After Scary Mishap, Beyoncé Swaps Flying Cadillac for Gold Horse
Beyoncé swaps the flying Cadillac for a flying gold horse, following a scary mid-air stage mishap in Houston last month.| Digital Music News
Beyoncé swaps the flying Cadillac for a flying gold horse, following a scary mid-air stage mishap in Houston last month.| Digital Music News
A new Chartmetric study looks at how mid-level and superstar-level artists are touring comparing 2022 to 2024—finding a steep decline.| Digital Music News
‘Dystopian’ photos from Drake’s recent concert in Sydney are going viral, showing fans with signs begging the Toronto artist for money.| Digital Music News
Cox Fires Back Against Lower Court Infringement Liability Ruling, Warns of ISPs Being ‘Held Responsible for Literally Everything Bad That Happens on the Internet’| Digital Music News
Sirius XM faces a class action lawsuit over ‘US Music Royalty’ fee that adds 21% to the monthly subscription cost.| Digital Music News
On Air Inks Licensing Deal With Mercury Studios for Concert Video Content — Here’s a Closer Look at the Platform | Digital Music News
The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and X are officially in talks to settle their high-stakes copyright infringement lawsuit.| Digital Music News
AI music platforms Suno and Udio are reportedly exploring settlement talks in two copyright lawsuits filed by the major record labels.| Digital Music News
Cox Communications’ Long-Running Legal War Against the Major Labels Is Heading to the Supreme Court| Digital Music News
Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO are suing the Amazon-backed Anthropic AI. Here's the latest.| Digital Music News
‘Big Pimpin’ Is Owning Your Masters—And Jay-Z Isn’t Looking to Sell| Digital Music News
Sari Jordan Creates Immersive Haven With New EP, ‘Sing to the Moon’| Digital Music News
Spotify royalties will cease reaching about 2/3rds of all on-platform tracks under a revamped payout model in 2024, per a new report.| Digital Music News
Stem has announced a deal with Victory Park Capital, and under the tie-up, the companies will distribute $250 million in artist advances.| Digital Music News
How much does Spotify pay per stream? The latest data shows that Spotify pays most artists roughly one-third of a penny for each stream.| Digital Music News
TikTok Introduces Artist Accounts to ‘Boost Discoverability’ on the Platform| Digital Music News
Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl reveals that the company is working on a ‘superfan app’ to be released later this year.| Digital Music News
Sarah Silverman is suing ChatGPT developer OpenAI and Meta for allegedly using her writing to train their AI models without permission.| Digital Music News
Latest Music Industry Hires: TouchTunes, SOCAN, Wasserman, Country Radio Seminar, Dreamliner, More| Digital Music News
Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher reunite for 14 tour dates across Wales, Engand, Scotland, and Ireland next summer.| Digital Music News
Wembley Stadium authorities are investigating allegations that hundreds of Oasis fans snuck into a gig at the venue without a ticket.| Digital Music News
Amid the recent stock market downturn, Spotify stock continues to hold up. Investors are pouring into SPOT for safe harbor, analysts say.| Digital Music News
US recorded music industry revenue grew modestly during 2024, when a slowdown impacted both streaming and vinyl, per a new report.| Digital Music News
Spotify recently expanded its live initiative into the UK with a Budweiser-sponsored concert and 'immersive experience.'| Digital Music News
A Spotify ad exchange is reportedly being tested as the platform looks to boost revenue amid a subscribership plateau in developed markets.| Digital Music News
Spotify has launched an in-house marketing agency called Creative Lab, which is set to try and woo brands by developing custom ad campaigns.| Digital Music News
Spotify appears to be using generative AI technology to create AI versions of its popular podcast hosts' voices. Here's what we know.| Digital Music News
Sony Music achieved a double-digit Q4 2024 revenue boost despite relatively modest streaming growth, per a new earnings report.| Digital Music News
Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has cracked a record $600 per share following the company's release of a strong Q4 2024 earnings report.| Digital Music News
Spotify courses have appeared on the U.S. app amid a long-running U.K. test, prompting new bundling-related questions.| Digital Music News
The Weeknd has released a timed-exclusive concert film on Spotify as the platform continues to aggressively expand into video.| Digital Music News
Spotify HiFi is finally set to release in 2024, when subscribers will be able to access the offering via an add-on, per a new report.| Digital Music News
Spotify is rolling out full music videos to its Premium customers in 11 countries around the globe as a beta test.| Digital Music News
Spotify HiFi is reportedly set to launch as part of a Supremium tier that will debut in international markets later in 2023.| Digital Music News
Lucian Grainge Weighs in on UK AI Law, Warns of Possible ‘Failure of Leaders to Establish Reasonable Public Safeguards’| Digital Music News
Apple Music and Amazon Music have cemented premium audio as a key part of their offerings. Why isn't Spotify offering spatial audio?| Digital Music News
Spotify has outlined arguments in support of the dismissal of the unpaid royalties lawsuit filed against it by the MLC.| Digital Music News
A new Spotify earnings report has revealed improved profit for Q2 2024, and the service is aiming for 251 million subscribers in Q3.| Digital Music News
Spotify is reportedly developing a 'Music Pro' add-on containing, among other features, a long-awaited audio-quality upgrade.| Digital Music News
Reservoir Media Achieves Q2 2024 Revenue Growth As Double-Digit Publishing Expansion Offsets Recorded Dip| Digital Music News
A Spotify France price increase has rolled out following the European nation's implementation of a controversial 'streaming tax.'| Digital Music News
A Pandora price increase has been made official, including $10.99 monthly for individual plans in the U.S., following other services' bumps.| Digital Music News
In a newly released earnings report, Spotify disclosed double-digit subscriber growth and almost $180 million in profitability for Q1 2024.| Digital Music News
According to newly released data, the updated Spotify stream minimum could end recording royalties for over 150 million tracks.| Digital Music News
Spotify price increases are officially live in the United States and north of 50 other markets throughout the world.| Digital Music News
Theft of an Entire Genre? Court Rejects Dismissal Motions in Reggaeton Copyright Infringement Suit Against Over 50 Artists| Digital Music News
Days after being announced, the Oasis reunion tour has added multiple new dates in response to 'unprecedented demand.'| Digital Music News
Ticketmaster is limiting the number of tickets that can purchased per buyer for the upcoming Oasis reunion tour to deter scalpers.| Digital Music News
Hybe’s social platform Weverse saw a 19% increase in users in 2024, boosted by stars like Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, and Megan Thee Stallion.| Digital Music News
Trump Signs Executive Order to End Ticket ‘Price-Gouging by Middlemen’ in the Entertainment Industry| Digital Music News
Big Loud Sells Minority Stake in Morgan Wallen’s Catalog for $200 Million| Digital Music News
The IFPI released their Music Consumer Insight Report today. While more people use streaming platforms, a high number prefer pirating by stream ripping.| Digital Music News
How much should artists expect to receive when streaming their music? Digital Music News breaks down payouts at eight major streaming platforms.| Digital Music News
Proving that surviving in the music industry is difficult, two promising music tech companies, Ricall, and Blin.gy, have closed their doors.| Digital Music News
Dart Music quickly raised money to fund its metadata perfecting engine. Now, the company will file for bankruptcy after burning through $2.5 million.| Digital Music News
If you’re an artist who has put up cover videos on Facebook, chances are it has gotten ripped down or will soon be ripped down unless Facebook and publisher| Digital Music News
Yes, Wealthy People Can Finance Artist Careers! Here’s How to Structure ‘Artist Investment Agreements’| Digital Music News
Kendrick Lamar’s hit single ‘Not Like Us’ has surpassed 2Pac’s ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ to become the most streamed diss track in Spotify history.| Digital Music News
GoldState Music Reportedly Acquires $200 Million Worth of Catalogs — Stakes in Releases from Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, and More| Digital Music News
Warner Music Group has announced another round of layoffs as part of a months-long restructuring process to save $300 million.| Digital Music News
Atlantic Music Group is facing a new layoff round amid a continued restructuring throughout the broader Warner Music Group.| Digital Music News
10K Projects, the Elliot Grainge-founded label behind acts such as Ice Spice, has inked a JV deal with Warner Music Group.| Digital Music News
Warner Music has announced yet another round of staffing shifts, this time at its 10K Projects and Atlantic Music divisions.| Digital Music News
A man in his 40s fell to his death from a height at London’s Wembley Stadium during an Oasis concert over the weekend.| Digital Music News
Warner Chappell Music has announced it has inked a global administration deal with Liz Phair, covering her entire music catalog.| Digital Music News
Warner Chappell Music has announced it has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Ana mena, the country's number one female performer.| Digital Music News
FireAid Rakes It In! — Ballmers Match Each Donation Dollar-for-Dollar; Massive Multi-Venue Event Goes Off Without a Hitch| Digital Music News
Live Nation in 2022 had the largest CEO compensation package and the biggest CEO-to-worker pay gap of 100 companies analyzed in a new study.| Digital Music News
Live Nation has released the 'Club Pass,' which will provide customers with unlimited access to concerts at select clubs through 2022's end.| Digital Music News
Live Nation is hoping to attract music fans to more than 1,000 shows across 40 venues with cheaper all-in tickets this summer.| Digital Music News
Canadian artist JP Saxe has shelved his upcoming tour -- and provided a brutally honest explanation of the reasons for the cancellation.| Digital Music News
An FTC click to cancel rule has officially been issued, requiring service providers to make it easy for consumers to nix subscriptions.| Digital Music News
Can music publishers and Anthropic settle their infringement lawsuit? Time will tell, but they're now seeking an extended mediation deadline.| Digital Music News
AI music generators Suno and Udio are facing class action lawsuits for allegedly training on indie musicians' works without authorization.| Digital Music News
The ADA shakeup is continuing with the appointment of Alejandro Duque, currently the head of Warner Music Latin America, as president.| Digital Music News
Four U.S. senators have introduced the No Fakes Act, which they say would help stem the tide of unauthorized AI soundalike music.| Digital Music News
For Google, the investment is a testament of its eagerness to compete with Microsoft and Amazon in the lucrative cloud-computing market.| Digital Music News
Amazon has announced it will invest $4 billion in the AI startup Anthropic as the company aims to take on Meta, Microsoft, and Google.| Digital Music News
A songwriter is questioning the legality of the proposed Spotify stream threshold tracks will need to hit before collecting royalties.| Digital Music News
Spotify is implementing a royalty payment threshold at 1,000 streams per year, according to changes now surfacing. What's wrong with that?| Digital Music News
A federal judge says Meta's copyright fair use argument for AI training materials is "obliterating the market" for people's work.| Digital Music News
The Spotify Ad Exchange, new AI advertising tools, and more are now live as the platform looks to better monetize non-paid listeners.| Digital Music News
The long-anticipated Spotify Music Pro package, including higher-quality audio and more, is reportedly set for a 2025 release.| Digital Music News
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has confirmed his company's plans to debut a Deluxe plan boasting additional features and a larger price tag.| Digital Music News
Sony Music head Rob Stringer is advocating for the implementation of a 'modest fee' on ad-supported music streaming in select markets.| Digital Music News
Despite restrictions in place on the Ticketmaster.com website to circumvent botting of the Oasis tour dates, bots can be had for $50 online.| Digital Music News
Hybe’s superfan platform Weverse launches a new in-app music streaming service for listening parties. Here's how it works.| Digital Music News
Want to link to your Patreon campaign from your YouTube channel? Well, good luck. Now, you'll need to jump an extra hurdle on the video platform to do so.| Digital Music News
Saudi Arabia recently invested $2.7 billion in the entertainment sector. Acast, Patreon, and Haawk have also raised millions in fundraising.| Digital Music News
Drake alleges in a court filing that UMG and Spotify falsely inflated the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him.| Digital Music News
Warner Music Group secures a deal to acquire DWA Records’ extensive catalog, as well as that of Extravaganza, DWA’s publishing business.| Digital Music News
Live Nation reports record-setting revenues in 2024, with its Q4 revenue clocking in at $5.68 billion, more than analysts expected.| Digital Music News
Live Nation says it is ending the 'Lawnie Pass' program several outdoor music venues, stating new offerings will be available in 2025.| Digital Music News
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) posted a solid subscriber gain -- and a profit miss -- in its Q1 2025 earnings report.| Digital Music News
The House has passed the TICKET Act with a bipartisan vote of 409-15. Now the bill heads to the Senate to await a final vote.| Digital Music News
Ticketing upstart TickPick announces a $250 million investment from firm Brighton Park, with a strategic partnership with Rory McIlroy.| Digital Music News
Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl testified before Congress today, voicing clear-cut support for AI regulations addressing deepfakes and more.| Digital Music News
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said he believes the use of copyrighted data in training AI models constitutes 'fair use' of those materials.| Digital Music News
AI developer Anthropic has pushed back against a preliminary injunction motion filed by music publishers in a copyright lawsuit.| Digital Music News
A Spotify royalties revamp, complete with a 1,000-stream minimum before tracks can accrue recorded payments, is officially on the way.| Digital Music News
