The chairman of Mottola Media Group and president of Sony Music U.S. Latin took center stage at Latin Music Week 2026 on (Oct. 19.
Plus, Dominic Fike’s “Babydoll” becomes his first top 10.
The New Kids on the Block singer said he and the other passengers narrowly avoided "serious disaster."
Check out the new shows in Australia, London, the U.S. and Canada.
The pop star also performed two of her past hits.
Newly confirmed as sole Chairman and CEO of Warner Records Group, Aaron Bay-Schuck tells MBW why patience beats volume, why WMG needs two frontline label groups, and why the AI flood only makes a very human record company worth more... Source
Tate McRae, KATSEYE and Megan Moroney also hit the runway.
With an eye on evolving into “a full-stack rights and royalties platform” – and ushering in “the next generation of agentic royalty management” – lyrics database Musixmatch has scooped up Music Reports, Inc.
Alberto Bragado built Prime Culture to focus on culture over commerce, with the company now offering event production, A&R and agency services for a roster including Michael Bibi, PAWSA and ANOTR.
Singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun filled Columbus’ The Shoe With 102,000 Fans and a lifetime of emotion on Saturday (Oct. 17).
This is sponsored content. Billboard and Walmart joins Zhamira and her parents in Miami for a dinner rooted in Latin flavors, family traditions and the joy of staying a little longer.
Bot attacks have plagued Ticketmaster for years, so to combat it, the ticketing service is shaking up its executive ranks and going all-in on AI. Ticketmaster has hired Jim Freeman as its chief technology officer, filling a slot left vacant since February after its London-based chief technology...
Daughter of late Band drummer seeks to be reinstated as president and director of the famed Woodstock venue
Rosie O’Donnell and Kristin Chenoweth have joined the cast for a reading of “The Pyramid: An Unauthorized ‘Dance Moms’ Musical.” O’Donnell is said to be playing embattled instructor and series star Abby Lee Miller while Tony winner Chenoweth will take on the role of Cathy Nesbitt-Stein, a fellow...
The justices used a rare maneuver to uphold a ruling for songwriter Cyril Vetter that major music companies have warned will cause "chaos" for the industry.
The supergroup performed at London's Up Yours! God Save the Queens! festival on Oct. 16 honoring 50 years of She-Punk
Their challenge ended on Monday (October 19) without the court ruling on its merits, after four of its nine justices sat the case out Source
Black cab drivers accused ride-hailing giant of misleading London's transport regulator, but judge says they left it too late to sue
Vivien will now directly lead the company's three geographic regions – EMEA, the Americas, and APAC – and drive its strategic partnerships Source
Vendor says patent ruling only restricts one specific process, not the whole product, after legal challenge from Celonis
OWA borked and lengthy email queues reported on busy servers after Microsoft tweaks a Server default
Lyrics firm Musixmatch was founded 16 years ago, but has never bought another company… until now. It has announced the acquisition of Music Reports, the US firm that owns the Songdex copyright registry as well as rights and licensing firm Blokur. The post is from Music Ally.
US union United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) has launched its latest campaign, targeting “the worst practices at music venues across North America”. The post is from Music Ally.
We’ve been keeping tabs on sync-licensing startup Maia Universe since the Swedish/UK firm was one of the winners of our 2024 Music Ally SI:X startups contest. The post is from Music Ally.
In Türkiye, Arabesk music has been popular since the 1960s: a genre that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve with themes of yearning, grief and unrequited love. Which, as it turns out, is striking a chord anew with young Turkish listeners in 2026. The post is from Music Ally.
We’re used to writing about multi-million pound funding rounds for tech startups. Music marketing agencies… less so. Congratulations are thus due to Round Group, which works across music and entertainment, for a £4m round announced last week. The post is from Music Ally.
British charity Youth Music has a new fund, and it has a clear aim: tackling racial inequity in the arts. The £2.4m fund will offer grants of up to £120k to organisations working on that challenge. The post is from Music Ally.
The Copyright Act of 1976 was enacted as Public Law 94-553 on October 19, 1976, signed by President Gerald Ford, which makes it fifty years old today. It has governed over an era of significant technological advances, including the rise of home video, satellite communications, digital content, the...
Materia Music is turning 10, and the timing is hard to beat. A decade ago, original game soundtracks rarely made it past the game itself. Now the company behind Deltarune’s music has a #3 placement on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart.
Tech giant walks away from flagship Essex project as power connection delays threaten to leave nation's AI ambitions waiting until the 2030s
Miley Cyrus has responded to criticism of her comeback Hollywood Bowl show on Friday night, telling the audience at Sunday’s concert that she almost didn’t come on stage. “I’ve never heard that I don’t put my heart into something,” Cyrus said in fan-captured video from the show.
Beyond the AI-music debates that have been gripping our industry, there’s a lot to think about in terms of the other ways AI will affect our jobs and wider society. Several studies published in recent days offer new perspectives on that. The post is from Music Ally.
Chip giant knew about the flaw in 2018, researcher claims, but millions of devices may still be vulnerable
Voyager imaging team member joins The Reg's Kettle podcast to talk about his role in the mission as probe approaches light day's distance from Earth
The labels made their case in a filing in Boston federal court last Tuesday (October 13), opposing Lightspeed's motion to quash their subpoena. Source
Shakira's team said demand for tourism and accommodation generated by the residency outstripped that of events including Pope Leo XIV's visit to the city and Formula 1. Source
According to the complaint, REPS bought more than eight tickets to each of at least 83,000 events between January 2022 and October 2025. Source
Sistad had worked at ASCAP since 2001, while Johnston joined the Nashville team in 2012. Source
Hamblion, who is based in Sydney, will lead UMPG's creative and talent development strategy in both markets. Source
The House of Commons' Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee renewed the call on Sunday (October 18), citing what it described as Live Nation's "dominance" across promotion, venues, festivals, and ticketing Source
Dua Lipa is seeking at least $15 million in damages, plus punitive damages, legal fees, and a permanent court order barring Samsung from using her image. Source
When it should have been weaving tales of the Jacquard loom
Court of Appeal refuses Redmond permission to take ValueLicensing fight to the Supreme Court, with a 'Known Adverse Document' still to come
For more than a decade, Seventeen’s Jeonghan and Joshua have shared the spotlight with 11 bandmates in one of K-pop’s best-selling groups. Now they get it to themselves with “Dreamscape,” their first album as the duo JxJ.
The first technology created with a self-disrupt button... But why oh why didn't they call Claude clone Fauxtoshop?
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“I can take a lot, but one thing I will not stand is any question about where my heart is when I’m on the stage”
Revenge is a dish best served by autoexec.bat
Huntress alleges takeover of M365 accounts
Cordae is getting sued for $25 million over allegedly violating an exclusive recording agreement with his forthcoming Anderson .Paak collaboration project, Heavy is the Crown. Florida-based label MMMG Inc.
Drake is being sued for copyright infringement on his hit “Janice STFU” by a producer who says the rapper and his team “shamelessly refuse to acknowledge” his substantial contributions.
Ed Sheeran quietly adds another little-known opener to his North American LOOP Tour, this time in TikTok star and singer-songwriter Zach Hood. Since embarking on the rest of his LOOP Tour solo, Ed Sheeran has been featuring lesser-known artists in the opening spot on the North American leg.
Leaders expect AI and geopolitics will throw up more governance challenges and threats
Party like it’s CVE-2026-99999 – a 9.3-rated nasty called PwnEscape
Katseye is excited to welcome Sophia Laforteza back to the group after a brief hiatus. Members Lara Raj, Daniela Avanzini, Megan Skiendiel and Yoonchae Jeung shared their support for their “sister” on the carpet at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Sunday.
Cite difficulty of updating IoT devices as major reason to stop adding time
Taylor Swift holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as “The Life of a Showgirl” spends a 15th non-consecutive week atop the chart. This week, “Showgirl” earned an additional 87,000 equivalent album units thanks to its “Encore” edition, which touted four new tracks including the Hot 100-topping...
Taylor Swift got some of the old gang back together for her first full-band performance since the Eras Tour, delivering a four-song set to a black-tie audience Saturday night at the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala.
As anyone who’s seen her in concert knows, Charli xcx is usually laser-focused on her current material and rarely looks back for more than a couple of songs.
Singer's four-song set at star-studded event also featured "Blank Space," "Love Story," and "I Knew It, I Knew You"
At the first show of his Lights of Autumn European tour, Dylan played Newman's classic "Louisiana 1927," Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues," and a radically re-worked "Tangled Up In Blue"
Singer also brings out guests PinkPantheress and the Dare at Kia Forum show
The History of Concrete documentarian has been quietly filming singer's historic Together, Together residency since August
Irish rap trio Kneecap are, simply put, one of the Emerald Isle's most internationally renowned musical groups today. They're also, by far, the most ...
Pop quiz: somebody left a command shell logged in. What do you do?
"Just choosing to make music," rapper says of appearing on "Heal My Faith" off Rock's faith-based LP
Harry Styles has invited one of the buzziest documentary filmmakers on the market behind the curtain of his historic Madison Square Garden residency. John Wilson, the director behind indie box-office surprise “The History of Concrete” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” has been rolling cameras on...
The mood was typically celebratory at Harry Styles’ residency show at New York’s Madison Square Garden Friday night, but Harry Styles was not about to let the second anniversary of the death of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne go unremarked upon — or, to the shock of fans, unsung about.
In the music business, who you know matters, but what you do with those connections matters even more. Talent, hard work, and great music are essential, but they don’t automatically open doors.
Heavy metal legends were "planning on taking a break" next year, but will instead play final 16 shows of their 50th anniversary tour
The track will appear on the British girl group's debut EP Say What You See, co-written and executive produced by PinkPantheress, out Nov. 13
'Hold my beer, have fun getting into your offices'
Would you like personalized shopping recommendations based on that conversation you just had?
ClearSpace UK aims to be operational in 2029 with public's suggestion etched on the side of the spacecraft
Goldenvoice’s single-stage dance weekend at Empire Polo Club leaned on High Scream’s production, smooth operations, and an Apple Music livestream that carried it far beyond Indio. When Goldenvoice billed Head Trip as a one-time-only experience, it set a bar it had to clear.
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 16th, 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.
Universal Music Group and Sony Music have now filed another legal action to force DistroKid to disclose how many AI-generated songs it uploads to streaming platforms.
Dua Lipa is fighting back against Samsung’s move to dismiss her lawsuit, arguing that the company used her face to sell millions of TVs without permission. The outcome could have important implications for the music industry’s growing ‘Name, Image, and Likeness’ (NIL) asset category.
As part of a heretofore under-the-radar sponsorship deal with Meta, Doja Cat is set to release a brief Tour Ma Vie documentary shot entirely with the tech giant’s Ray-Ban smart glasses.
They handle 71.5% of Vercel gateway tokens and nearly a quarter of estimated spending
Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, who got to hear the album for the first time thanks to Pablo Torre Finds Out. | Getty Images Wu-Tang's Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album has, for the most part, been extremely difficult to listen to, but you can now hear two snippets of the album thanks to the...
Goldman Sachs’ 2026 “Music in the Air” report is here, and while the multifaceted breakdown is unsurprisingly bullish about the wider industry’s revenue trajectory, it offers a noticeably measured assessment of the major labels’ long-term outlook.
Shakira’s historic European residency concludes after 13 shows and over 700,000 fans in one of the most ambitious live music events in Europe. Shakira has concluded her historic European residency, completing 13 monumental shows and welcoming over 700,000 fans to the Spanish capital in one of the...
It’s not just the music industry; comedians and other content creators are suffering some serious IP theft in the form of sexualized AI impersonators. AI is targeting creatives, and it’s not exclusive to the music or literature industries.
AEG Presents expands in the French market with the acquisition of Auguri Productions, a leading company in artist production and development in France. AEG Presents has announced the acquisition of Auguri Productions, a leading company in artist production and development in France.
So, tune in Saturday October 17h to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz
Anja Kotar is a Slovenian-born singer, songwriter and producer based in California. She trained as a classical pianist and has been releasing music independently since 2017 – these days through Venice Music.
Google has published Frightgeist, its annual round-up of what people are searching for ahead of Halloween. It’s pitched at retailers deciding what to stock, but it’s just as handy for anyone planning spooky season content around an artist. The post is from Music Ally.
After testing the water on Instagram, Meta is bringing its ‘Your Algorithm’ tool to Facebook, which means users can now tell the app in their own words what they’d like to see more (or less) of in Feed and Reels.
Tinashe is the latest artist to appear in Brooklyn Coffee Shop, Pooja Tripathi’s hit Instagram micro-drama. In it, a pair of deeply unimpressed baristas, Thyme and Cale, serve up attitude to a rotating cast of customers. The post is from Music Ally.
‘Legitimising larceny’: Global music giants blast Albanese AI copyright plan — “ICMP director general John Phelan told The Australian Financial Review that Australia was just the latest in a series of countries in the ‘crosshairs’ of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his arch rival at...
Australia’s government is currently devising its future policies on AI, training and copyright. We recently reported on labels body ARIA’s boss Annabelle Herd’s testimony at a select-committee hearing as part of that process. The post is from Music Ally.
“Spotify won’t label AI music. We tried to detect it ourselves,” is the headline of a blog post announcing a new report from the Duke Sanford Tech Policy Program. The post is from Music Ally.
It’s a busy week in the US ticketing sector. And by that we mean it’s a very busy week for lawyers in the US ticketing sector. Today alone brings three stories of a legal nature. The post is from Music Ally.
With the phrase ‘pervert glasses’ having become common parlance in the media and online, the rollout of Meta and its partners’ smart specs hasn’t been going entirely to plan. The post is from Music Ally.
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) isn’t loving Amazon Music’s Phonorecords V proposal, which it’s criticizing as the “worst” of those submitted by DSPs and an attempt “to squeeze songwriters.” NMPA head David Israelite took aim at the Amazon-owned streaming platform’s suggested rate...
Some of the most exciting artists in K-Music still have their biggest moments ahead. With Spotify CLOSER, we’re spotlighting Korean artists who are making a splash, bringing fans everywhere closer to their artistry and stories through a series of exclusive performances and conversations on Spotify.
With an eye on challenging Spotify and Amazon’s Audible, YouTube is reportedly preparing to add audiobooks to its Premium subscription offering. That possible audiobooks expansion surfaced in a Wall Street Journal report, though at the time of this writing, Google/Alphabet hadn’t commented publicly...
Warner Music India significantly expands its footprint across South India through a series of major catalog acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Warner Music India announces a major expansion of its presence in South India through a series of major catalog acquisitions and strategic...
Chance the Rapper scores a potentially $1.5 million judgment against “Pat the Manager” over merchandising deals and contract violations. Chance the Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, emerged victorious in his legal battle with his former manager, Pat Corcoran, also known as Pat the...
Warner Chappell Music announces a global deal with My Chemical Romance, expanding on the band’s long-term relationship with Warner Music Group. Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), has announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide...
Alissa Pollack is President, Mediabase and Global Marketing, RCS Worldwide/iHeart Media. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alissa-pollack/id1316200737?i=1000796472161...
While nepotism has always been rife in the music industry, today’s wave of nepo babies in pop appears more sustained and more impactful than ever. But does the streaming data reflect their advantage? We analyzed Spotify numbers for Gracie Abrams, Stella Lefty, and more.
This client-only series takes a deeper look at the key themes shaping MIDiA’s 2026–2033 global music forecasts report and what they mean for the future of the music business. The growing maturity of the streaming music market brings with it increased sophistication and need for attention to deta...
Artists understand their audiences largely through their actions. Following, liking, subscribing, opening an email, buying merch, buying a ticket, waiting in line – each of these efforts creates attachment and signals a different level of commitment. Source
Tyler, The Creator’s creativity knows no bounds: he’s a chart-topping musician, an actor, a boundary-breaking producer, a fashion designer. Now he’s joining the ranks of artists to take over the iconic FC Barcelona jersey, with his GOLF logo worn by the team for El Clásico on October 25 at Spotify...
London, UK – Podcast platforms now collectively have almost a billion monthly users (965.4 million gross users in Q4 2025), according to a new report, “ Podcast market shares 2025 ”, by MIDiA Research. Source
YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos.
There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherboard replacements that combine many of the most popular mods into a single upgrade. Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC playback, and more.
It’s that time of year again! The holiday season has kicked off on Spotify, and that can only mean one thing: Our Spotify Singles: Holiday Collection is here. Each year, we ask artists to take a holiday favorite and make it their own.
With its skits, anecdotes, and punchlines, comedy lends itself well to short-form video. Now that streaming services have built the vertical feed infrastructure, they can leverage original, premium, short-form comedy to draw in new audiences for vertical TV. Source
When you have time, spend it well—with a podcast you love. That’s the idea behind our new Podcasts on Spotify campaign, celebrating the shows and creators that make a spare moment worth pressing play.
What has thrills, chills, and something for every book lover? It’s the wonderfully wicked world of horror audiobooks. With spooky season underway, we asked Spotify’s Katie del Rosario, Associate Director, Audiobooks Editorial, and Lena Yang, Senior Editor, Audiobooks, to walk us through some of the...
Exclusive: Investigation finds racial inequality in live music industry rife and many genres labelled ‘high risk’ despite lack of evidence Black and south Asian music events in London face disproportionate cancellations, restrictions and licensing barriers compared with white events, according to a...
I’m going for 75 minutes until I am 90! Living the dream!!! Peter Noone ____________________________________________ Great write-up on Mike Love. Mike was my boss for 23 years, including when I met you at the Vilar in 2019. You’ve hit the nail on the head – Mike really loves performing for the...
Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original.
1 He’s always been nice to me. There’s an assumption that our musical heroes are just like you and me. They’re not. And they’re not like movie stars, not like politicians, not like any other performers, because they are their music, and their music speaks to us in a way no other medium does.