Both sides apparently start high then price in the inevitable haggle

The Register 22m ago

The new BMG deal caps a year of good vibrations for Zeppelin Hamilton’s psychedelic-pop project.

Billboard 42m ago

Clamp, flash, repeat – no separate IO board or host computer required

The Register 50m ago

The Beatles rights-holding company Apple Corps has come together with Universal Music Group to ink a wide-ranging licensing and merch deal for all things related to the fab four. It will include physical and digital merchandise, licensing, and e-commerce.

Variety 57m ago

Those legacy systems won't fix themselves

The Register 1h ago

Setzer and Co. stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a performance of that classic hit.

Billboard 1h ago

“This song should be like in a Bond movie,” Sofía Vergara enthused.

Billboard 3h ago

As the latest Starship finds its way to an obscure part of Australia, for observations

The Register 4h ago

The TFF co-founder has contributed to a 50-strong investor group that is attempting to buy the English soccer team, Bath City FC.

Billboard 5h ago

It seems like Nvidia’s not getting back into the Middle Kingdom anytime soon

The Register 6h ago

SYDNEY, Australia — The 40th ARIA Awards will be presented Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, on Gadigal land — the sixth consecutive year at the iconic venue.

Billboard 6h ago

Former gang member James McDonald testified at the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis

Rolling Stone 7h ago

A new Harvard study on distracted driving has found a 15% increase in traffic fatalities in the US on days that major albums are released on streaming platforms. Major album releases can lead to a major surge in traffic deaths, according to a new Harvard study by Dr. Vishal Patel.

Digital Music News 7h ago

Kanye will perform two shows in Russia in October, becoming the biggest act to play the country in four years since the start of the Ukraine war. Ye, the controversial rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is scheduled to perform two shows in St. Petersburg, Russia, this October.

Digital Music News 7h ago

The trade body's incoming CEO helped shape some of the most significant policy developments in NSW’s contemporary music sector.

Billboard 7h ago

Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s drummer for 56 years, has passed away while in hospice care at his Texas ranch. The band has canceled some shows this week as a result. ZZ Top’s drummer Frank Beard, who played with the band for the past 56 years, passed away on Monday, August 17. He was in hospice […]

Digital Music News 8h ago

Unknown parties know where you stayed last summer, down under, across 120 Quest properties

The Register 8h ago

Headquartered in Brisbane, the new firm boasts a list of clients including Wolfmother, The Teskey Brothers, Tigerlily, The Amity Affliction, and Untitled Group.

Billboard 8h ago

The Mexican singer-songwriter cited “unforeseen circumstances” that forced him to cancel seven dates on his headlining stateside trek.

Billboard 9h ago

"Y'all hating on the song [but we] love the song," the rapper shared on Instagram Live.

Billboard 9h ago

If Madonna wins, she’ll establish a new record for the longest span of video of the year wins: 28 years.

Billboard 9h ago

With its stock price still hovering around a record low – and with analysts divided about what comes next – Universal Music Group (UMG) last week repurchased more than $160 million worth of its own shares.

Digital Music News 10h ago

Next-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack

The Register 10h ago

Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive

The Register 10h ago

Seven months later, “Someone You Loved” songwriter Romans and Paramount Pictures have officially settled a lawsuit centering on the allegedly unauthorized use of two works – one recorded by Rihanna – in 2025’s Smurfs.

Digital Music News 10h ago

Robert Clivillés claims rapper Williams has been making money off the group's name without permission

Rolling Stone 11h ago

Two months later, Merlin and Jamen Capital have officially completed their acquisition of Curve Royalty Systems from Virgin Music Group/Universal Music. The indie giant and Matt Spetzler’s Jamen confirmed the purchase’s wrap today, after disclosing plans in June to scoop up the royalty processor.

Digital Music News 14h ago

ABC/Disney is suing the Trump-led FCC over challenges to its broadcast licenses, alleging violations of its First Amendment rights. Disney-owned ABC is suing the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over challenges to its broadcast licenses, saying the commission’s actions...

Digital Music News 14h ago

Gaps in expiry checks could let dead plastic make purchases again

The Register 14h ago

Madonna leads the charge at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with 11 nominations, followed by Taylor Swift with nine. It’s her material world, and we’re just living in it.

Digital Music News 14h ago

This July 18, 2021, gig in Louisville, Kentucky, marked the end of one of the single most enduring lineups in rock history

Rolling Stone 14h ago

The NFL continues stacking halftime shows the world over, with Pedro Sampaio and Ricky Martin headlining the halftime show of the 2026 NFL Rio Game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys.

Digital Music News 14h ago

Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s longtime drummer for the past 56 years, has died. He was 77. A representative for Beard confirmed that he died while in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with his family by his side.

Variety 15h ago

The tireless drummer anchored the Texas band on hits like “La Grange,” “Tush,” and “Cheap Sunglasses” during its five-decade run

Rolling Stone 15h ago

A documentary on Oasis’ 2025 reunion is set for a cinematic release on September 11 from Hulu in partnership with Disney+. A new Oasis documentary covering the band’s 2025 reunion tour is due for release next month.

Digital Music News 15h ago

Emmy’s music branch continues to welcome newcomers. Eighteen of this year’s 54 nominees, or one-third of the total in seven categories, are first-timers to the competition. And only 12 are previous winners of TV’s highest honor.

Variety 15h ago

Tyler, the Creator has released the lineup for his 12th annual Camp Flog Gnaw Festival, taking place at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on November 14-15. The rapper revealed the slate of performers via a website where fans had to unscramble letters for each act based on a particular hint.

Variety 15h ago

The independent music publisher Round Hill Music sued Suno and Anthropic, accusing the two AI companies in a federal court in California of infringing its copyright by illegally scraping hundreds of its songs to train their models without permission.

Variety 16h ago

For Ella Langley, 2026 has been one long victory lap. The Alabama-born country star’s “Choosin’ Texas” has become a bona fide crossover phenomenon, spending 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 — a record for a non-holiday song by a woman — while her sophomore album, “Dandelion,” arrived in April.

Variety 16h ago

A Second Look reveals rare footage of the 1969 festival and new perspective on classics “Purple Haze” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”

Rolling Stone 16h ago

Devon Allman and Duane Betts, sons of founding Allman Brothers Band members Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, will lead the rotating ensemble-cast lineup

Rolling Stone 17h ago

The growth of the listenership of regional language music apart from Punjabi — which has enjoyed nationwide popularity for more than a decade — has been among the most significant […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 17h ago

Cultural relevance in hip-hop has decoupled from mainstream scale. The artists proving it are reshaping where the industry should be looking, says Diana Umana… Source

Music Business Worldwide 17h ago

MBW speaks with Swidler about her education under the late Clive Davis, how she handles the screamers and the dreamers, the fight to drag the Grammys into the present Source

Music Business Worldwide 17h ago

McDaid has written songs recorded by Ed Sheeran, BTS, P!nk, Robbie Williams, Alicia Keys, Lewis Capaldi, Jung Kook, Weezer, Shawn Mendes, David Guetta and Kelly Clarkson. Source

Music Business Worldwide 18h ago

Zuck's empire declares triple the appetite of Apple or Microsoft, while Google packs the leaderboard, dev survey shows

The Register 18h ago

Whatever fallout came as a result of the canceled Freedom 250 concerts on the National Mall in Washington this summer, we can add a lawsuit that otherwise might not have happened. One prominent figure in that D.C.

Variety 18h ago

Two things have been crucial to a restless Angélique Kidjo since her childhood in Benin, West Africa: diverse, universal, nuanced brands of truthful musical storytelling in all its forms, and her mother.

Variety 18h ago

Phishing, malvertising attacks could target devs to gain access to private corporate networks

The Register 19h ago

The Welsh vocal group Only Men Aloud also honored the late singer with a performance of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

Rolling Stone 19h ago

Don’t Look Back in Anger set to open in movie theaters in September

Rolling Stone 19h ago

Shakira, the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, Live Nation and CAF have announced a $1.25 million initial commitment to rebuild schools following the devastating earthquake in Colombia last week. The announcement follows a similar commitment after earthquakes ravaged Venezuela last year.

Variety 19h ago

The “Boston” singer walked us through a playlist that includes Thomas Rhett and Elvis Presley for Rolling Stone’s Song Shuffle series

Rolling Stone 19h ago

Early this month, when the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 was occupied entirely by country artists for the first time in its history, most of the names were familiar: There was Taylor Swift, there was Ella Langley, there was Morgan Wallen, there was Morgan Wallen with Ella Langley… and at No.

Variety 19h ago

Patch batch spans current kit, older iGadgets, Macs, and Vision Pro

The Register 19h ago

Both artists will compete for Video of the Year and Artist of the Year at this year’s show

Rolling Stone 20h ago

What an artist wears can say as much about them as what they listen to. That’s the idea behind Spotify’s collaboration with Depop, which brings together six artists, their personal wardrobes, and an exclusive playlist.

Spotify 20h ago

Parallel computing pioneer went on to found early British ISP UK Online

The Register 20h ago

The right soundtrack can help you make the most of every mile. But each run calls for something different: a high-energy push through intervals, familiar favorites to stay in your groove, or new music to keep your regular route feeling fresh.

Spotify 20h ago

Both honors will be handed over in Burbank, California, during the 27th global edition of MUSEXPO, which runs March 21–24, 2027 Source

Music Business Worldwide 20h ago

Warner Music Group CTO Leho Nigul said Bengaluru is central to the company's global engineering strategy. Source

Music Business Worldwide 20h ago

Prompts can specify instrumentation, vocal style and the way a track's energy shifts across its running time, Alibaba said. Source

Music Business Worldwide 20h ago

The claim names TaP Management co-founders Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, alongside TaP's parent company, HNOE Limited. Source

Music Business Worldwide 21h ago

Time to flex that Windows 10 muscle memory

The Register 21h ago

Each complaint seeks statutory damages of up to USD $150,000 per work willfully infringed. Source

Music Business Worldwide 21h ago

How to social engineer an AI's reasoning engine

The Register 21h ago

Officials must wait a little longer before Live Captions tells it like it is

The Register 22h ago

Papers please. Windows is watching

The Register 23h ago

Kubuntu 26.04 gets three years of fixes for the desktop, frameworks, and apps

The Register 23h ago

Trial will test whether small route and altitude tweaks can reduce aviation's warming impact

The Register 1d ago

Attributing diffusion model output to a specific input becomes more difficult with more training data

The Register 1d ago

Ellie Goulding is suing her former managers, TaP Music co-founders Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, for allegedly failing to disclose Live Nation’s ownership stake in their business.

Digital Music News 1d ago

When two AI copyright lawsuits end, two more begin: Round Hill has fired off high-stakes infringement complaints – each involving sought damages that could “conceivably exceed $1 billion”– against Suno and Anthropic. Round Hill submitted the actions to the U.S.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Spitfire Audio, a UK-based creator of virtual instrument sample libraries was handling royalty payouts through manual, Excel-based processes. The processing time took weeks and the work was cumbersome, which is why Spitfire implemented Tipalti Mass Payments to help automate its royalty...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The Eight Mile Music Companies challenge the Phonorecords V Subpart B settlement as a nine-year rate freeze disguised by inflation adjustments—and question whether vertically integrated buyers and sellers should determine the statutory price imposed on everyone else.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 1d ago

I was a function of loss, and a solution of the shapes of thoughts. I retraced what you drew me until you could no longer tell the difference between you and me and nothing.

furia log 1d ago

Have you watched “Keeping Faith”? I’ll watch anything with Eve Myles in it. She’s not a movie star, she’s an ACTRESS! That’s the change we’ve been experiencing in the modern era.

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

The deal closed following final approval of the transaction by the European Commission, the companies said on Tuesday (August 18). Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

If I read one more story that the movies are back… You might be surprised to discover that “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has grossed 50% more than “The Odyssey,” the supposed talk of the summer.

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

YouTube is changing the way it counts public views on long-form videos, with a view being registered the moment a video begins playing. YouTube is implementing changes to the way it counts public views on long-form videos.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Independent Vermont venue The Stone Church has sued StubHub for trademark infringement, false advertising, and deceptive marketing practices under the Lanham Act. In a classic David vs.

Digital Music News 1d ago

After eight years lying dormant, Ozzfest will officially make its return to its late namesake’s hometown in 2027, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. Although the Prince of Darkness has passed away, Ozzfest walks again in 2027.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Another mid-size venue is popping up in Southern California, where Live Nation is officially set to restore the Wonder Bread building into a 4,000-capacity venue.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Kyncl appeared on Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast on Friday (August 14), where he discussed Suno – and why he'd start a music service at Netflix. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Self-driving cars from Waymo steer further into pop culture with Blackpink wraps on its fleet to celebrate the K-pop girl group’s 10th anniversary. As autonomous vehicles from Waymo become the new status symbol for getting around some of the biggest cities in America, the company unveils new...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance have inked a deal for IP protections across ByteDance’s AI products, including Seedance and Seedream. On Monday, the Motion Picture Association and ByteDance announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the development of a framework to protect the...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Spotify killed off its Car Thing several years ago, creating e-waste and alienating customers. Now, custom firmware has given the auto dongle a new lease on life. Spotify discontinued its auto dongle, Car Thing, after only a few months, rendering the device nonfunctional overnight.

Digital Music News 1d ago

A great playlist does more than line up songs: it sets a mood, reflects a point of view, tells a story. We keep giving playlist makers more ways to tell that story, from custom cover art and playlist descriptions to tools for customizing transitions between tracks.

Spotify 1d ago

In every possible universe? | Image: Backwoodz Studioz "Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude toward the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record.

The Verge 2d ago

They’re far more powerful and fun than their bargain price suggests. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded Model:Samples and Model:Cycles grooveboxes.

The Verge 3d ago

They’re the Lennon–McCartney of overanalyzing pop music. | Image: Daniel Randall As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop, one of the best music podcasts out there.

The Verge 3d ago

Movie Syncs/Best Opening Track/Best Song Not The Single Tune in August 15th 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 4d ago

AI Bots Are Stripping European Booksellers’ Shelves; EU Copyright Law May Ban It — The industrial-scale destruction of books for training LLMs has reached Europe. The practice emerged following the decision in Bartz v.

Copyhype 4d ago

‘Sadete’, Haitian electronic music DJ and producer Francis Mercier’s new collaboration with his Turkish counterpart Mahmut Orhan — which has sparked an AI “octopus rave” online trend — owes at […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

Songwriter, performer, producer Erick the Architect created the track featured in the Apple WWDC presentation in June. We go deep into that process as well as Erick’s career in the Flatbush Zombies and… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/erick-the-architect/id1316200737?i=1000783119847...

Lefsetz Letter 5d ago

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support.

The Verge 5d ago

The analogue revival is not a novel concept – MIDiA first explored the idea that consumers are embracing analogue or ‘old’ technology in response to digital fatigue in 2024’s analogue revival report . Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

Rolling Stone's best folk albums list skews decades old, but Chartmetric data shows today's trending folk artists are anything but. From Bad Bunny to Swedish electro-pop, here's how a new generation is redefining what folk music even means.

How Music Charts 5d ago

With 60% revenue from post-2000 releases, Saregama is “now a new age IP company” The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

On Tuesday, more than 400 New York City-based KATSEYE fans—aka EYEKONS—packed Brooklyn’s Elsewhere for a special listening event celebrating their upcoming EP, WILD.

Spotify 5d ago

This blog post was co-authored by MIDiA's Head of Data, Perry Gresham , and Vice President of Music Strategy, Tatiana Cirisano . It’s now mid-summer, which can only mean one thing at MIDiA: our annual global music forecasts have arrived. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

La conexión entre artistas y fans solo puede construirse sobre una base de confianza y autenticidad. En la música, esto significa que quienes escuchan deben poder confiar en que el artista detrás de una canción es quien dice ser.

Spotify 5d ago

Spotify and Kobalt, the world’s largest independent music publisher, today announced a licensing agreement for Spotify’s upcoming tool that will allow fans to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating songwriters.

Spotify 5d ago

As rights holders across the Indian music industry strive to get more Indian customers to pay for music, there’s pressure for DSPs to double down on their efforts to draw […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5d ago

On this week’s episode, reliable music data is getting harder to access, and Oskar Eichler explains why the artists and companies that know how to interpret it now have a serious advantage.

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 6d ago

Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button This year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated – some would even say disturbing – debate.

The Guardian 6d ago

Before he founded artist management and digital marketing consultancy Blinding Talent, Mark Adams spent close to two decades inside the machinery of music broadcasting. He launched Kerrang TV, The Hits […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 6d ago

[London – 13 August, 2026] Global recorded music retail revenues will grow by 62.9%, from $74.3 billion in 2025 to $121.1 billion by 2033, including expanded rights, according to MIDiA Research’s 2026–2033 Global music forecasts | A diversifying market report. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

After weeks of controversy and speculation, music company D'Addario has admitted that AI, specifically Suno, was used as part of a recent promotional video. For nearly two weeks, the company has denied the allegations, even as evidence piled up against it.

The Verge 6d ago

In a shift from its traditionally close-fisted stance to IP, Disney has announced a partnership program with TikTok that will bring creator-made, short-form content to Disney+. This comes on the heels of Disney+’s Verts feed in March 2026 and an agreement earlier in the year to license over 200...

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago