A federal court in New York has handed down a mixed ruling in the ongoing legal battle between Spotify and the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) over mechanical royalties and ‘bundle’ ...

The first round of judging is over for the Music Tectonics conference’s annual ‘Swimming with Narwhals’ startups contest. 10 companies have been named as semi-finalists for this year’s event.

Music-marketing startup un:hurd Music has rolled out a major update – version 2.0 – across its website and mobile apps.

Last week we reported on Sonos’s big software announcement, including a feature called ‘custom agents’ that would let people “create their own [AI] agents through the system, each with its own model, ...

If you don’t have a Substack in 2026, are you even on the internet? And seemingly that now applies to popular music-streaming playlist brands too.

Last November, we wrote about how Noida-based music school the Global Music Institute and Indian mental health service Tatva, ...

In April, it was announced that Singapore-based “artist-empowerment” social media platform Fenix360 was partnering with Gaana ...

We first caught wind of startup Songscription in July 2025 when TechCrunch profiled its "automatic music transcription" ...

What was that we wrote this morning about BMG and Concord expecting to complete their merger this month? Within hours, it was ...

The battle between TikTok, Instagram and YouTube isn’t just about videos and views: it’s about engagement – and that’s also a key metric for music marketers judging the success of their campaigns and ...

Generative-AI music tools can be a powerful funnel for bringing complete beginners into human music-making, according to the CEO and CTO of Image-Line, the company behind popular DAW FL Studio ...

Kacey Musgraves is the latest artist to appear in a music concert made for Meta Quest VR headsets. A 49-minute performance of hits plus tracks from her latest album has been launched as ‘Kacey ...