Earlier this year we reported on a startup founded by former Defected Records and AWAL execs developing tech to predict how well content would perform on social media before it was posted.

Suno’s legal headaches expanded beyond the US some time ago, with lawsuits filed by collecting societies in Europe and Scandinavia. Now Italy is getting in on the act – although this isn’t about ...

American producer Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his infamous AI-powered streaming scam that netted him more than $8m in royalties.

K-Pop isn’t exactly struggling to reach global listeners at the moment, through streaming and stadium tours alike. But now ...

Back in 2022, Spotify seemed to be making a move into gaming with the acquisition of Wordle-inspired music quiz Heardle – only to shut it down less than a year later.

David Bowie died shortly after his 69th birthday, in 2016. The tenth anniversary of that was marked by tributes earlier this year, but now attention is turning to 8 January 2027, which would have been ...

Back-office admin – from distribution and DSP analytics to neighbouring rights and D2C sales – remains a massive operational drain for indie labels, publishers, and self-releasing artists. In the ...

Whatever you do, don't snort at Peppa Pig's music clout. The popular children's character has more than 1bn lifetime music streams.

Universal Music Group has been making south-east Asia a strategic priority for some time now. The company’s AMEA CEO Adam Granite has been talking about trends in the region at the Music Matters 2026 ...

Rapper Yung Sammy, singer-songwriter Arma and electronic music producer Sixth Ocean are the newest set of acts to sign exclusive global management deals with The Hello Group (THG) India, the […] ...

TikTok has been making a splash with some announcements at Advertising Week New York 2026, and while they’re not directly music-related, they’re worth taking in if you’re doing marketing on the ...

Australia is one of the countries where the music industry is slugging it out with some tech companies to win the ears of politicians, as the latter mull what rules to put in place covering AI ...