90 percent of the performance at ten percent of the price, in just two or three racks, is hard to beat

The Register 1h ago

Shortly after announcing a Halloween-inspired event in California on October 30, Galaxy Corporation’s humanoid robot performance has been canceled. Galaxy Corporation has abruptly canceled its Halloween-inspired humanoid robot performance, originally set for October 30 in Saratoga, California.

Digital Music News 1h ago

The concerts giant will deliver and operate a new purpose-built venue at Arden Central, about one mile from the city’s CBD.

Billboard 1h ago

Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Roberts and Oprah were among the stars who paid tribute to Dolly Parton during the Country Music Association’s celebration of the late country icon Wednesday night. Oprah, who appeared in a pre-recorded video at the beginning of the broadcast, shared what Dolly meant to...

Variety 2h ago

Founder of offshore software development firm investigated for possibly giving his former outfit government contracts

The Register 2h ago

The country music legend was known for his distinctive voice and a songbook that included “Swingin’,” “Straight Tequila Night,” and “Seminole Wind.”

Billboard 2h ago

Rubén Blades reflects on his legendary career, revisits his biggest hits and shares memories of working with Willie Colón. He discusses how music can unite people, why he never expected to become a major salsa singer or actor, and his experience appearing on The Walking Dead.

Billboard 3h ago

John Anderson, the country Hall of Famer behind hits like “Seminole Wind” and “Swingin’,” has died. He was 71. Anderson’s death was announced by his family across his social media accounts on Wednesday. No cause of death or further information was noted.

Variety 3h ago

Presented by Andrea Ramirez PR. A discussion with Mar Solís, Emir Pabon of Grupo Canaveral, and Alex Iñigo, Alex Torres, Fito Echeverria and Luis Araque of Grupo Niche. The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week takes place from Oct.

Billboard 4h ago

The Many Faces of Latin Pop Today featuring Carlos Rivera, Mau y Ricky and Na’vi talk about their songwriting process. The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week takes place from Oct.

Billboard 4h ago

Featuring Alberto “Beto” Montenegro and Andrés “Fofo” Story of Rawayana, and Hans Schafer, SVP of global touring, Live Nation. The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week takes place from Oct.

Billboard 4h ago

The Why Don’t We singer took the stand for the first time to testify about an alleged dark web murder-for-hire plot targeting him

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Signs Samsung to build substrates, bolsters spend with other players

The Register 4h ago

The legendary Panamanian singer/songwriter will receive the Icon Award at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Billboard 4h ago

The Mexican-American superstar reflected on her fifth studio album, a new film and the importance of community at Billboard's anual event.

Billboard 4h ago

The movie will begin shooting in 2027.

Billboard 4h ago

The singer's family settled wrongful death claims against the company and another pharmacy

Rolling Stone 5h ago

Nicko McBrain, the long-time drummer for heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recently admitted he’d been invited to play golf with Donald Trump, but turned down the offer because of his staunch anti-MAGA beliefs — and that the president and his “bunch of cronies,” in McBrain’s words, “should be put in...

Variety 5h ago

The Chad Hugo v. Pharrell Williams legal battle just got even uglier: Now, Team Hugo is aggressively pushing back against Williams’ dismissal motion and alleged effort to “turn The Neptunes’ success into the work of only one person.” Hugo just recently urged the court to reject Williams’ dismissal...

Digital Music News 5h ago

The rapper is adding another fashion collaboration to his résumé, this time with a streetwear heavyweight.

Billboard 6h ago

'Coordinated vulnerability disclosure, unless there's evidence of active exploits in the wild,' Chainguard CEO tells The Reg

The Register 6h ago

Canberra, Australia – Today a group of 63 international media organizations led by the News/Media Alliance delivered a letter to senior Australian politicians asking them to reject proposed changes to the country’s copyright laws that would allow artificial intelligence companies to use copyrighted...

RIAA 7h ago

New Feeling, due in May, will feature handwritten lyrics, original album sketches, and private photos

Rolling Stone 7h ago

Reservoir Media has taken a stake in the recorded catalog and all-important name, image, and likeness rights of “Feliz Navidad” singer-songwriter José Feliciano. New York City-based Reservoir and Lares, Puerto Rico-born Feliciano disclosed their partnership agreement today.

Digital Music News 8h ago

Live event sales API platform Tickitto teams up with Google to place its live-event inventory in the Events section of relevant Google search listings. Tickitto, the API platform powering live-event sales for travel and tech companies, has announced a partnership with Google to place Tickitto’s...

Digital Music News 8h ago

Good thing it's somebody else's money

The Register 9h ago

Spotify and Audi launch a next-gen native in-car app built on Google’s Android Automotive operating system, available now in select Audi models. On Wednesday, Spotify and Audi announced the launch of a new native in-car app built using Google’s Android Automotive operating system.

Digital Music News 9h ago

Nothing will ruin your faith in humanity like an AI that operates your smartphone slowly, struggles with basic tasks, and can charge you for it

The Register 9h ago

Opinion: In a world of AI slop, showing the human hands making things helps.

Ars Technica 9h ago

Angine de Poitrine have announced an expansive global tour for 2027, including festival appearances and some of their biggest headline shows yet. Angine de Poitrine have announced a wide-ranging global tour schedule for 2027, including top-billed festival appearances and some of their biggest...

Digital Music News 10h ago

Brandi Carlile will be the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual Visionary Award for Humanitarian Work, to be given out at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala in December, the organization has announced.

Variety 10h ago

New embedding, parsing, and reranking models promise smarter agentic RAG workflows

The Register 10h ago

Plus a RAT for good measure - get threat hunting now

The Register 11h ago

Kid Cudi has announced that he will star as famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in “Jean,” a film that he also wrote and directed. The musician made the announcement on social media, posting images of himself in character and revealing that the film will begin shooting in 2027.

Variety 11h ago

Sony’s new patent fills in empty seats at virtual concerts with computer-controlled spectators to give the illusion of a full audience. Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a patent application for technology that fills empty seats with computer-controlled virtual spectators (called non-player...

Digital Music News 11h ago

Forrester says only isolated wins are likely, while 'good enough' open-weight models soak up the tokens

The Register 12h ago

Careful what you say after goodbye, or better yet, update your messaging app

The Register 12h ago

The signing is the latest step in UMG's expansion in Thailand. Source

Music Business Worldwide 13h ago

Holiday Things arrives 24 years after Santa Claus Lane

Rolling Stone 13h ago

Less than one year after overhauling Warner Chappell’s sync team, Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced a wider sync-side reorganization designed to streamline operations across recorded music and publishing.

Digital Music News 13h ago

Have you been listening to more music and enjoying it less? David Macias thinks he knows what might ail you: an over-reliance on the algorithm in the modern music industry.

Variety 13h ago

Apple is officially launching a rebrand of Apple Music. Following the appearance of a redesigned wordmark in a video and an updated app icon in an iOS 27.2 beta, Apple introduced the new "identity" for Apple Music today.

The Verge 13h ago

Band had to cancel tour dates while singer-guitarist addresses illness

Rolling Stone 13h ago

Proposed port brings 64-bit Windows apps within reach

The Register 13h ago

Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) today announced new Creative and Urban leadership roles. Michelle An has been promoted to President & Chief Creative Officer, IGA, reporting to John Janick.

Variety 14h ago

With production credits on Don Toliver’s chart-topping OCTANE, Jaasu’s star is on the rise. Here he breaks down his philosophy on success, collaboration, leadership, honesty, and much more… Source

Music Business Worldwide 14h ago

Ron Broitman has been promoted to President, Global Sync Source

Music Business Worldwide 14h ago

Members who fail the check, or who don't complete it within seven days of being notified, can't join a different Family or Duo plan for 12 months. Source

Music Business Worldwide 14h ago

Websites down as precaution as exploits have already been published

The Register 14h ago

Containerized datacenters, androids, and telecoms all feature in Berlin keynote interrupted by environmental protesters

The Register 14h ago

Warner Music Group has announced a plan to combine its global sync operations, bringing together its recorded music and publishing divisions into a single unit. The streamlined group will be led by industry vet Ron Broitman, who has been promoted to President of Global Sync.

Variety 15h ago

Fave was founded in 2020 by Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, who spent nearly five years at YouTube on the creator side of the business. Here, the exec explains how she defines a superfan... Source

Music Business Worldwide 15h ago

Every October, Spotify’s RADAR Creators program taps a new class of podcast creators who stand out with fresh voices and perspectives. The podcast arm of our RADAR program, which champions emerging artists and songwriters, RADAR Creators offers marketing, editorial, and promotional support to help...

Spotify 15h ago

Ghazi, founder of the indie label and distribution giant Empire, has announced the launch of his newest company, Supply Chain, an independent B2B cloud-based distribution company for the global music industry, which encapsulates technology, distribution, operations, and commercial connectivity.

Variety 15h ago

Serato DJ for iOS is finally bringing the company's pro-level DJ suite to the iPhone and iPad. Until now, the company had only dipped its toes into mobile software, with apps like Pyro that basically just added some autofades between songs in a playlist.

The Verge 15h ago

As Grand Theft Auto VI nears launch, AI tools like GPT-6 Astra are turning prompts into playable games. Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews warns that music could be about to miss another platform shift… Source

Music Business Worldwide 15h ago

Singer-songwriter also performed new song “In the Night” on The Tonight Show

Rolling Stone 15h ago

October preview raises supported limit from 300,000 items, with general availability penciled in for June 2027

The Register 16h ago

More than 1,600 venues, promoters, and festivals use the platform, which Hive says has helped its customers generate more than $1 billion in ticket sales. Source

Music Business Worldwide 16h ago

IGA said the new Creative and Urban leadership roles are 'designed to give artists deeper partnership and more ways to break through' Source

Music Business Worldwide 16h ago

Maintainers reckon a quarter of incoming pull requests are slop, rising to 31% on larger projects

The Register 17h ago

Will Spotify’s upcoming fan-remixes tool launch by the end of 2026? That’s still unclear, but the company does have a new licensing partner for its GenAI plans: Believe. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

Today brings news of two promising music-tech startups raising early funding: music-education firm ArtMaster and collaboration platform Chaos. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

It’s a busy day for news from the UK music industry, with four stories from various parts of the ecosystem. Starting with a campaign from industry body UK Music to support public broadcaster the BBC. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

Fancy a drink? Forget picking your poison though: today you can pick your pop star depending on whether you’re more interested in vodka or, er, mango coconut sticky rice beverages. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

Spotify is rolling out the ‘Memberships’ subscriptions that it trailed earlier this year at its Investor Day event. However, as announced, they are just for podcasters… for now, at least. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

People in The Philippines are music mad, which is good news for a booming local market, even if exports may struggle. While most Western observers might think of Japan as the home of karaoke, The Philippines would beg to differ.

Music Ally 17h ago

Paused since December 2025, the case remains on hold pending a New York federal appeals court ruling in the SoundExchange-SiriusXM dispute. Source

Music Business Worldwide 17h ago

Deal also includes non-exclusive rights to Feliciano's name, image, and likeness Source

Music Business Worldwide 17h ago

Consider this the wake-up call

The Register 17h ago

The right song sounds even better on the open road. Today, Spotify is introducing a new way to listen while driving: our next-generation in-car app, launching first across Audi’s current lineup.

Spotify 17h ago

If you’re part of the western music industry, you might not have heard of Jeff Satur… but Universal Music Southeast Asia wants to change that. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 18h ago

Give your agents freedom to do useful work by locking them down

The Register 18h ago

GPUzilla boasts modular bit barns could speed up deployments from six months to just two weeks

The Register 18h ago

Commission opens DSA probe into fake listings and phishing on the platform, says its fraud defenses 'absolutely substandard'

The Register 18h ago

Train times remain on show as an elderly Windows dialog demands attention

The Register 19h ago

Ozzy Osbourne’s final “Back to the Beginning” concert kept him “flying high” until the day he died, his wife Sharon Osbourne said. Speaking at a London screening of the film “Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning” — which chronicles the July 5, 2025 Birmingham show that took place just weeks...

Variety 19h ago

South Korea-based Galaxy Corporation is combining entertainment IP, AI, and humanoid robots for an upcoming Halloween-inspired event in California. We’ve seen how successful virtual avatar-based performances can be with the massively popular ABBA Voyage in the UK, and other similar experiences are...

Digital Music News 20h ago

Sequential recommendation benchmarks are widely used to evaluate models that predict what a user will... The post Do Sequential Recommendation Benchmarks Require Higher-Order Sequence Modelling? appeared first on Spotify Engineering.

Spotify Research 20h ago

Hive secures a $27 million investment from Frontier Growth to scale its marketing platform built for live events. Hive, the event marketing platform built for the live events industry, has announced a $27 million Series B from Frontier Growth.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has been the organizer behind the Super Bowl halftime show for years. Now, the scuttlebutt suggests that Jay-Z may choose himself to headline in 2027.

Digital Music News 1d ago

As its financial shortfall forces the suspension of performances and programs, the Phoenix Symphony’s board works toward building a long-term financial foundation. On Tuesday, the Phoenix Symphony announced that it will suspend operations following its scheduled performance on Sunday, November 1.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Sync licensing platform MAIA Universe secures partnerships with major rightsholders and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society. MAIA Universe, the Stockholm- and London-based sync licensing platform already backed by industry titans, has announced its latest partnerships with major...

Digital Music News 1d ago

All SoundExchange can do is wait in its cases against Sonos and SiriusXM, as the latter lingers in appeals, halting proceedings in the former. After collection agency SoundExchange attempted to sue SiriusXM over unpaid royalties, the case was dismissed when the court determined that SoundExchange...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Why building a music career depends less on reach than on return. The music business has become very good at giving artists numbers. Monthly listeners. Followers. Views. Streams. Impressions. Subscribers. We watch them because they are visible, measurable and easy to compare.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Today in social media copyright complaints: A pair of infringement actions against Kroger and LG Electronics, which allegedly incorporated a protected track into TikTok videos without authorization.

Digital Music News 1d ago

New York-headquartered Too Lost Music Group has entered into a definitive agreement with Xelon Entertainment, the long-running independent distributor with operations across APAC and the United Kingdom.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Gabbie Gonzalez’s ex-boyfriend testified that “she was freaking out” after an FBI raid, wanted to leave the country, and told him “that if they opened up her phone, that she would be in prison”

Rolling Stone 1d ago

The star said that she has been fighting an illness and had to cut her performance on Wednesday

Rolling Stone 1d ago

With Meta in the regulatory hotseat and western “social” apps becoming increasingly entertainment-first, a natural question arises: is the opportunity ripe for a new competitor? Few saw TikTok coming, but the short-form video app –boosted by the Covid pandemic – has reshaped the social media...

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

The most successful creators no longer look like online personalities. They now operate as fully-fledged media businesses with capital, networks, and business expertise – and they’re using these attributes to help nurture the next generation. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Spotify the human artistry advocate? A year and change after kicking off an AI audio crackdown, the DSP says it’s booted north of 50 million total “slop and spam tracks” from recommendations while also axing another 75 million uploads altogether.

Digital Music News 1d ago

The long-running exhibit will move to a more expansive venue spanning 100,000 square feet in 2028

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Spotify’s latest move to ensure members of Family plans live in the same household employs scanning a QR code, or users can be locked out for a year. Spotify has always intended its Premium Family plans to be used by people living together, but subscribers have often tried splitting the cost with...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The event featuring Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Holly Bowling, and others, will “be a coming together of the Deadhead community,” the drummer tells Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Believe and Spotify have just inked a licensing agreement for Spotify’s upcoming AI remix ‘tool,’ one that will allow fans to create remixes of songs from participating artists.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Arturia is adding to its Freak line of proudly weird digital synths with the MiniFreak 49. Under the hood, it's almost identical to the current MiniFreak, but it adds a number of more professional features and some interface improvements.

The Verge 1d ago

Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year. That's according to an announcement on Tuesday that says Spotify has also made changes to its recommendation system to highlight more music made by human...

The Verge 1d ago

Believe and Spotify have signed a licensing agreement for Spotify’s upcoming tool, allowing Believe and TuneCore’s participating artists and labels to benefit from new creative and revenue opportunities, while enabling fans to create remixes of their songs.

Spotify 1d ago

Earlier this month, a report from the Duke Sanford Tech Policy Program poked at Spotify’s policies around AI-generated music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The latest round of layoffs and reorganisation at Universal Music Group – together with similar recent cuts at its rival majors – has sparked a warning from the US-based Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC). The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The three major labels and BMG have failed in their bid to get the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that artists can exert their ‘termination rights’ to regain their copyrights globally, not just in the US. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Australasian collecting society APRA Amcos had some good news in its annual financials report this week, but also a new warning about the declining stream-share for local artists. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Distributor and tech firm Too Lost’s ambitions in the APAC region continue. It acquired Australian distributor and artist-services company Gyro·Group in July, and now it has announced a partnership with another distributor, Xelon Entertainment. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Riot Games, the publisher of esports hit League of Legends, has a long history of spinning virtual artists out of its powerhouse franchise. K/DA, True Damage, Pentakill and Heartsteel have been used to explore the crossover between games and music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

A year ago, we laid out our plans to protect artists and listeners from spam, impersonation, and deception in the age of AI. One core idea drives this work: human artistry comes first. Here’s what we’ve done, and what’s next.

Spotify 1d ago

Anyone who has a favorite podcast knows fandom goes beyond listening and watching. It’s about the connections fans build with creators and the ways they show their support. At Spotify, we’re always thinking about new ways to deepen those connections and help creators grow sustainable businesses.

Spotify 1d ago

Your interest level in Just 4 Kicks will depend on how much use you have for kick-drum samples. But even if that’s not your music-making bag, this launch reflects a wider, positive trend in the area of AI music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

One of the unexpected bonuses (for nosy journalists at least) of Europe’s Digital Markets Act is that big tech companies have to publicly disclose some of their acquisitions, with the details published on the European Commission website. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Demystifying the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon: the past, present, and future center of Hollywood.

The Pudding 2d ago

The Copyright Act of 1976 was enacted as Public Law 94-553 on October 19, 1976, signed by President Gerald Ford, which makes it fifty years old today. It has governed over an era of significant technological advances, including the rise of home video, satellite communications, digital content, the...

Copyhype 2d ago

If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, and grooveboxes.

The Verge 2d ago

J Mascis on stage during Dinosaur Jr.’s Baby’s Alright show in NYC. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis is known as something of a slacker guitar god. He stands stoically onstage, barely moving, as he seemingly effortlessly works through deft guitar solos and lopsided riffs.

The Verge 3d ago

Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, who got to hear the album for the first time thanks to Pablo Torre Finds Out. | Getty Images Wu-Tang's Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album has, for the most part, been extremely difficult to listen to, but you can now hear two snippets of the album thanks to the...

The Verge 5d ago

So, tune in Saturday October 17h to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 5d ago

‘Legitimising larceny’: Global music giants blast Albanese AI copyright plan — “ICMP director general John Phelan told The Australian Financial Review that Australia was just the latest in a series of countries in the ‘crosshairs’ of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his arch rival at...

Copyhype 5d ago

Some of the most exciting artists in K-Music still have their biggest moments ahead. With Spotify CLOSER, we’re spotlighting Korean artists who are making a splash, bringing fans everywhere closer to their artistry and stories through a series of exclusive performances and conversations on Spotify.

Spotify 6d ago

Alissa Pollack is President, Mediabase and Global Marketing, RCS Worldwide/iHeart Media. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alissa-pollack/id1316200737?i=1000796472161...

Lefsetz Letter 6d ago

While nepotism has always been rife in the music industry, today’s wave of nepo babies in pop appears more sustained and more impactful than ever. But does the streaming data reflect their advantage? We analyzed Spotify numbers for Gracie Abrams, Stella Lefty, and more.

How Music Charts 6d ago

This client-only series takes a deeper look at the key themes shaping MIDiA’s 2026–2033 global music forecasts report and what they mean for the future of the music business. The growing maturity of the streaming music market brings with it increased sophistication and need for attention to deta...

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

Artists understand their audiences largely through their actions. Following, liking, subscribing, opening an email, buying merch, buying a ticket, waiting in line – each of these efforts creates attachment and signals a different level of commitment. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

Tyler, The Creator’s creativity knows no bounds: he’s a chart-topping musician, an actor, a boundary-breaking producer, a fashion designer. Now he’s joining the ranks of artists to take over the iconic FC Barcelona jersey, with his GOLF logo worn by the team for El Clásico on October 25 at Spotify...

Spotify 6d ago