Photo Credit: Flou For all the attention paid to missing music metadata, copyright infringement, and royalty battles, the music industry often overlooks a potentially bigger issue: chaotic music contracting. Enter Flou, whose CEO, Alexiomar Rodriguez, […]
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. speaks during Grammys on the Hill in support of the expanded No Fakes Act. Photo Credit: The Recording Academy Federal lawmakers have reintroduced the No Fakes Act, which is […]
Photo Credit: Pexels Music production and digital content creation is a fast-paced world, and managing payouts to all artists, influencers, and creators involved can quickly become a logistical nightmare. Let’s take a peek at how […]
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund has partnered with Sweetwater to launch a new initiative aimed at tackling one of the most prominent health crises facing the music industry today: noise-induced hearing loss. Unveiled this week, the […]
Music industry funding achieved a substantial year-over-year increase in March 2025. But the month and its 2024 counterpart still recorded fewer combined raises than March 2023. Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato Thanks in part to massive […]
In one of late March 2025’s music industry hires, promotions, and exits, Megan Ogleby-Page (pictured) became the ERA’s head of operations. Photo Credit: ERA Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions […]
Last month, Consequence teamed up with the Sound Mind Center in Brooklyn to host the first-ever CoSigns Sessions. The intimate event saw local bands THICK and BODEGA performing stripped-down sets and sitting down with a Sound […]
Amid growth slowdowns in North America and Asia, besides double-digit expansions in other regions, global recorded music industry revenue increased by 4.8% in 2024. Photo Credit: IFPI The global recorded music industry generated $29.6 billion […]
A breakdown of U.S. recorded music industry revenue in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Photo Credit: RIAA Paid on-demand music streaming subs hit 100 million to close out 2024, when overall streaming revenue increased by a […]
At Angie Stone‘s Atlanta funeral, loved ones remembered the R&B icon with an emotional eulogy from Tyler Perry and powerful performances from Anthony Hamilton, Tamela Mann, Kirk Franklin, and Keke Wyatt bringing the house down. […]
Bob Barbiere, who’s signed on as EVP and GM of OpenPlay’s newly launched Reach division. Photo Credit: OpenPlay Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of March 14th, 2025. If […]
London, England. Photo Credit: Grant Sams The UK music industry generated nearly $2 billion during 2024 despite streaming- and vinyl-growth slowdowns, per a new report. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) disclosed these and other recorded-revenue […]
Duetti’s recent $200 million in debt funding pushed core music industry funding past the half-a-billion threshold for 2025, per DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker. That’s certainly a big number, though it pales compared to […]
Dave Cool, incoming President at MySeat Media (Photo: Dave Cool) Here’s a recap of the latest music industry hires and in-house promotions. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us […]
Photo Credit: Yogesh, Rahamatkar The Indian film industry has formalized a new partnership that promises fair credits for composers, writers, and lyricists. Here’s the latest. The agreement between the Music Composers Association of India (MCAI) […]
The five-piece group known as NewJeans and NJZ. Photo Credit: TenAsia What’s stopping K-pop sensations from nixing agency contracts, rebranding, and setting out on their own? Not too much, according to Korean music groups, which […]
The Music Industry Mental Health Fund is a new initiative from Universal Group (UMG) and the Music Health Alliance (MHA) to provide comprehensive, high-quality outpatient mental health resources for music industry professionals across America. UMG, […]
Is Selena Gomez not keen on returning to music after Emilia Perez? (Photo Credit – Instagram) Ever since Selena Gomez had a few notable opportunities in the film industry, the singer has been adamant about […]
Photo Credit: JP Valery One of the biggest problems the music industry faces is accurate accounting of royalties (or lack thereof) to rights holders and creatives, affectionately known as the nefarious ‘black box’. Although exact […]
Music industry funding grew year over year in January 2025, but fell short of January 2023’s total. Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato Thanks in large part to another sizable contribution from the catalog sub-sector, music industry […]