The singer told the New York Times Popcast that she wasn't trying to look "sexy," but was wearing clothes that made her feel "cool and comfortable."
The artist's legal team argued that the complaint should be thrown out for failing to state a viable claim. Source
US cookies chain Crumbl is one of the brands that has found itself on the wrong end of a major-label lawsuit over its use of their music in social posts. The plaintiff in this case was WMG, which sued Crumbl in April 2025. Now the two companies are on the verge of burying the hatchet, with […]
Music that puts you to sleep isn’t always an insult: sometimes it’s a business worth $7m of funding from investors when it emerges from stealth mode. That’s Sond, a Boston-based sleep-technology startup that has unveiled its first product – ‘Dreambuds’ – this week with a Kickstarter campaign.
AudioShake’s origin story is a startup using AI for stem-separation purposes, but over time it is branching out into something bigger. Its latest product shows how. It’s called the ‘Copyright […] The post is from Music Ally.
Meta has been dabbling in the idea of paid tiers for its key services for a while now, albeit sometimes as a response to regulation rather than a wholehearted push into the subscriptions economy. That may be changing now though.
Among the constraints faced by India’s live music industry is that the concert calendar for outdoor events is restricted to seven months of the year. May is too hot and […] The post is from Music Ally.
Travel and leisure giant was just one of many victims of the cybercrooks' crime spree this year
Music streaming, like most other digital entertainment types, has never been more personal. Every listener is now super-served their own algorithmically-generated world of personalised playlists, AI DJs, and hyper-specific recommendations. Source
The event slated to take place at Marina Bay from Oct. 9-11 will also feature DJ Snake, Tokimonsta and more.
Texas-formed regional Mexican band's viral 2022 norteño cover of Morat’s No Se Va propelled the group to mainstream prominence. Source
Let us take you back… way back, to the days (specifically: May 2007) when a streaming personalised-radio startup was valued at $280m in an acquisition by a US media giant.
Global collecting-societies body Cisac has published its annual report for 2026. This isn’t the publication where it counts collections for the previous year – that’s the ‘Global Collections Report’ published in November.
Experimental build boots on Raspberry Pi 5, but for now the joy is mostly in getting there
Sting will star in a newly adapted production of his musical “The Last Ship” at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, produced by Karl Sydow, with Barney Norris contributing a new book. Leo Warner directs, with 59 – a Journey studio – handling set and video design.
Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits
A district court judge in Michigan had previously thrown out the lawsuit after determining that the statute of limitations had long expired. Source
Each narrated article is under two hours long and has been produced in-house by Spotify's Audiobooks team. Source
Trust established for his estate has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US Source
Goswami previously held roles in Fidelity International, HSBC, and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health. Source
Mayor's office says force only engaged with one supplier before deputy refused to approve deal worth up to £50M
J.Lo was blindsided by the resurgence of “On the Floor,” after a viral moment in Off Campus.
Redundancy notices and sentiment survey land in inboxes on same day in what tech services biz calls 'commitment to listen'
Can you predict the 10 biggest releases of the week by stream-counts? If so, a new site called Stream League may be right up your street.
Also somehow censoring too much while refusing to hand over account ban evidence for review
Indian boy band OutStation is marking its first anniversary with a 11-city “road trip” across the country from 14 to 28 June. The five-piece that was put together by Visva […] The post is from Music Ally.
Mogwai celebrated their 30th anniversary with a special concert at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE.
Hyperscaler adoption and AI workloads are accelerating multi-architecture infrastructure
The folk singer appeared on Julia Louis-Dreyfus' podcast to discuss her career and her ongoing activism
On the very day the “Freedom 250” concert series was announced, rapper Young MC became the second artist to publicly back out of the government-sponsored festival taking place on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C..
The annual ceremony took place Wednesday (May 27) at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Also, missing school iPad resurfaced after coach’s kids uploaded video to YouTube
Dyson says this is their 'most intelligent' hair dryer yet and for good reason.
"I hope to perform in D.C. in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged," he writes.
To succeed, look to China
His partnership with the movement kicks off May 30 at the rapper's Madison Square Garden show.
Gamma has officially filed a lawsuit to determine who’s behind the “coordinated, malicious, and ongoing campaign targeting” it and co-founder Larry Jackson via the LarryJacksonExposed and GammaExposed websites.
A copyright infringement lawsuit filed against former One Direction member Zayn Malik nearly three years ago may finally be reaching a settlement. Back in late 2023, pop star and former One Direction member Zayn Malik was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit, “Better.” That...
"No, I would give it a crack. We could do it,” Holiday tells Australian breakfast radio.
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The special standalone event will air nationally on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Hyperscalers can get hardware before enterprise vendors and buyers don't much care where they land
Looks like the Universal Music Group (UMG) takeover battle has drawn to a close: Bolloré Group has urged the major label to reject Pershing’s $64 billion bid, indicating that “the price would be a problem.” Bolloré Group CEO Cyrille Bolloré made the seemingly definitive recommendation during his...
Larry Jackson wants a judge to help unmask the mystery figure he says is trying to destroy him with “reputational warfare"
The star faced backlash as internet commenters lodged accusations that her recent getups both infantilized and sexualized the singer
Martina McBride, Flo Rida, Vanilla Ice, and more are set to perform. Although listed in the lineup, Morris Day and the Time denied "rumors" that they would be at the event
Anthropic's use of Sales Cloud increased five-fold as its workers access Salesforce through Claude and Slack
Singer Morris Day has denied what he is calling “rumors” that he and the Time are set to play a “Freedom 250” concert on the National Mall next month, even though organizers announced him as headlining a show June 27 as part of a 16-day patriotic fair in Washington, D.C.
Olivia Rodrigo has spoken about the online controversy surrounding her recent choice to wear a babydoll dress, stating that the logic behind the criticism showed how “we really normalize pedophilia in our culture” and that she was actually inspired by music icons like Kathleen Hanna and Courtney...
Vermont has officially become the latest state to take a stab at decommissioning scalpers, as it’s enacted a ticketing-reform law featuring a resale price cap, a ban on speculative passes, and more.
“This is the rare and special circumstance of an album — a classic expressive work,” Swift's lawyer argued
A Kennedy Center official tells a federal judge that removing Trump’s name from the building would make them go broke, in a new court filing. On Tuesday, the Kennedy Center’s executive director, Charles Matthew Foca, filed a declaration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
When a concertgoer called the singer a "traitor," Morris was not having it: "Do you fucking understand our fucking lyrics?" he asked
Dataware house gambles cloud conveniences, AI accelerated insights will justify the cost.
IPO? More like IP-uh-oh
Script kiddies these days
YouTube has now improved its AI disclosure labels for viewers and creators alike, and rolls out some much-needed automatic AI detection. YouTube has announced some improvements to its disclosure labels for AI content, as well as the long-awaited rollout of automatic AI detection.
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Music lovers are spoiled for choice during New Orleans’s annual Jazz Fest in the spring, as venues throughout the city host some of the most scintillating and legendary musical acts from around the world.
Africa’s regional internet registry and its longtime antagonist are fighting on old and new fronts
On May 8, 1,500 of Olivia Rodrigo’s top fans gathered in Barcelona’s Teatre Grec for the pop star’s first live concert of her you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love era. Now, fans who couldn’t be there—and those who want to relive it—can watch Billions Club Live with Olivia Rodrigo: A Concert...
In the classic musical “Brigadoon,” the Scottish townspeople who inhabit the mysterious town of the title keep referring to “the miracle,” which confounds the two American travelers who stumble across it one dark and shroudy night.
The Metropolitan Opera is looking into multiple funding options, including the sale of its iconic paintings, following a failed agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia.
Stanford researchers argue need for transparency and independent testing
Apple Music’s Club Live expands with a partnership with The Warehouse Project, bringing livestreams from selected shows during its 20th anniversary. Apple Music has announced that Manchester’s The Warehouse Project will join Club Live, Apple Music’s livestreaming series on Apple Music Club radio,...
"You brought the biggest smile to my face," the singer said in a handwritten note to the young Swiftie
Developer-targeted, supply-chain attacks all the rage these days
More than half of orgs in Okta survey faced an AI-related security incident or near miss last year
LLMs prefer secular, rational reasoning, and while they'll still get religious on occasion, they have a negative view of Jehovah's Witnesses
The Chicks will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their multiply Grammy-winning “Taking the Long Way” album with a 10-city, 16-date run through U.S. theaters this fall. It marks the trio’s first trip out on the road in America since they did an arena tour in 2023.
Swidler has held the role of EVP, Business Affairs and General Counsel at Sony Music, since 2008 Source
Music business executive also was head of Black music at A&M and helped foster Janet Jackson's breakout success and played a pivotal role in Dr. Dre's career
Sony Music and Julie Swidler, the company’s longtime executive VP of business affairs and general counsel, have announced her “long-planned” departure at the end of June.
Alongside attorney John Branca, McClain was named co-executor of the Michael Jackson Estate in the singer's will following Jackson's death in 2009. Source
On Purpose is one of the most popular podcasts in the world, known for conversations with influential voices across culture, wellness, and personal growth. Now, Spotify, Netflix, and host Jay Shetty are teaming up to bring the show to video across both platforms beginning July 13.
Tribeca X, the Tribeca Festival’s flagship program dedicated to brand-supported storytelling, has announced that A$AP Rocky will be honored with the inaugural Tribeca X Filmmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes the rapper for his work in music, fashion, film, design, and brand storytelling.
In early May 2026, New York Magazine and The Verge published articles outing the secret sauce of marketing in the social video era: clipping campaigns. In summary, thousands of accounts across social media are mobilised – through formal companies like Floodify or through informal networks on...
John McClain, the veteran music executive who was co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate and helped engineer the financial recovery of the singer’s legacy and properties, died Monday due to complications from a fall, a rep for the estate confirms to Variety. He was 71.
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Deal covers both publishing and recorded music rights Source
McCartney said he didn’t know Prince recorded a version of the Let It Be single until years after his death
ElevenLabs' new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting the rest of the track.
The platform said it is rolling out "new internal signals" to identify AI-generated content, starting in May 2026. Source
The best podcast moments deserve more than just a mental note. That’s why today, we’re making those moments easier to save and share with clips. Whether it’s a piece of advice that reframes how you think, a conversation that makes you laugh, or a segment you know a friend needs to hear, those...
European indies body Impala has announced the winner of its 2026 ‘Changemaker’ award: Swedish youth-music organisation Popkollo. It focuses on running music camps and other activities for girls and trans youth, including producer programmes, workshops, supervised rehearsals and camps focused on...
Spotify’s search for ever-more different kinds of audio to bundle into its subscriptions continues. This week it’s “narrated articles” from magazines being added to the service.
Hands up anyone who didn’t think AI music was coming for the retail/business background-music sector? No hands? No surprises. As a target market, it’s low-hanging but extremely tempting fruit indeed. Tonada is one of the startups hoping to fill its boots (with fruit?
There is a Glastonbury Festival-sized hole in the UK’s live-music calendar this summer, and charity the Music Venue Trust is filling it with a country-wide festival held in grassroots venues.
South Korean music firm The Black Label is on a roll thanks to its work on the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters. Now it has raised a Series B funding round from investors including Tencent Music. Bloomberg reported that the round was around KRW 120bn ($79.8m at current exchange rates), while Seoul...
Michael approaches $800 million at the global box office; another major milestone that fast approaches Bohemian Rhapsody and Oppenheimer for the title of the biggest biopic of all time.
We’ve chronicled the sudden rise of YouTube Premium and Music, an upsurge that started last year. But a quieter, albeit equally fascinating, ascent has also been taking place for the independently-owned, music-exclusive service Qobuz.
Cam’ron and J. Cole have settled the strange lawsuit surrounding their “Ready ‘24” collaboration, after J. Cole denied the claims against him. J. Cole and Cam’ron have reached a settlement in their legal battle, filed by the latter against the former over a supposed verbal agreement in 2021...
Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström is now defending the company’s expansion into AI-generated remixes, claiming it offers an alternative to unregulated AI “slop.” But the industry is still scratching its head on what this product implementation will look like, and when v1 will arrive.
After 13 months of litigation, Crumbl and Warner Music Group (WMG) are finalizing a settlement in their copyright infringement showdown. The major label and the self-described “fastest-growing dessert company in the nation” recently informed the court of their settlement in principle.
The Black Label, which serves as the professional home of Blackpink’s Rosé, has scored a reportedly ₩120 billion (currently $79.7 million) Series B with support from Tencent Music and Krafton.
The ugly Tresóna v. ClicknClear legal battle isn’t through yet: Now, ClicknClear is pushing to dismiss Tresóna’s amended false advertising and copyright infringement complaint.
Universal Music and Sony Music are dramatically expanding their litigation against AI music giant Suno, claiming over 61,000 copyright infringements. Just moments after Sony Music Entertainment expanded its lawsuit against AI music company Udio, Sony and Universal Music Group dramatically expanded...
Kygo’s global entertainment brand Palm Tree Crew is expanding into the housing space with a first-of-its-kind 480-unit complex in Miami. Palm Tree Crew, DJ and record producer Kygo’s global entertainment and hospitality brand, is moving into the housing space with plans for a luxurious 480-unit...
Charli XCX releases new music in an unusual way: by dropping the B-side to her latest single, “SS26,” and making it unavailable on streaming platforms. Charli XCX just dropped a new track, “Playboy Bunny,” which serves as the B-side to her latest single, “SS26,” which she released last week.
Social video platforms are often portrayed as the home of modern entertainment fandom. There is no question that YouTube and TikTok have enabled audiences to deepen their relationships with entertainment IP compared to the pre-digital era. Source
From: Lincoln Myerson Subject: Re: Re-Willie Nile Hey Bob- I’m late to your post on Willie. (I blame the international timeline despite being a day ahead of you here in New Zealand but I digress) I thought I’d share my anecdote nonetheless. You might enjoy it.
A reality TV star who’s bad at business? That sounds like a perfect candidate to be mayor of Los Angeles. Never mind that Los Angeles is essentially an ungovernable city where the mayor has little power, as evidenced in this article by Steve Lopez in the “Los Angeles Times: “Spencer Pratt, please...
Have people ever been more nostalgic for New York City in the ‘90s? Ryan Murphy’s FX series “Love Story,” which chronicles the tragic romance of JFK Jr.
Sonny Rollins, widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician, passed away on May 25th at his home in New York. He was 95 years old. Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, one of America’s most renowned jazz musicians and a “saxophone colossus,” passed away on May 25 at his home in Woodstock,...
The Memorymoog is legendary for being an absolutely massive-sounding synth and being incredibly unreliable. But now you can enjoy its classic Moog sound without the headaches or the sky-high vintage price, thanks to Arturia's Memory V emulator.
Do you even like art? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images There's this alarming trend in the Suno subreddit. People aren't just prompting AI songs; they're sitting around listening almost exclusively to their own slop.
Spotify already brings together listeners’ favorite music, podcasts, and audiobooks in one place. Now, we’re trialing a new format that expands the content available on our platform: narrated Articles.
BLONDIE CHAPLIN “Lonely Traveler” I’m still waiting for another solo album from Blondie. He’s sent me new music, but…he’s kind of elliptical when it comes to communication. Anyway, I read about the Flame and then there he was singing “Sail On Sailor” on “Holland”!
This is one of the two best-reviewed books of the year. As for the other, “Transcription”…forget about it. Now “London Falling” is nonfiction whereas “Transcription” is fiction, and I vastly prefer fiction, but… There was an interesting article in the “Wall Street Journal”… “Dad Books Are a Dying...
The AI moratorium discussion centers on preventing local regulation through financial preemption, where federal backing creates inevitable infrastructure changes. This shifts community dynamics, leading to resistance against unwelcome industrial transformations rather than mere software debates.
Look at those cute little guys. | Image: Record Club There isn't really a solid equivalent to Goodreads or Letterboxd for music lovers, but Record Club is aiming to change that.
Roger Linn lets his accomplishments do the talking. | Image: Roger Linn Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments. He's been at the cutting edge of music technology for decades.
Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet.
Wixen's lawsuit against Meta highlights allegations of copyright infringement and deceptive practices during licensing negotiations. Notably, it omits an accusation regarding Meta's potential misuse of licensed music for AI training.
Spotify bugün, 20’nci yıl dönümümüzü kutladığımız bu yılda, finans camiasına, iş modelimiz, ürün stratejimiz ve uzun vadeli vizyonumuz hakkında daha detaylı bir bakış sunmak amacıyla New York’ta üçüncü Investor Day etkinliğini düzenledi.
Hoje, o Spotify realizou seu terceiro Investor Day em Nova York, oferecendo à comunidade financeira uma visão detalhada sobre o negócio e a estratégia de longo prazo da companhia em um ano que também marca o aniversário de 20 anos da plataforma.
You can buy physical plates to pair with your AI effects. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one.
스포티파이 2026 인베스터 데이: 다음 시대의 미디어를 향한 새로운 비전 오늘 스포티파이는 미국 뉴욕에서 세 번째 인베스터 데이(Investor Day)를 개최하고, 금융 업계 관계자들을 대상으로 스포티파이의 비즈니스와 프로덕트 전략, 그리고 장기적인 비전에 대해 공유했습니다. 올해는 스포티파이의 20주년이 되는 해이기도 합니다. 이번 인베스터 데이는 올해 초 공동 CEO로 취임한 알렉스 노스트롬(Alex Norström)과 구스타브 소더스트롬(Gustav Söderström)이 처음으로 Investor...
Hari ini, Spotify menyelenggarakan Investor Day yang ketiga di New York City, memberikan komunitas finansial pemahaman yang lebih mendalam tentang bisnis, strategi produk, dan visi jangka panjang kami alam tahun yang juga menandai.
Hoy Spotify celebró su tercer Investor Day en Nueva York, donde ofrecimos a la comunidad financiera una mirada más profunda a nuestro negocio, estrategia de producto y visión a largo plazo, en un año que, además, marca nuestro aniversario número 20.
Oggi, a New York City, Spotify ha presentato il suo terzo Investor Day, offrendo al mondo della finanza uno sguardo più approfondito sul proprio business, sulla strategia di prodotto e una visione a lungo termine, nell’anno che segna anche il suo 20° anniversario.
Singer Skye Newman also highlights how becoming a performer is becoming inaccessible to those without money The music industry risks becoming a more hostile place for working-class artists, Tinie Tempah and Skye Newman have said at the Ivor Novello awards.
Four weeks after the biopic's release, Michael Jackson gained 40 million Spotify listeners and 748 million additional streams. Here's what the Michael biopic did to one of the biggest catalog in music history.
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs. The tool will be a paid add-on for Premium subscribers.
Most music fans are musically creative. This doesn’t necessarily mean they aspire to be artists or producers, but simply that they are engaged in at least one of the musical creativity behaviours tracked by MIDiA, such as producing music, learning or playing an instrument, writing music,...
Disability rights campaigner Robin Millar reveals he is taking owners of music business he founded to a tribunal The head of one of the UK’s biggest disability charities is planning a legal challenge against the owners of the music business he founded in a dispute over its alleged failure to...