They Might Be Giants have released their new EP, Eyeball, and detailed their 2026 “The Bigger Show Tour” for this spring. Stream the project below. In a press release, John Linnell explained that Eyeball consists of […]
Genoa, Italy. Photo Credit: Ryan The Italian music industry recorded a 5.3% year-over-year stream-volume increase during 2025, when releases from homegrown talent accounted for 85% of the country’s top-100 albums. These and other insights come […]
Photo Credit: Christopher Bill PRS for Music announces its largest-ever royalty payout during its final distribution of the year, with over £274.9 million given to rightsholders worldwide. UK organization PRS for Music, which tracks, collects, […]
The integrated Apple Music app in the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV. Photo Credit: GM Months after moving to drop support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, General Motors has announced the direct integration of Apple […]
Punjabi pop artist (and Rthyms creator) Guri. Photo Credit: Gursewaksinghh Warner Music Group (WMG) isn’t taking its foot off the gas in India (or MENA): Now, the major’s unveiled a strategic partnership with self-described “creator-first […]
Photo Credit: Jace & Afsoon The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced a 2026 mechanical rate cost of living adjustment for permanent downloads and physical formats including vinyl. The CRB (and specifically Christina Shifton, the […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Looks like Sony Music intends to continue litigating against Udio despite the AI music generator’s lawsuit-ending agreements with Warner Music and Universal Music. As most already know, UMG got the licensing […]
Jorja Smith vocal doppelganger Kaitlin Aragon (Photo: TikTok) Who’s gonna deliver the next crop of AI-generated hits — and who gets to control them? That’s the devilishly difficult question now confronting the music industry, which […]
Is Suno about to face the music — that it just ripped off? For those watching in disbelief as ‘I Run’ started sprinting away on TikTok, Spotify, and seemingly every other platform, perhaps there’s poetic […]
Photo Credit: JioSaavn Indian music streaming platform JioSaavn surpasses 500 million Google Play downloads, marking a major milestone for the company. JioSaavn, an online music streaming platform from Mumbai-headquartered Reliance Industries, recently surpassed 500 million […]
Warner Music Group head Robert Kyncl, whose company’s finalized a ‘groundbreaking’ deal with Suno. Photo Credit: Robert Kyncl / LinkedIn After 17 months of litigation – and following AI licensing deals with Udio, Stability, and […]
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Photo Credit:4300streetcar Suno has doubled down on calls to toss most of the infringement lawsuit filed by artists including Tony Justice. The way the AI music […]
Photo Credit: NYSE SPOT dips below $600 for the first time since April amid a turbulent market. But analyst consensus remains strong even with a Goldman Sachs downgrade. Today, Spotify stock (SPOT) shares dropped below […]
Will AI music creators warm to a ‘walled garden,’ heavily restricted Udio 2.0? For those heralding the birth of a well-regulated, walled-garden Udio in 2026, a sticky question of survival emerges. On paper, it makes […]
An aerial shot of Cape Town, South Africa. Photo Credit: Tobias Reich Spotify is stepping up its monetization game in emerging markets including India and South Africa, where three different ‘Platinum’ tiers are hiking prices […]
Photo Credit: Breaking Rust Does AI “artist” Breaking Rust really have the number-one country song in America? Despite the multitude of headlines proclaiming “Walk My Walk” to be a chart-topping hit, the short answer is […]
A live performance from Bruce Springsteen, whose 83-song Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set generated the most recorded revenue of any Sony Music project during Q3 2025. Photo Credit: Thomstrom5700 Sony Music has posted […]
Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo Credit: Lindsay Martin Suno is facing yet another copyright complaint – this time from Denmark’s Koda, which has accused the AI music generator of infringing on its members’ works in training as […]
Photo Credit: Cytonn Photography UMG’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Udio is officially dismissed in light of their deal to collaborate on a new music streaming venture. Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially settled its copyright […]
Photo Credit: Tim Mossholder After user backlash to Udio shuttering its downloads amid settling litigation from UMG, the AI company lets subscribers download again for 48 hours. Generative AI music platform Udio has faced an […]