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Parliament’s culture select committee has published a report based on the input of thousands of music fans. It calls for the creation of a new Music Fan Association, as well as urging the government to act on the agent of…
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Live Nation lost the big antitrust legal battle in the US, with a jury concluding that it operates an illegal monopoly that negatively impacts on artists and fans. It was a dramatic conclusion to a seven week trial – but…
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MusicAlly
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Ahead of the second weekend of the Coachella festival, with the Stagecoach festival to follow later in the month, California’s governor Gavin Newsom has published a Big Number on the two events’ economic value to the state. Together, the festivals generate…
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MusicAlly
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Global advertising body the IAB and PwC have released their ‘2025 Internet Advertising Revenue Report’, which tracks a 13.9% increase in those revenue last year to $294.6bn – a record total. Within that, social advertising revenues grew by 32.6% to…
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MusicAlly
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Coachella weekend one just wrapped. Here are the highlights for artist teams: Justin Bieber leaned into millennial nostalgia, triggering his biggest streaming day since 2025 and a 24.6 million stream surge. While many songs from his catalogue are populating the…
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This week lyric licensing and data company LyricFind announced Artist Unlimited, a new subscription plan which allows artists to create professional-tier videos using software courtesy of Rotor Videos. Users on the platform can quickly create visualisers, lyric videos, social media…
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“I started my management company upstairs on the fifth floor,” Yungblud’s manager Tommas Arnby told Music Ally from the artist’s new brick and mortar shop, Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized (B.r.a.t.) on Denmark Street in London. “There were two desks and…
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News arrives as live music becomes an increasingly important revenue stream for K-pop's biggest companies Source
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South Asian actors are far likelier to make it to Time magazine’s annual of the 100 Most Influential People in the World than south Asian musicians, so it helps if […] The post is from Music Ally.
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During her keynote address at the All About Music conference in Mumbai in August 2025, IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley said that India had “192m users on free streaming in India, […] The post is from Music Ally.
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TuneCore is celebrating its 20th anniversary. MBW meets up with two of its senior execs to reflect on the journey so far, the careers launched and the lessons learned – as well as a look at the current landscape and…
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Firm says original sample creators will be compensated when their sounds are used to generate new material Source
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When Live Nation settled with the US Department of Justice a few days into its antitrust trial last month, the expectation was that it would reach a similar settlement with the state attorneys general who were also suing it. It did not,…
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Landmark verdict could reshape the live entertainment industry. Source
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Merlin CEO, Charlie Lexton, addresses THAT fallout with TikTok – and Merlin's own anti-fraud progress Source
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Kanye West has voluntarily postponed a planned show in Marseille. There were reports that French ministers were planning on following the lead of the UK government, which withdrew permission for West to perform in the country after he was announced…
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Throughout 2026, Spotify will boost visibility for independent venues through existing features including venue pages and its Live Events Feed. Source
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Splice is launching three new GenAI tools for musicians and producers, including ‘Variations’. But it is also stressing the ethics. The post is from Music Ally.
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We say ‘notional’ because there is surely very little chance of getting this money. Nonetheless, Spotify and the three major labels have won a default judgement against Anna’s Archive. That’s the site that announced before Christmas that it had scraped metadata and…
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UK charity the Music Venue Trust has ignited a new row with collecting society PRS for Music over the fees that the latter charges. The post is from Music Ally.
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A Copenhagen collective that allows artists to share works in progress has called itself Spoiler Room ever since it launched in 2022, but is now changing its name after receiving a cease and desist letter from the lawyers at dance…
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In 2025, PPL paid royalties to more than 182,000 performers and recording rightsholders, including 16,000 who received payments for the first time. Source
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Universal Music Group’s digital chief Michael Nash sat down with Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava at last week’s HumanX AI conference, offering the latest insight into how both companies see the AI-music space. Nash went in hard on “the false narrative…
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Music Business Worldwide
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BMG taps Warner Music Group veteran to drive its SYNC+ strategy, strengthening its global sync and music-for-media operations. Source
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Dennis Hausammann was a rising rapper before setting out to build AI-powered tools for indie label founders. Source
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The HYBE-owned label is targeting an X account that allegedly distributed unreleased songs and other album assets before ARIRANG dropped. Source
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I’ve always been drawn to authentic storytelling. Sync is such a great opportunity to get our artists’ stories in front of a large audience. The post is from Music Ally.
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The latest study exploring musicians’ views on the music-streaming economy comes from the Oxford Internet Institute and researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. They surveyed 1,200 musicians for a report that deliberately focused its attention beyond the…
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The YouTube Music Individual plan is rising from $10.99 to $11.99 per month Source
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“I woke up one morning and saw a track with a horrible cover that says I’m a saxophonist – which I’m not. But it also says I produced this record and put it at the top of my profile. I…
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New label 'creates opportunities for artists across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria (GSA)' Source
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Spotify is rolling out new toggles that allow listeners to switch off video content, including Canvas visuals and podcast videos. Source
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British rock band Supertramp sold more than 60 million albums since they were formed in 1970. Source
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Guest column: Music Ally publishes guest columns voicing the opinions of notable authors, or advancing specific perspectives on important issues. These are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion, are not paid-for, and do not necessarily reflect Music Ally’s own opinion.…
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We’re now nearly two decades into the resurgence of vinyl as a music format, with the IFPI recently hailing a 19th consecutive year of growth for record sales in 2025. But recent years have also seen a sustained comeback – admittedly…
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Ticketmaster is the latest music-related company to launch a ChatGPT app, hoping to capitalise on the growing number of people using chatbots as search engines. “Fans can now discover events and explore ticket options directly inside ChatGPT, without needing to…
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Spotify has pivoted energetically towards video in recent years, particularly in its podcasts business. But the company appears to have now recognised that not every user is as enthusiastic about the shift. Its latest features make it easier to turn video…
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Music Business Worldwide
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Artists can secure direct cash advances without giving up equity or transferring ownership of copyrights. Source
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NINE BY NINE will engage in planning and production of music festivals in Asia, and supporting Japanese artists seeking to expand internationally. Source
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Talks with UMG and Warner Music have seen little progress, while Suno hasn't been able to reach a deal with Sony Music, according to the Financial Times. Source
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The deal marks Kobalt’s second AI music platform partnership, following its 2025 licensing agreement with ElevenLabs. Source
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Independent consolidation isn’t just about majors buying indies, nor is it just about acquisitions involving labels. Consolidation focused on tech platforms is also a trend in 2026 – and an encouraging one. The latest example sees Secretly Distribution acquiring tech firm…
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Babel Ops was founded in 2020 by Erik Gilbert and Greg Delaney, who previously co-founded Entertainment Intelligence in 2014. Source
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How big an impact will the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the majors v Cox case really have on the music industry? It makes it harder to force ISPs to police piracy, but could it affect the industry in…
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Atlantic Music Group (AMG) is a big fan of joint ventures at the moment. Fader Label is its latest partnership. The post is from Music Ally.
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AWAL is known for developing independent artists, but now it is launching an initiative focused on ‘cultural curators’ in the UK. The post is from Music Ally.
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The transaction requires the support of UMG's board and a two-thirds vote of shareholders who attend a meeting called for the purpose Source
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In the streaming age, the probability of a song becoming a chart hit is often directly proportional to the size of its promotional budget. According to a recent report in […] The post is from Music Ally.
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Home Office says rapper's presence "would not be conducive to the public good" Source
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Controversial hedge fund manager Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music. His plan: load UMG with debt, sell its Spotify stake, and put a man named in the Epstein files in as chair. Lucian Grainge could make tens of millions…
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The deal includes a 50/50 joint venture to sign and develop new and established artists Source
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Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square claims world’s biggest music company has suffered because of delay of US listingBusiness live – latest updatesBillionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund has offered to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a deal that values the world’s…
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MBW founder Tim Ingham on telling details within Pershing Square's proposal for a new Universal Music Group Source
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Die britische Regierung hat heute US-Rapper Kanye West die Einreise nach Großbritannien verweigert. Seine Anwesenheit sei nicht im öffentlichen Interesse, wurde der Schritt laut BBC begründet. Im Vorfeld war es zu Kontroversen über seine Buchung als Headliner beim Wireless-Musikfestival in London gekommen. Die Organisatoren bestätigten inzwischen das Einreiseverbot und teilten mit, dass das gesamte dreitägige Festival im Juli abgesagt werde. West hatte in den vergangenen Jahren wiederholt mit antisemitischen Äußerungen empört.
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The app went live on the App Store on Wednesday (April 1), following several weeks during which it had been listed ahead of its formal release Source
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The Coachella festival begins on Friday (10 April) and as ever, YouTube is the event’s livestreaming-video partner – with a new traditional-TV-style twist to its 2026 coverage. YouTube will be livestreaming seven stages from the festival simultaneously, including a vertical feed of…
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MusicAlly
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We wondered what independent music bodies would make of Warner Music Group’s announcement last week that it is buying B2B firm Revelator, whose services are used by a number of indie artists. Now European body Impala has offered its response, with mixed feelings…
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"It is testament to the innovation in the independent sector that Revelator has been bought by Warner," IMPALA said in its statement Source
