Category : Music Business News
Music business news covering record labels, publishing companies, streaming platforms, executive leadership, mergers, acquisitions, revenue trends, and the corporate decisions shaping the global music industry.
IHeartMedia Launches Gracie Abrams Album Preview Broadcast Across CHR and Hot AC Stations
iHeartMedia is deploying a coordinated radio and streaming strategy to preview Gracie Abrams’ upcoming album Daughter from Hell, marking a significant promotional move for the...
Spotify Partners With Live Nation to Reserve Concert Tickets for Superfans
Spotify is fundamentally reshaping how labels and artists monetize their most engaged audiences by launching a ticket-reservation program that prioritizes streaming data over traditional presale...
IHeartMedia and Big Money Players Launch Fred Armisen Portlandia Rewatch Podcast
iHeartMedia has expanded its comedy podcast slate with a new rewatch series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, marking a strategic content partnership with Will...
Music Industry Unveils Unified AI Track Labeling Standard via DDEX
The global music community has launched a unified, industry-standard approach for labeling tracks that incorporate generative artificial intelligence, a critical move to protect rights holders...
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Lets Bad Bunny Ex Sue Over Un Verano Sin Ti Voice Tag
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has ruled that Carliz De La Cruz Hernández can continue her lawsuit against Bad Bunny over the unauthorized use of...
CHINGY: The High Cost of the Lie that Won’t Die
Chingy: What the Lie Actually Cost Him From an Industry Perspective We all know how the industry works today and how it worked 5, 10,...
Spotify’s $1B Podcast Bet Fails as YouTube Dominates Video Podcast Market in UK and US
Spotify’s billion-dollar investment in podcasting has not stopped YouTube from overtaking it as the top platform for video podcast consumption, a shift that forces labels,...
Vevo Study Confirms Music Videos as Top Nostalgia Driver, Fueling Catalog Streaming and Ad Buys
Music videos have officially surpassed film, television, and gaming as the primary catalyst for nostalgic feelings, a finding that directly validates the massive financial pivot...
Judge Delays Ruling on Fuerza Regida’s Seven-Year Rule Claim Against Rancho Humilde
A federal judge has refused to immediately decide whether California’s seven-year rule frees Fuerza Regida from its record deal with Rancho Humilde, prolonging a high-stakes...
Believe Unifies Tech and Ops Structure While Suno and Luminate Add Key Execs
Believe is reshaping its leadership to merge product, technology, and operations under a single group chief operating officer, a move designed to accelerate tool delivery...
Angine De Poitrine and Peaches Join Polaris Music Prize 2026 Short List for $30K Award
The 2026 Polaris Music Prize short list has been finalized, featuring ten Canadian albums selected solely on artistic merit with no regard for genre or...
RIAA, A2IM and Global Partners Launch AI Music Tagging System for Streaming
Major labels, independent music representatives, and global rights organizations have formally introduced a unified system for tagging AI-generated songs on streaming platforms, a move designed...
Primary Wave Closes $1.5B Kobalt Deal, Uniting AMRA and Global Publishing Rights
The independent music publishing landscape has shifted dramatically as Primary Wave Music finalized its $1.5 billion acquisition of Kobalt Music Group, a landmark transaction that...
Reservoir Secures Full Publishing Rights to T.I. Catalog Including Kill the King
Atlanta hip-hop icon T.I. has entered a comprehensive publishing agreement with Reservoir Media that covers his entire songwriting catalog, spanning both past hits and future...
Meta Quietly Launches Pocket App for Vibe-coded Mini Games and Fan Engagement
Meta’s experimental Pocket app, which lets users generate interactive mini-games using plain text prompts, offers a new low-cost channel for labels and artists to drive...
Splice Launches Knock Audio Label With Decap to Reshape Sample Rights and Production
This partnership between Splice and producer Decap fundamentally alters how sample rights are managed in the hip-hop and Black music sectors, offering labels and publishers...
UK Music Tourism Spending Hits £11.2bn as Live Sector Supports 74,000 Jobs
The latest data from UK Music confirms that music tourism is a critical economic engine for the live sector, directly impacting labels, publishers, and rights...
Hanroro’s Indie Track Dominates South Korea Streaming While BTS Leads Album Sales
South Korea’s music industry is witnessing a significant shift in consumer behavior as indie singer-songwriter Hanroro claims the top streaming spot for the first half...
Streaming Giants Move to Exclude Irving Azoffs GMR From Mechanical Rate Proceedings
Major streaming platforms are actively working to remove Global Music Rights (GMR) from the upcoming Phonorecords V rate-setting proceedings, a move that could significantly alter...
Major Music Groups Unite to Mandate AI Transparency Tags on Streaming Platforms
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), and a coalition of independent music organizations have officially joined...
Record Industry Pushes Streaming Giants to Label AI-Generated Music for Transparency
The global recording industry is formally demanding that major streaming platforms implement a mandatory labeling system to distinguish music created with artificial intelligence from human-made...
Anthony Hopkins Signs Decca Classics Deal for Debut Album After Six Decades of Composing
Actor Anthony Hopkins has secured a major label partnership with Decca Classics to release his debut classical album, marking a significant business milestone for an...
LANDR Fair Trade AI Program Secures 30,000 Artists for Ethical AI Training Revenue
The music industry’s first mature opt-in attribution model for AI training has reached a critical milestone, with over 30,000 artists now participating in LANDR’s Fair...
Industry Bodies Unveil Dual-Tag System to Label AI-Generated and AI-Assisted Music Tracks
Radio programmers, rights holders, and label executives must immediately prepare for a new transparency standard that distinguishes between wholly AI-generated music and tracks where humans...
Former FCC Leaders Warn Spectrum Scarcity Doctrine May End Broadcast Regulation
The potential collapse of the spectrum scarcity doctrine threatens to dismantle the legal foundation for federal broadcast regulation, a shift that could fundamentally alter the...
