Caleb Flynn was charged with shooting his wife inside their Ohio home after telling his mistress he wanted her dead

Rolling Stone 5m ago

See how we break down the dozen "bangers" on Swift's breathlessly anticipated new set.

Billboard 13m ago

The prog-rock legend appeared at a Vietnamese animal sanctuary to raise awareness of bears kept forced to have their bile extracted for traditional Chinese medicines

Rolling Stone 16m ago

Now available in paperback, Bread of Angels: A Memoir is a must-read for fans.

Billboard 24m ago

“Kansas City” is No. 1 after being heard in the series’ season premiere.

Billboard 33m ago

New business unit to be led by former MongoDB CEO 'CJ' Desai

The Register 38m ago

"To ... see you all singing it back to me all these years later, is absolutely unbelievable," the singer wrote.

Billboard 48m ago

The coffee line arrives just in time for National Coffee Day.

Billboard 1h ago

A judge says the original trial award of $13 million was "excessive."

Billboard 1h ago

SPONSORED POST: How agentic AI, real-time visibility, and stronger governance can help enterprises protect critical services and manage increasingly complex IT environments.

The Register 1h ago

“A squirrel about mine, I’m gon’ get my nut,” she raps as Tina Snow alter ego

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Regular pricing starts at $6,799 - all that memory doesn't come cheap

The Register 1h ago

Huncho also opened up about becoming a dad to a baby girl.

Billboard 1h ago

Ivanna Ortiz allegedly posted about the superstar singer before the residential shooting, “Listen, Rihanna. When you die, God is taking me to my future”

Rolling Stone 1h ago

“Harry has assembled a terrific band, and I can’t wait for fans around the world to see the special show we’ve created together,” Roger says

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Lawyers for the singer-songwriter sent a cease-and-desist letter stating JMSN never authorized the use of his viral song in the spot

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Kentucky’s governor announces a new “Office of Music” dedicated to highlighting the state’s storied music legacy and supporting the music industry. Last week at Kentucky’s Bourbon & Beyond festival, Governor Andy Beshear joined state officials and music industry leaders onstage to announce the...

Digital Music News 2h ago

The Cuban artists made their debut on the Billboard charts earlier this year.

Billboard 2h ago

Plus, Billboard premieres an exclusive new clip of Malachi Barton's character soundtracked by Barns Courtney's "Supernatural."

Billboard 2h ago

Paul McCartney met up with Judd Apatow for a 45-minute conversation following a screening of “Man on the Run” in Los Angeles Monday night, and it was very much a case of banter on the run. With Apatow at the helm, the chat took some comical turns, as might be expected, and also some unusually […]

Variety 2h ago

Two questions remain: who is abusing the CVEs? And why did Citrix take so long to disclose?

The Register 2h ago

Billboard Japan spoke with the pair, who opened up about the recent comeback and the years in between.

Billboard 2h ago

We were promised that Pearl Jam would reveal their new drummer at Ohana, and Abe Laboriel Jr. played with them at the festival, but major questions still linger

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Ahead of a high-stakes trial, “the largest copyright-free record label in the world,” NoCopyrightSounds (NCS), has secured a £1.4 million (currently $1.9 million) pre-interest interim payment in its contract dispute with AEI Music.

Digital Music News 2h ago

Jevstiller targets 98% agreement by learning familiar requests on your hardware while sending uncertain and audited queries upstream

The Register 2h ago

Starliner-1 could fly by January, with astronauts to follow by 2028 if all goes well

The Register 3h ago

Graham Norton has shot down a “conspiracy theory” surrounding Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” music video, in which he guest stars. Speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Norton said seeing his famous “The Graham Norton Show” sofa brought to life in Swift’s video was “really odd”...

Variety 3h ago

It will be headed by Red Light Management UK founder James Sandom and The Very Good founder and CEO Jakob Emtestam. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

Use SharePoint Online? Keen on PDFs? Then you won't be keen on the latest Word bug

The Register 3h ago

Bush will lead a new global function that brings together UMG's brands, media, and commercial partnership businesses Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Artists can use STUDIO to release music or other content, sell tickets and merch, host livestreams, and more Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Glow Security finds more than 13,000 publicly accessible images that expose corporate development work

The Register 4h ago

Equinix pilot promises faster deployment and over-the-air upgrades without downtime, provided the code behaves itself

The Register 4h ago

Guitarist joined old friend on the Raconteurs’ “Broken Boy Soldier” and the live premiere of White’s “Bless Yourself”

Rolling Stone 5h ago

September typically heralds the start of the festive season in India. The last four months of the year are when such major Hindu religious festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 5h ago

An expression may be easy to use in one language, but nearly impossible to explain in another. That’s the challenge at the heart of Flip the Language, a new video podcast on Spotify.

Spotify 5h ago

Meta-spotted flaw could hand attackers arbitrary code execution via a maliciously crafted file

The Register 5h ago

Beloved Boston punks will spend six weeks on the road this winter across the U.S. and Canada

Rolling Stone 6h ago

Turns out teaching an AI to keep going can make it rather bad at knowing when to stop

The Register 6h ago

Tomas Ericsson is stepping down as CEO of amra. The global digital collection society said on Tuesday (September 29) that Ericsson will leave the role effective January 1, 2027, after more than a decade in charge. He will become Chairman of the Board at amra.

Music Business Worldwide 6h ago

Silverstein continues as CEO of both S10 and Avex Music Group (AMG), and remains a board member and equity partner in AMG. Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Just wait until you hear the bad news

The Register 7h ago

Economists turn stock movements into an estimate of anticipated gains – while warning that markets can get carried away

The Register 7h ago

A look at some common (and often invisible) issues blocking your royalties and how to unblock them to get your revenue flowing. The following article, from DMN partner Equalizer Consulting, offers a step-by-step framework for music businesses to develop a deliberate, documented metadata strategy.

Digital Music News 8h ago

SpaceX deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites before bringing its planned ten-hour flight home after three

The Register 8h ago

Music D2C platform Even has launched a white-label version called Even Studio, available today to artists on an invitation-only basis. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 8h ago

RemoteThreat launches with $7M, 1,000 attack tools, and ambitions to equip enterprises and Uncle Sam for AI-speed operations

The Register 8h ago

Protesters want ministers to reject an extension of the US spy-tech firm's £330M NHS data platform deal

The Register 9h ago

Flashbangs reportedly deployed during operation as crime group denies any connection to suspect

The Register 9h ago

Software giant expands audience for agent coding of data apps by an order of magnitude

The Register 10h ago

Deezer’s efforts to grow its B2B streaming business have an unexpected new partner: French collecting society Sacem. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 10h ago

2025 was a bumper year for the music-publishing sector according to Midia Research’s latest report, tracking growth of 9.6%. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 10h ago

For 14 months, Live Nation has two Executive Vice Presidents, General Counsel and Secretary on paper: Rowles until 2028, Hu from November 2. Source

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

The event was hosted by BMI CEO Mike O'Neill and EVP, Chief Revenue & Creative Officer Mike Steinberg. Source

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

Lamacq will work alongside both companies' A&R, management, and creative teams to identify and develop emerging talent. Source

Music Business Worldwide 10h ago

A triptych of airport bork awaits the unwary passenger

The Register 10h ago

Latin music accounted for 9.1% of total US recorded music revenue in H1 2026, up from 8.8% at the mid-point of 2025. Source

Music Business Worldwide 11h ago

Ten-year deal covers customer records, case management, portals, analytics, and AI, with extensions possible to 2041

The Register 11h ago

Independent label NCS (formerly NoCopyrightSounds) is involved in a high-court battle with former partners AEI Music and Featherstone Music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 12h ago

The musician released her most recent album, Daughter From Hell, in July

Rolling Stone 12h ago

A federal judge rules that the FTC can absolutely pursue litigation against Ticketmaster under the BOTS Act for allegedly enabling mass-scale ticket resale. The case will now proceed to discovery.

Digital Music News 14h ago

Live Nation’s longtime legal chief, Michael Rowles, will exit in November following the government’s antitrust litigation against the company. In November, Live Nation’s longtime legal chief, Michael Rowles, will step down from his position and into a senior legal advisory role.

Digital Music News 14h ago

One month after dropping his multimillion-dollar Sony Music infringement lawsuit, Jermaine Dupri is staring down a copyright complaint for allegedly lifting from a decades-old work to create 2023’s “Pick It Up.” The members of hip-hop duo Home Team, brothers Patrick Watler and Van J.

Digital Music News 14h ago

Independent UK music publisher Minds on Fire used Tipalti’s Mass Payments to eliminate invoice-chasing, speed up their international royalty runs, and scale its global roster without growing its finance team.

Digital Music News 14h ago

Todd Rundgren takes aim at Taylor Swift, calling her music mediocre and blaming video games for the biggest artists in the world being female. Singer-songwriter and producer Todd Rundgren, known for his own hits like “I Saw the Light” and producing classic albums like Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell,...

Digital Music News 15h ago

Todd Rundgren, the singer-songwriter and producer behind hits like “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light,” recently slammed Taylor Swift, calling the pop star “the apotheosis of mediocrity” and claiming that she “ruined music.” “To me, Taylor Swift is the apotheosis of mediocrity,” Rundgren said in...

Variety 18h ago

Silona Bonewald, our new Executive Director, will be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on our forums at: 5th October 202617:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)In this forum thread Please respect the code of conduct, as you always do!

MetaBrainz Blog 20h ago

Today in Warner Music Group (WMG) executive shifts: KYN Entertainment co-founder Sonny Takhar is officially set to begin leading Warner Music UK & Ireland in the new year.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Miley Cyrus has scored her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in over a decade with her latest, “Bass Persuades.” The singer, who is going mononomously as Miley for this era, bows in the top spot with 61,000 equivalent album units.

Variety 22h ago

There is one number almost every artist checks the morning after a campaign launches. It sits at the top of the Spotify for Artists dashboard, updates in near real-time and has become the industry’s default shorthand for whether a release is working. The problem?

Digital Music News 23h ago

With an eye on curbing “foreign digital piracy,” federal lawmakers have introduced the Defend IP Act, which would enable rightsholders to petition district courts for ISP-level site-blocking orders.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Live Nation opens The Truth in Nashville, a new 4,400-capacity venue the company calls the first chapter of its grand opening season in Music City. Live Nation’s latest venue, The Truth in Nashville, opens on Thursday, October 1, with a sold-out Miranda Lambert show to christen it.

Digital Music News 1d ago

John Mayer will perform live at Sphere in April 2027, with a general onsale beginning Friday, October 9, at 10 AM PT on Ticketmaster. John Mayer is gearing up to perform live at Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2027, on April 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, and 18. At such a unique venue, these performances promise […]

Digital Music News 1d ago

Live Nation first unveiled The Truth in October 2025 Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Oasis’ highly anticipated documentary, “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” hits Disney+ and Hulu on October 9, with previously unreleased footage. “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,” the highly anticipated documentary covering the reunion of Noel and Liam Gallagher after their fallout 15 years prior,...

Digital Music News 1d ago

A new Chartmetric/Splice report finds afro house's biggest market has shifted from the US to Germany, echoing how Berlin once absorbed and reinvented Detroit techno decades ago. Now, shifting policy and a Gen Z techno revival may be converging at the same moment.

How Music Charts 1d ago

John Mayer knows his way around Las Vegas’ Sphere, having spearheaded the residencies that Dead & Company did at that venue in 2024 and 2025. That Grateful Dead spinoff group may have reached its natural end with the death of Bob Weir in January of this year, but as it turns out, that did not […]

Variety 1d ago

Hi everyone, I’m Sreehari, also known online as owlpharoah (op3kay on Matrix). I’m a second year student at IIIT Jabalpur. This summer I worked on the foundations of a GraphQL server in Rust that sits over the MusicBrainz PostgreSQL database, under the guidance of @bitmap and @jadedblueeyes.

MetaBrainz Blog 1d ago

As the summer begins to wind down in September, Hollywood is just getting started with a new crop of awards season movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival.

Variety 1d ago

Veteran publicist Lydia Kanuga, previously of the Chamber Group, Def Jam and Columbia Records, has launched her own firm, When There Are Nine — the name inspired by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s response to the question of when there will be enough women on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Variety 1d ago

Oasis’ highly anticipated documentary “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” which charts the reunion of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher as they perform together again for the first time in 15 years, has set its Disney+ and Hulu premiere date. The documentary will bow exclusively on the platforms Oct. 9.

Variety 1d ago

MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) is done for another year, with 2026’s big moments including a Madonna / Sabrina Carpenter / Charli XCX medley-collab; a Dolly Parton tribute from Kacey Musgraves; and Taylor Swift debuting a new music video.

Music Ally 1d ago

ClassicalBot started as a way to map classical-music concerts in the developer’s home country, before expanding to the world. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Its creator Evan King is well on the way to his $10.6k Kickstarter goal for this “generative audio sampler and groovebox” The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

“It is time for upload fees to be instituted across the digital supply chain to disincentivise bad actors, as current approaches to the problem have not worked,” wrote executive director Patrick Clifton in a recent blog post. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

For major labels, the last couple of years of corporate disruption have included several rounds of layoffs, but also a roiling stew of reorganisation. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Sheeran’s concerts were due to take place on Friday and Saturday (25 and 26 September), but at the last minute were both called off due to severe weather warnings across New England. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

A high-profile Japanese actor and anime voice talent has filed suit against TikTok over videos allegedly featuring an AI clone of his iconic voice. Fans sometimes idolize voice actors in Japan’s celebrated animation industry as much as the characters they portray.

Digital Music News 1d ago

It’s been over 40 years since Madonna’s iconic performance at the first MTV VMAs, but in 2026 she was the night’s biggest winner—even more so than Taylor Swift.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Oasis and Live Nation remind fans to avoid scams selling tickets on social media and warn that tickets on the secondary market may be canceled. All tickets for Oasis’ eagerly anticipated 2027 tour sold out over the weekend during three days of pre-registration onsale windows.

Digital Music News 1d ago

It’s a love story? Hardly — it’s a ghost story. Taylor Swift brought her “Patient Zero” music video to the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night for its official world premiere, following up the release of the single at the beginning of the weekend with visuals that take the triangle in the song into...

Variety 1d ago

Gwen Seale and Chris Castle discuss the streaming mechanicals panel at Artist Rights Symposium 5.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 1d ago

Kacey Musgraves led a touching tribute to Dolly Parton at the MTV Video Music Awards 2026, honoring the late country icon just a month after her death with a rendition of “I Will Always Love You.” The pre-taped performance began with footage of Parton introducing the classic 1974 tune.

Variety 1d ago

Catalogue is becoming a key revenue stream, while streaming's share of publishing income is set to rise further through 2033 London, UK – Music publishing revenue grew 9.6% in 2025 to reach $12.2 billion, with major publishers outgrowing independents, according to MIDiA Research's 2026–2033 glob...

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram. It's a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn't Suno in a box, though.

The Verge 1d ago

I thought this book was going to be about the Vail fire. After all, there’s a picture of Two Elk lodge burning right on the cover! But that’s not what it’s about, not really. I thought this was a niche book, for a narrow audience, those who remember this 1998 fire. But then I saw […]

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

https://ai.meta.com/muse/ The AI platform, not the band. Mark Zuckerberg gives piss-poor presentation. It’s funny, Steve Jobs created the paradigm. You write it and you rehearse it, to the point where even Tim Cook could keep the audience’s attention… But Zuck?

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

He takes swings at not only Taylor Swift, but Paul McCartney! Beck has a new album, I see the press everywhere. About an old girlfriend, a return to form…can’t say I read any of them, for numerous reasons.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Drums on film. | Image: Decap I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX.

The Verge 3d ago

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the...

The Guardian 3d ago

So, tune in Saturday September 26h to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

Latin music recorded revenue topped $540 million in the U.S. during 2026’s opening half thanks to solid paid streaming gains and triple-digit vinyl growth, according to a new report.

Digital Music News 3d ago

Attorneys for streaming fraudster Michael Smith request probation rather than prison time for their client, downplaying the severity of his crimes. Michael Smith, the man who generated millions by mass-uploading AI-generated songs and garnering billions of plays, has pled guilty to a single count...

Digital Music News 3d ago

AI music is not going away. It is separating into a transient synthetic economy and an artist-centered business built around identity, ownership, relationships and fans. Something fundamental is happening in music, and I think we have been asking the wrong question about generative AI.

Digital Music News 3d ago

Imagine asking Spotify to “play some fresh indie soul I might like” and then, mid-session, saying “I love... The post Bootstrapping Conversational Recommendation Agents at Spotify: Synthetic Data Generation and Self-Improvement Loops appeared first on Spotify Engineering.

Spotify Research 4d ago

Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Sony and Universal Music Group filed yet another suit against Suno.

The Verge 4d ago

ABOUT Y ROYALTIES Y Royalties is a data-led and innovative workplace with a growing presence in the music rights space. We sit at the crossroads of music, data and finance […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 4d ago

Since launching in 1984, the MTV Video Music Awards have helped establish the music video as an art form: artist-defining, boundary-breaking, trend-setting, culture-defining. The awards show is also synonymous with legendary performances that bring those videos to life.

Spotify 4d ago

Monday night’s alright for… lighting up Apple’s new music venue? Elton John will be the first artist to play Apple Music Hall in London. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 4d ago

US labels body the RIAA has published its mid-year report on US Latin recorded-music revenues, and it shows healthy growth for the sector. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 4d ago

8.6% Growth Outpaces Overall US Market Cultural Moments from Super Bowl to World Cup Spotlight Latin Music as Paid Subscriptions Rise 12.4% & Vinyl More Than Triples US Latin recorded music revenues topped $542.2 million in the first half of 2026, up 8.6% compared with the same period last year,...

RIAA 4d ago

“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions”: Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training — “Internal Microsoft communications identified the ‘real risk’ that generative AI could ‘significantly disrupt the employment of the very people who generated the...

Copyhype 4d ago

In March, American producer Michael Smith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, following accusations that he had botted his way to more than $10m in royalties for his AI-generated music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 4d ago

Explore how music from Mexico, Japan, Brazil, India, and Nigeria is crossing borders—and the different paths each market is taking toward global growth.

How Music Charts 5d ago

Last week, Spotify welcomed 500 guests from across the songwriting, producing, and publishing world to the second annual Created by Women Summit, a day dedicated to building a more equitable music industry.

Spotify 5d ago

Earlier this year, we introduced Reserved by Spotify, a new experience designed to give an artist’s most dedicated fans a better chance to see them live. Eligible Premium subscribers ages 18+ in the U.S.

Spotify 5d ago

Is this a recent development, or are you a die-hard compact disc fan? What do you like about the format? Despite the prevalence of music streaming services, CDs players appear to be having a resurgence.

The Guardian 5d ago

Young people are spending fewer hours listening to music, and in particular, music is occupying a smaller share of teenager's time than it used to. The decline in weekly hours spent listening to music sits in contrast with nearly every other entertainment format increasing its time with younger...

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

At Spotify, we’re always thinking (obsessing) about new ways to connect listeners to the music, podcasts, audiobooks, and videos they love. You can talk to Spotify. You can turn any idea into a playlist. You can even ask Spotify to soundtrack your next run.

Spotify 5d ago

Even the biggest artists on earth started somewhere small—at home. That’s the idea behind Hometown, Spotify’s latest concert series. Designed to celebrate the places that have shaped U.K.

Spotify 6d ago

Track the artists and songs making an impact across streaming and social media with the Chartmetric Top 50, a new public chart updated daily.

How Music Charts 6d ago

NCT’s JOHNNY was born and raised in Chicago, but moved to South Korea as a teenager to train as an artist. Years later, he’s still discovering new things about his adopted home every day.

Spotify 6d ago

Spotify has always been built around your taste, and now we’re bringing our latest advances in personalization to more listeners. Following initial testing in New Zealand earlier this year, we’re rolling out Taste Profile (Beta) to Premium listeners ages 18 and older in the U.S.

Spotify 6d ago

The power dynamic between media personalities and media distributors is shifting – a change that has picked up pace over the last few years. Traditional media companies are cautiously opening their doors to creator talent, recognising them for the lucrative opportunity that they represent. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

Recently, fans of the German podcast Gemischtes Hack received a mysterious invitation to an event simply called “HACKTAG,” taking place September 22 at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin. Without knowing anything else, an audience of 600 gathered, anxious to see what the evening might have in store.

Spotify 6d ago