India insight – every month, music business journalist Amit Gurbaxani shares his expertise, insight, and analysis on key stories from the exciting, exploding market of India. This is the first of a ...

One of the big trends in the TV industry right now is FAST, which stands for free, ad-supported streaming television. These are essentially traditional ‘linear’ TV channels, complete with ads, ...

Licensing deals haven’t stopped just yet for the holiday season. Decentralised music service Audius is ending 2024 with its latest deal: with licensing hub ICE. The company said that the ...

Record labels are suing AI-music startups Suno and Udio, but it’s not the only major AI lawsuit involving music. In October 2023 a group of music publishers including Concord and several UMG ...

Mariah Carey and Wham aren’t just competing for top spot on DSP and official singles charts this holiday season. They’re also having a festive ding-dong battle on TikTok. And at this point, Carey is ...

It’s nearly time to wish a happy 40th birthday to the Women in Music organisation, which was founded in 1985 to help advance women in the music industry. WIM is kicking off the celebrations with its ...

In November, a bombshell legal filing from Drake accused Universal Music Group and Spotify of collaborating to give Kendrick Lamar an unfair advantage when the two artists were beefing earlier this ...

More independent music bodies have been criticising UMG’s planned acquisition of Downtown Music this morning. “UMG trying to present this as an investment in the independent ecosystem is fooling no ...

US-based journalist Liz Pelly has been one of Spotify’s key critics in the media, and her new book ‘Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist’ will be making uneasy ...

Online music-industry conference Measure of Music began in 2020 during Covid-19 lockdowns as a way to open up industry knowledge to artists and people from marginalised and minority communities. Now ...

Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl’s end-of-year message to staff focuses mainly on success stories for his company’s artists and songwriters: Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Bruno Mars, Amy Allen, Charli ...

In April 2023 we wrote about Blond:ish launching a biodegradable PHA vinyl compilation, having already set up a Bye Bye Plastic nonprofit to “wipe out single-use plastic in the music industry”. Now ...