambitions, creative independence and the future of her Midnight Sun era on the Las Culturistas podcast.

Billboard 11m ago

For October Prime Day, you can get your first month of NBA action for half off — starting at just $8.50.

Billboard 17m ago

The judges thought differently, however.

Billboard 19m ago

Song uses footage from the former Beastie Boy's recent New York gig

Rolling Stone 21m ago

A new lawsuit paints a complex picture of artist management and A&R in the modern, social-media-fueled music industry.

Billboard 31m ago

Hope you like the sound of the name “Olivia,” because you’re going to hear it again and again — and probably again — at the 2027 Grammys ceremony. But which Olivia? Ah, now, there’s the rub… and a bet we’re going to hedge, at least until the forecast comes into clearer focus, if indeed it […]

Variety 42m ago

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

How Music Charts 47m ago

Wiley fisherfolk spin up a new page just days after Meta's AI agent launch

The Register 56m ago

Aerosmith is coming out of retirement for two nights at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl with “California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends,” featuring guest appearances from Run-D.M.C., Billy Idol, Eric Church, Slash and many more.

Variety 58m ago

The federal government body is seeking public comments about one of the music industry's biggest obstacles.

Billboard 1h ago

Run-DMC, the Black Crowes, Heart, Billy Idol, Eric Church, Slash, Duff McKagan, Sammy Hagar, Tom Morello, and many others join band on October 29 and November 1

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Gorillaz, Logic and more hitmakers have also honored screen icons.

Billboard 1h ago

On the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, RIAA CEO/chairman Mitch Glazier talks Napster and AI and why he's confident the NO FAKES Act will pass soon.

Billboard 1h ago

Swift is one of two acts to boast double-digit No. 1s on the chart.

Billboard 1h ago

HYBE, home of BTS, calls Weverse Con Festival its “flagship global music festival”, featuring global, K-pop and Indian artists. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1h ago

Disney+ viewers will be ringing in the new year with Ryan Secrest and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday that “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” will simulcast on Disney+ for the first time this year, along with its usual live...

Variety 1h ago

Karol G’s “BbY WOW” continues to stay on top for a seventh week, while Omar Courtz sees a new peak with “Koko,” while Natanael Cano, Tito Double P, Victor Mendivil and Ovi earn a spot in the top 10 with “Olivia La Flaka.” Narrator: Here’s the Billboard Hot Latin Songs top 10 for the week […]

Billboard 1h ago

Morales joins from Rimas Publishing, the company behind the publishing catalog of Bad Bunny, where he served as Managing Director. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

“I just bawled, absolutely bawled,” Ted Lasso star Brendan Hunt said about hearing the singer-songwriter’s rendition of the theme originally performed by Marcus Mumford

Rolling Stone 2h ago

The latest 'Tim's Take' from MBW founder, Tim Ingham Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

Mike Smith was accused of using bots to stream music generated by artificial intelligence — or "super intelligence" as the president now insists everyone call it

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing $8M in music streaming royalties.

Ars Technica 2h ago

Strands Box is the latest open source AI control tool from the cloud giant; like its predecessors, it promises tighter reins on autonomous agents

The Register 2h ago

Router maker rejects allegations it misled buyers about protection and its reliance on Chinese suppliers

The Register 2h ago

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV. “Ted Lasso” viewers most definitely noticed a big change at the start of the show’s Season 4 finale, “The Departing Lass.” The series’ usual theme song, co-written and performed by...

Variety 3h ago

Nuevo urbano is a sound—and culture—all its own. With genre-blurring beats and strong sense of community, the scene has gained momentum in recent years, along with a loyal fanbase in its home country of Spain and beyond.

Spotify 3h ago

Hang on. How about not chucking tens of thousands more satellites into space?

The Register 4h ago

Quoth the LLM, 'More and more'

The Register 4h ago

Notice of inquiry arrives a day after Michael Smith sentenced to 18 months in prison Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Looking at the forecast for her inaugural music festival in Great Park in Irvine, California, Rodrigo realized it was “too fucking hot” to wear the dress she bought at auction for more than $25,000

Rolling Stone 4h ago

SPONSORED POST: Why training AI across multiple sites is creating a new networking challenge

The Register 5h ago

As the attention economy fractures traditional media consumption habits, Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) risk losing reach among young viewers. According to Ofcom , three-quarters of 16–24-year-olds report that they get their news from social media platforms. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5h ago

A judge previously dismissed Combs’ $100 million lawsuit over the 2025 Peacock documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

Rolling Stone 5h ago

The proceeding will set the mechanical rates on-demand streaming services pay US songwriters and publishers from 2028 through 2032. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have announced the release of “I Love Rock ‘N Roll + The Shadow Album,” a limited edition collection celebrating the legendary album’s 45 th anniversary, coming on December 11, 2026.

Variety 6h ago

Behind The Campaign: James Johnston How going hyper-local created a global community Australia→ South Africa→ Nashville→ UK→ Sweden→ Canada→ Germany James Johnston is a country singer-songwriter from Australia who started putting out his music independently in 2021.

Music Ally 6h ago

Contract purchases hold up better than independent retail sales, with Apple overtaking Samsung in the carrier channel

The Register 6h ago

The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists. Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

The signals pointing to the firm's potential stock market ambitions and the barriers it faces in getting there. Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Suno’s legal headaches expanded beyond the US some time ago, with lawsuits filed by collecting societies in Europe and Scandinavia. Now Italy is getting in on the act – although this isn’t about copyright infringement. Well, not directly. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Fans of the US music-publishing industry and streaming services exploding into bitter recriminations have had this week red-pen-circled in their calendars for some time. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Back in 2022, Spotify seemed to be making a move into gaming with the acquisition of Wordle-inspired music quiz Heardle – only to shut it down less than a year later. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

David Bowie died shortly after his 69th birthday, in 2016. The tenth anniversary of that was marked by tributes earlier this year, but now attention is turning to 8 January 2027, which would have been his 80th birthday. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Earlier this year we reported on a startup founded by former Defected Records and AWAL execs developing tech to predict how well content would perform on social media before it was posted. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Rimini Street-sponsored survey finds 48% have no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred subscription platform

The Register 8h ago

DeepSeek has been built into TME's AI songwriting tool, AI assistant, comment sections, and more Source

Music Business Worldwide 8h ago

American producer Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his infamous AI-powered streaming scam that netted him more than $8m in royalties. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 8h ago

Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow

The Register 8h ago

January 12 ruling held that termination under US law returns an author's rights across the world, and not only in the US Source

Music Business Worldwide 9h ago

K-Pop isn’t exactly struggling to reach global listeners at the moment, through streaming and stadium tours alike. But now South Korean firm Kakao Entertainment has inked a deal with WMG’s Atlantic Music Group to continue the momentum. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 9h ago

Tens of thousands more victims and more ransomware groups getting in on the act

The Register 9h ago

Annabelle Herd warned that changing Australian copyright law to accommodate the two AI companies could make the country "the Trojan horse for Big AI." Source

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results

The Register 11h ago

System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues bot-found flaws are too valuable to ignore

The Register 12h ago

SPONSORED FEATURE: Cloud-based telemetry is turning meeting rooms into managed endpoints, letting IT teams anticipate failures rather than scramble once users complain

The Register 12h ago

Today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest gathering of people who love books, we announced that audiobooks on Spotify are going global. By the end of 2026, listeners in more than 180 markets will be able to find their next great book on Spotify, right alongside the music and podcasts...

Spotify 13h ago

Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venue O2 has struck a record deal thought to be in the region of £200m to retain the naming rights to the London venue the O2 in the largest renewal of its kind in UK history.

The Guardian 15h ago

'Complete security paradigm refresh' needed for the AI era

The Register 16h ago

Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen

The Register 18h ago

The actress was set to play the singer-songwriter in a since-shelved biopic

Rolling Stone 18h ago

Following Olivia Rodrigo’s statement in support of the Jane Doe at the center of the Cornell 7 lawsuit on Sunday, Megyn Kelly is firing off at the singer, calling her a “know-nothing moron” who should “sit down and be quiet.” “Olivia, in sum, you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.

Variety 18h ago

Musician Jack White has fired back at Donald Trump following the president’s remarks made that Iran could “take out Los Angeles” and “San Diego” while speaking about the international conflict on Monday at a rally in Nebraska. “Hey republicans and conservatives that live in L.A.

Variety 20h ago

Last night we watched “Learning to Fly,” a documentary on ultra-marathoners on Prime. So what you’ve got here is mostly mountain people, the other, who have dedicated themselves to this insane sport which is far from lucrative. And as I’m watching I say to myself, I KNOW THESE PEOPLE!

Lefsetz Letter 20h ago

Company's Project Glasswing and Cyber Verification Program metamorphose into triple tier threat hunting club

The Register 20h ago

Upgraded turbines, generators, and digital controls are expected to unlock an addition 890MW of capacity

The Register 21h ago

Much controversy surrounds the continued spread of Meta’s AI glasses. With cameras that can record entire interactions, an AI virtual assistant to analyse them live, and small speakers to unobtrusively share those findings with the wearer, its uses are potentially both promising and predatory.

MIDiA Research Blog 21h ago

Not really, but that’s what the thermometer read when I got into my car in Hollywood. Car temperature gauges are notoriously inaccurate. For some reason they’re better in the winter, but once it starts to get warm… First and foremost they’re too high when you get into the car.

Lefsetz Letter 21h ago

O fandom transforma o ato de ouvir música em comunidade. Molda a descoberta, influencia o que viraliza e faz as pessoas voltarem sempre. É essa a ideia por trás do Spotify Superfans Experience, ou SFX: nossa primeira experiência global ao vivo para fãs, marcada para os dias 23 e 24 de janeiro de...

Spotify 21h ago

Fandom turns listening into community. It shapes discovery, influences what breaks through, and keeps people coming back. That’s the idea behind Spotify Superfans Experience, or SFX: our first global live fan experience, set for January 23-24, 2027, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Spotify 21h ago

The president garnered fierce backlash from California leaders following his comments at a rally in Nebraska

Rolling Stone 22h ago

Mike Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, is the first person to face federal charges tied to artificially inflating streams of his music

Rolling Stone 22h ago

Smith’s Westbrook Studios is developing the show

Rolling Stone 23h ago

Research firm not exactly thrilled by House of Altman's subscription changes

The Register 23h ago

How far down the Billboard 200 did Miley Cyrus’ “Bass Persuades” album fall in its second week? Curiosity about that grew over the last few days, particularly as Billboard announced the top 10 of its album chart on Sunday, and Cyrus’ album was not in it, after having debuted at No.

Variety 23h ago

Trump pushes the US to adopt pDST, but Canadian researchers say darker mornings come with costs for sleep, learning, and productivity

The Register 23h ago

The music seems to have a blend of space rock, synth-laden progressive rock, and a cinematic element where it sort of reminds me of the soundtrack ...

Medium 1d ago

Oh lawd it is coming ... to Hugging Face later this month

The Register 1d ago

Busta Rhymes discussed the fundamentals of his new album “Dillagence II” last night at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum, breaking down a handful of key tracks during a Q&A with musician Anderson .Paak and performing a string of his greatest hits along with a guest appearance from Common.

Variety 1d ago

Another Black Friday, another Record Store Day Black Friday… that also happens to be pink Friday, yellow Friday, silver Friday, crystal clear Friday, “red and yellow splatter” Friday, “organic earth brown” Friday, “sky blue” Friday, “black-and-white galaxy” Friday and… well, you get the picture.

Variety 1d ago

Rapper Yung Sammy, singer-songwriter Arma and electronic music producer Sixth Ocean are the newest set of acts to sign exclusive global management deals with The Hello Group (THG) India, the […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

In January, when Arijit Singh announced that he would no longer be accepting playback singing assignments — a declaration that was incorrectly interpreted as his retirement — we speculated that […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The AstroLab is very difficult to play in this position. | Image: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Arturia's AstroLab series was already amongst the best stage keyboards out there.

The Verge 1d ago

Earlier this year, we gave ARMY the chance to put their BTS knowledge to the test with Spotify’s first Music Quiz. Now, we’re bringing the experience to even more fans.

Spotify 1d ago

Universal Music Group has been making south-east Asia a strategic priority for some time now. The company’s AMEA CEO Adam Granite has been talking about trends in the region at the Music Matters 2026 conference in Singapore. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Fender has been more than just a maker of instruments for some time now. In the last decade we’ve written about its moves in music education, its Fender Studio music-making app and its Fender Next artist-development program for example. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

TikTok has been making a splash with some announcements at Advertising Week New York 2026, and while they’re not directly music-related, they’re worth taking in if you’re doing marketing on the platform. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Australia is one of the countries where the music industry is slugging it out with some tech companies to win the ears of politicians, as the latter mull what rules to put in place covering AI technology. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Whatever you do, don’t snort at Peppa Pig’s music clout. The popular children’s character has more than 1bn lifetime music streams across a catalogue of more than 1,300 original songs. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

No one has heard it, despite the song being number one for 23 weeks, how can this be? Well, “Rolling Stone” posited that it’s hatred of country music: “WHAT SOME FOLKS REALLY MEAN WHEN THEY CLAIM TO HAVE NEVER HEARD ‘CHOOSIN’ TEXAS’ Proclaiming you’re unfamiliar with Ella Langley’s record-setting...

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

I've been fascinated by country-pop star Kacey Musgraves for several years now. Maybe it's how her music has evolved as she's moved through ...

Medium 1d ago

Silona Bonewald, our new Executive Director, is NOW hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) in this forum thread. Please respect the code of conduct, as you always do! You are welcome to post questions in the thread later, and Silona will do her best to answer them when she has the time.

MetaBrainz Blog 2d ago

When AI comes for your dreams: Artist Rights Symposium V connects the fight over data centers, eminent domain and community resources with artists’ fight to protect their work from unauthorized AI exploitation.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 2d ago

“Roll the Calls: A Memoir”: https://bit.ly/4dl125e I read this whole damn book and I still don’t know who Ari Emanuel is. What we’ve got here is a package deal, as in Ari agented his own book. In other words, he hired J.R. Moehringer to write it.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

While deep in the recording process for The Downward Spiral, Trent Reznor lent some of his production talents to old friend Kevin McMahon, from the new wave band Lucky Pierre (which Reznor was briefly a member of).

The Verge 3d ago

The Picard team is happy to announce the new major version 3.0 of MusicBrainz Picard, now available to download. MusicBrainz Picard is the official tag editor for the MusicBrainz database and helps you get your music collection sorted and cleaned up with data from MusicBrainz.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago

Ghost tickets, predatory resale, and the battle over who controls the live-music experience take center stage at Artist Rights Symposium V with Randy Nichols, Jay Gilbert, and moderator Mala Sharma.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 4d ago

Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops. Samples pulled from the service have found their way into massive hits like Lisa's "Money" and "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter.

The Verge 4d ago

Nothing is guaranteed but there are ways to boost your chances of experiencing such in-demand events Whether your passion is the battle of the bands or the Battle of Hastings, what are probably Britain’s hottest cultural tickets are about to go on sale – and to be in with a shout of going, there...

The Guardian 4d ago

This is part of a series where we talk to some of the amazing editors that have cracked one million MusicBrainz edits and qualified for super special (lousy) shirt plan.* These users have donated substantial amounts of their time to improve open music data, enriching open-source knowledge and...

MetaBrainz Blog 4d ago

Stan Twitter judges an album by its first 24 hours. But Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun, Tame Impala's Deadbeat, and Audrey Hobert's debut all proved the opposite — breaking out months, even a year, after release.

How Music Charts 5d ago

Last year I attended the Radio Academy Festival, and while I was there, the organisation announced it would become the Audio Academy. Returning to the first festival under the new name felt significant. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit — “The Third Circuit rejected an artificial intelligence company’s fair use defense after it trained its AI on a competitor’s product, finding the training constituted copyright infringement — and potentially setting a landmark...

Copyhype 5d ago

This week, Spotify brought together parents, kids, creators, and friends in New York City for a song-filled afternoon built around music and family. Guests posed on a stoop decked out with musical instruments, flipped through record stacks, and made their own merch at a DIY T-shirt station.

Spotify 5d ago

K-pop is known as a genre built around fandom-focused live experiences, whether that’s concerts or fan-run events, and it’s been a busy few months for K-pop fans in the US. In August, I attended CJ ENM’s three-day K-pop convention KCON LA, as well as two dates on BTS’s massive ARIRANG world ...

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

The calendar may say it’s fall, but on Spotify, the holiday season has begun. This year, we’re getting into the spirit early with Holidays on Spotify, a season-long celebration packed with surprise data drops, new releases, and plenty of festive moments to soundtrack the months ahead.

Spotify 6d ago

A room of thousands of humans wrestling with what comes after it all.

The Pudding 6d ago