OpenAI and Anthropic have built AI Swiss Army Knives, but the future may be smaller built-for-purpose tools

The Register 1h ago

Plus, Shakira surpasses Taylor Swift on Spotify, and a star-studded telethon rallies aid for Venezuela.

Billboard 2h ago

Sienna Spiro also lands the biggest British debut of 2026 so far.

Billboard 2h ago

Consumption rose another 10% while restrictions on most new grid connections remained around Dublin

The Register 6h ago

The singer's Ryan Murphy reunion is on hold after her tour schedule conflicted with a change in the show's production dates.

Billboard 8h ago

Jay-Z did appear to promise far in advance that his “Reasonable Doubt” 30th anniversary show would, in fact, be a celebration of the debut album that he dropped back in June 1996. That didn’t stop him from pulling out all the stops — well, most of them, at least — during the first of his […]

Variety 10h ago

The star-studded affair included appearances by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy Carter, Nas, Alicia Keys and more.

Billboard 10h ago

“Not today, Satan”… or “Hell yeah, Beelzebub”? A split is taking place in the polarizing realm of devil-rock, as practiced by self-styled “Satanic” duo Twin Temple.

Variety 14h ago

Tune in July 11th to Faction Talk, channel 103, 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 14h ago

We also had new releases from Future, Suki Waterhouse, Teddy Swims, The Linda Lindas & Hayley Williams, Chris Lake & Tiga, and more.

Billboard 15h ago

Carliz De La Cruz Hernández got a green light to pursue her claim over the “Bad Bunny baby” tagline on “Dos Mil 16"

Rolling Stone 15h ago

What did the couple have to pay to host their wedding in the thick of New York City?

Billboard 15h ago

The global dance music company has "amicably resolved" its lengthy legal battle with a trio of Miami club operators.

Billboard 16h ago

The post was made official during his swearing in at the Oval Office.

Billboard 16h ago

The Spanish rapper speaks of the carelessness that comes with being young on the new song.

Billboard 17h ago

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of July 10th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com.

Digital Music News 17h ago

McGregor returns to the Octagon on Saturday night to take on Max Holloway at UFC 329.

Billboard 17h ago

The number no longer makes sense. Forget lying to others about your age, can you lie to yourself? It was really our grandparents who were the last generation to get old and accept it. It was a natural stage of life. As for our parents, they were flummoxed.

Lefsetz Letter 17h ago

More than 20,000 people participated in the “largest gathering of people wearing bald caps” at BST Festival in Hyde Park

Rolling Stone 17h ago

The update comes after the superstar and her husband, Travis Kelce, faced criticism for their Fourth of July wedding

Rolling Stone 18h ago

ScrollPods is Mac-only, and you'll need compatible AirPods

The Register 19h ago

A little over 10 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda was still performing on Broadway in “Hamilton” while writing the music for Disney’s “Moana.” Since then, Moana has grossed more than $643 million at the global box office, and its 2024 sequel earned more than $1 billion worldwide.

Variety 19h ago

Ticket prices have dropped for Jay-Z’s three-night stand at Yankee Stadium, now approximately $100 to $200 cheaper with seats available across all dates.

Digital Music News 19h ago

A new SEC filing reveals that StubHub’s “marketplace for fans” is run by a CEO who also owns and manages a fund that scalps tickets on the platform. An investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has found that StubHub’s claims of being a “marketplace for fans to buy and sell...

Digital Music News 20h ago

Across multiple countries and generations, music – and especially music videos – is the “ultimate driving force of nostalgia,” outranking film, television, gaming, and more, according to a new study of media-consumption attitudes.

Digital Music News 20h ago

“I just didn’t want you to think that I was turning a blind eye or that I didn’t care,” the singer-songwriter says in a rare update. “I fucking care”

Rolling Stone 20h ago

YouTube continues to steamroll Spotify in the podcasting game, despite the latter’s billion-dollar investment in the medium over the last few years. YouTube has, unsurprisingly, been the dominating force in the video content space for years now.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Ariana Grande is no longer a part of “American Horror Story” Season 13. The pop star dropped out of the Ryan Murphy production due to scheduling conflicts with her “Eternal Sunshine” tour, Variety has learned from sources.

Variety 21h ago

The punk rockers’ new LP arrives on Aug. 28

Rolling Stone 21h ago

Taylor Swift paid more than $160,000 to cover police overtime as part of a New York City permit required for her and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden.

Variety 21h ago

Microsoft says GigaWiper combines at least 3 malware families into one modular tool

The Register 22h ago

Open source recreation costs a fraction of the original and may even work with Twiggy drives

The Register 22h ago

The invitation comes after the L.A. duo were reportedly fired from Charley Crockett’s tour over their Lucifer-loving imagery

Rolling Stone 23h ago

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

Music Business Worldwide 23h ago

I Must Be Dreaming, band’s first album in 11 years, out Aug. 28

Rolling Stone 23h ago

Green groups want licenses frozen before a million satellites litter the exosphere

The Register 23h ago

One AI audio avalanche later, the RIAA, A2IM, IMPALA, and several others have introduced a program to label machine-generated tracks on streaming services.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Hyperpop may be taking on a new form. Artists like Slayyyter, Kim Petras, and Tiffany Day are finding success by embracing electropop and the data suggests a new era is underway.

How Music Charts 1d ago

Artist who just signed to a label is on the road, supporting Maren Morris

Rolling Stone 1d ago

The popstar appeared on the game show’s latest episode

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace productivity

The Register 1d ago

It is the second time Smith and the other co-defendants have tried to shut the case down before trial. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

A collection of groups representing musicians and the music industry at large — including the RIAA, IFPI, the Grammys and SAG-AFTRA — have banded together for a new labeling program that aims to provide a unified front on indicating whether a song has been produced with AI.

Variety 1d ago

Firm faces quandary of wanting to help the environment, but also wanting to force AI on everyone

The Register 1d ago

The report highlights Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild" as an example of a new release built on borrowed nostalgia. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The deal adds 71 compositions to the specialist publisher's portfolio, including Cherish, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

New York Times-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute — In litigation originally filed in 2023 alleging the AI developer infringed copyright in news publishers’ works when it trained its Large Language Models, the group of newspapers this week asked the court to impose...

Copyhype 1d ago

Brussels says Meta failed to properly assess or mitigate risks posed by infinite scroll, autoplay, and more

The Register 1d ago

You’d be forgiven for thinking the Venn diagram of ‘Rolling Stones fans’ and ‘Roblox players’ is two separate circles. That means the venerable band’s big new Roblox activation is either a baffling mismatch, or a genius move to bring their music and history to another new generation of potential...

Music Ally 1d ago

Outsourcer wants a commercial chinwag before agreeing to cover UK government's recovery costs

The Register 1d ago

It would be easy to assume that BTS must have had the biggest streaming track in South Korea in the first half of this year, such has been the scale of their comeback. Nope.

Music Ally 1d ago

The big stars were out in force touring the UK last year, and the country’s music-tourism revenues spiked accordingly – something quantified in the latest report by industry body UK Music. It reports 24.7 million ‘music tourists’ attending concerts and festivals in the UK last year, up 4.8% on...

Music Ally 1d ago

Have you heard of ‘Drums That Knock’? Even if not, you may well have heard sounds from this popular samples library – they’ve been used in big tracks by the likes of Bad Bunny, Charli XCX, Karol G and the Chainsmokers.

Music Ally 1d ago

Copenhagen company ‘sorry’ after 'perpetrator' pops order management system

The Register 1d ago

The seemingly mundane deliberations over future mechanical royalty rates in the US are starting to feel like a Verdi opera — with colorful industry titan Irving Azoff and his Global Music Rights (GMR) playing an unexpected cameo role.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Discovery has always been a core part of the Spotify experience. Whether you’re diving into curated editorial playlists like Artists To Watch or using personalization features like DJ, there’s always something new to explore.

Spotify 1d ago

In recent months, Meta has been busy rolling out new features and apps. While not everyone is impressed by its continued expansion into AI, the company’s latest app, Pocket, could be interesting for music marketers. Pocket is a vibe coding app for mini games.

Music Ally 1d ago

Nathan Bank is a Mexican pop artist with a strong social media following (601.8k on TikTok, 363.1k on Instagram) and a developing listener base on streaming services (34k monthly listeners on Spotify).

Music Ally 1d ago

1. Artist exhibitions. Promoter Semmel Concerts recently chatted to Pollstar about the growth of this latest non-concert format, calling it “one of the most exciting developments in live”. Udoversum is the exhibition of Udo Lindenberg, one of Germany’s most iconic artists.

Music Ally 1d ago

The 2026 Music Ally NEXT conference brought together music biz people from across the industry, for a day of sessions on topics shaping the future of music marketing, culture and the business at large.

Music Ally 1d ago

Four years after its debut, Psychic Fever built its second full-length album around a simple idea: none of its seven members sound, look or think alike, and that’s exactly the point.

Variety 1d ago

Broad Support from IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys,SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign Track-Level Labels to Provide Transparency for Fans AcrossDigital Music Services and Partners NOTE: Suggested Icons for “AI-Generated” and “AI-Assisted” Labels WASHINGTON / NEW YORK / LONDON (July 10,...

RIAA 1d ago

A group of music industry bodies have revealed plans for a system of labels for music that is wholly AI-generated or AI-assisted.

Music Ally 1d ago

Music orgs want the world's biggest streaming services to start labeling music made with artificial intelligence. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

It’s two years now since Landr launched its ‘Fair Trade AI’ program for artists using its distribution service. The ahead-of-its-time initiative asked artists if they wanted to opt in to having their music used to train AI tools, earning a share of revenues generated by the company’s AI plugins,...

Music Ally 1d ago

Backers of the round include Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma's family office VSS Investco and Paytm CFO Madhur Deora. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The FCC investigated whether iHeart broke rules by trading radio airplay for artist performances at its events. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server

The Register 1d ago

Gender inequity in creative industries is often treated as a series of one-off incidents. Individual acts of bias, isolated pay gaps, or a singular unsafe workspace. This fragmented view is, itself, part of the problem. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

They form the organization's 2026 New Member Class, part of a membership model the Grammys rebuilt in 2019. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

NHS Forth Valley is the latest health board to bungle basic email data protection principles

The Register 1d ago

'The allegations in the lawsuit are unilateral and unsubstantiated,' Big Hit Music said Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Some ideas need workshopping, others need a warning light

The Register 1d ago

AnArtizen, an organisation that produces and provides resources to help creative professionals build careers, has launched Unfair Advantage. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The Oscar-winning actor signed a record deal with Decca Classics for Life Is a Dream, which was conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Police wanted to call off a grudge game until tech support electrified fevered fans

The Register 1d ago

Warner Music India has expanded its artist services and expanded rights division, which is known as ASER in the country. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

A coalition of US music organizations urges the US Trade Representative to oppose an EU proposal that will cost American artists over $300 million. Radio stations in the United States not having to pay royalties to the owners of recordings for their broadcasts has led to numerous complications...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Gigs by Gallagher brothers, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce gives £11bn boost to the economy Big name artists including Oasis with their highly anticipated reunion tour, Coldplay and Beyoncé helped to attract a record number of fans to travel to watch live music last year, helped by a surge in...

The Guardian 1d ago

Another day, another high-profile song-rights play – this time from Reservoir Media, which has scooped up T.I.’s publishing catalog and a piece of his non-Atlantic recordings. New York City-headquartered Reservoir and Atlanta-born T.I. (real name Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) formally disclosed their...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Beware the golden screwdriver

The Register 1d ago

Anthony Hopkins isn’t just an Oscar-winning actor — for decades, he’s been composing music in addition to his acting roles. The “Silence of the Lambs” actor has signed with Decca Classics for a new recording project encompassing more than six decades of original compositions.

Variety 1d ago

Pop-punk rockers Lit, best known for the 1999 single “My Own Worst Enemy,” have settled their lawsuit against Sony Music over streaming royalties. Lit, the band behind the 1999 hits “My Own Worst Enemy” and “Miserable,” has settled its lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment over an alleged breach...

Digital Music News 1d ago

More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools

The Register 1d ago

Oasis, Beyonce, and Dua Lipa helped attract a record number of music tourists to events across the UK, pushing music tourism spending to a new high. Oasis, Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey, and Kendrick Lamar helped attract a record 24.7 million music tourists to concerts and festivals in...

Digital Music News 1d ago

All mysteries aside, you could say that, this summer, together, Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell are building a sister-y road show. McLachlan is touring behind her 2025 “Better Broken” album, as a followup to her successful “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” 30th Anniversary Tour, with plenty of the...

Variety 1d ago

The poet whose case against Taylor Swift was just dismissed by a federal judge has already filed an appeal—following her similar defeat against Swift last year.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Leaked negotiations spill the tea

The Register 1d ago

iHeartMedia is entering into a consent decree with the FCC over the investigation into the radio giant’s alleged “showola” scheme. The FCC probe into iHeartMedia’s alleged payola scheme—or, more accurately, “showola” scheme—has concluded, with the radio giant entering into a consent decree with the...

Digital Music News 1d ago

thumpN, billed as “India’s first AI-native live entertainment platform,” has officially launched in beta with a nearly $4 million pre-seed war chest at its disposal. Mumbai-headquartered thumpN announced its public rollout and its multimillion-dollar raise earlier this week.

Digital Music News 1d ago

A Madison Square Garden database allegedly tracked and categorized celebrities who have visited the venue, including labels from low to high “risk.” A new report from Wired revealed that a database allegedly kept by Madison Square Garden tracked and categorized “hundreds” of celebrities, famous...

Digital Music News 1d ago

One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form

The Register 1d ago

Dynamite Songs has acquired the music catalog of Terry Kirkman, co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of The Association. Dynamite Songs, the specialist music publisher dedicated to acquiring and managing smaller catalogs with culturally significant songs, has acquired the music...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The Rolling Stones are coming to Roblox in an immersive music experience set to launch on July 10, the same day as their highly anticipated new album, Foreign Tongues.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Bonnie Tyler, known for global hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” passed away in a hospital in Portugal, aged 75. Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her global hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” passed away on Wednesday evening in a...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Reservoir has struck a deal with veteran Atlanta rapper T.I. across his entire publishing catalog, spanning his back catalog and future works, including his new album, “Kill the King,” which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. Over the years, T.I.

Variety 1d ago

The O-1 visa has become one of the biggest obstacles facing international artists who want to tour in the U.S. Rising application costs, processing delays, and stricter documentation requirements are changing how musicians plan their careers and connect with American audiences.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Legendary agent Marsha Vlasic represents Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Iggy Pop and more! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marsha-vlasic/id1316200737?i=1000776100872...

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Searching for work sucks; AI combs the internet and sucks it all up. Combine the two and let 'er rip with this Python project

The Register 1d ago

Romain Becker named Group COO, Elsa Bahamonde Bourgain to lead combined Artist Services and Label & Artist Solutions Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Javascript, like most modern programming languages, allows you to use regular expressions to parse values out of formatted strings. Here, for example, is a fairly nice regexp template to get the interesting stuff out of an Apache web-log line. /^(?.+?) - - \[(?..)\/(?...)\/(?....):(?.+?) -0400\]...

furia log 1d ago

We are looking for a highly motivated, forward thinking digital marketing and advertising strategist to join our UK team. This role will be responsible for providing top tier marketing services […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

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The Digital Edge 2d ago

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The Digital Edge 2d ago

Gopher can’t play the piano for you, but it can bury it in the mix. | Image: Image Line Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions.

The Verge 2d ago

The 'Coffee for Contracts' initiative involves offering pro bono legal support to creative professionals every July. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

AI is a black swan event for music, intertwining the futures of the creator economy and the music industry. The number of gen AI music monthly active users (MAUs) nearly tripled between 2023 and 2025, adding nearly nine times as many users as the global base of musicians over the same period. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

What could be more 2026 than trying to detect whether a song is AI-generated or not… from within one of the big AI chatbots?

Music Ally 2d ago

“Why Netflix Is Suffering From a Perpetual Sophomore Slump – Analysis – Long season breaks, increased competition and confusing release schedules have led to shows seeing big ratings declines between seasons. But does Netflix care?”...

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Two weeks after Wiz Khalifa nixed his European tour, one of the impacted events, Clout Czechia, has pulled the plug on its 2026 edition. Organizers took to social media to reveal the unfortunate news, which arrived not long before Clout Czechia’s scheduled early July kickoff.

Digital Music News 2d ago

The formula for success on social platforms changes regularly, much to the frustration of emerging creators and marketers alike. This is a natural consequence of content saturation.

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 3d ago

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The Digital Edge 3d ago

Version 0.7.0 of libdiscid has been released. libdiscid is a C library that allows applications to easily calculate MusicBrainz and freedb disc IDs from audio CDs or CD TOC details. It also can extract MCN and ISRC information.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago

Goal-hunting strikers, ball-stopping defenders, and…Shakira? That’s right: With the world’s biggest football tournament well underway, we’re reminded that the stars lighting up the pitch this summer include some of the most talented players on the planet, along with one particular hitmaker from...

Spotify 3d ago

With hit albums, sold-out tours, and a generation of fans hanging on every lyric, Gracie Abrams and Olivia Rodrigo are two of pop’s most exciting voices.

Spotify 4d ago

With punters drinking less, running costs rising and one-third of the sector wiped out by Covid, venues and promoters are turning the business model on its head On a cold, rainy Tuesday night in Sydney’s Dulwich Hill, most of the shopfronts are dark, but one is shaking.

The Guardian 4d ago

This follow-up post covers how and why our servers are still being impacted, an explanation and examples of what we consider “botting” in ListenBrainz – and an apology, because our last post had some baaad comms!

MetaBrainz Blog 4d ago

The O-1 visa has become one of the biggest obstacles facing international artists who want to tour in the U.S. Rising application costs, processing delays, and stricter documentation requirements are changing how musicians plan their careers and connect with American audiences.

How Music Charts 5d ago

America's AI infrastructure has become a political issue as rural voters oppose extensive projects affecting electricity, land, and water. Communities demand transparency and local control, viewing these developments as interconnected with broader governance concerns.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 5d ago

First, you drop bombs, then you send aid. Totally logical. | Image: Definitive Jux There was a period in the early aughts when Definitive Jux (nee: Def Jux) seemed like it was going to be the future of hip-hop.

The Verge 5d ago