BMG and Concord are now one company, but is it a merger or an acquisition? Chief transformation officer Kent Hoskins used another word when he appeared at this week’s Music Ally Publishing Summit. “I ...

This is coverage from the Music Ally Publishing Summit 2026 – read full details of the event here. This week’s Music Ally ...

YouTube has published a “proposal for unlocking the EU Creator Economy”, which argues that its community of creators in Europe should be treated more like small businesses, given access to the same EU ...

Deezer has been notably open about sharing information on the impact of AI-generated music on its platform, and has announced that it will allow users to “fully exclude” AI-generated music from their ...

Two lawsuits caught our eye today, both of which tell you something about the tension between established artist contracts and music rights – and how they fit in a modern media and legal landscape.

In September, UMG sued distributer DistroKid over the latter’s “illegal, deceptive, and unlawful practices” – with two specific and fairly blockbuster accusations at the lawsuit’s heart: that ...

Netflix is allegedly about to cut 850 jobs as early as next week, according to media industry reporting service Puck. If that’s true – Netflix has not commented – that’s about 5% of its global ...

We’re used to reading about novel ways of recruiting people en masse from another company, but a “reverse acqui-hire deal” was a new one to us. You’ll be aware of an acqui-hire deal, where one company ...

Spotify has been feeling confident recently about its internally-built tools – for instance its bespoke “large taste model" ...

Rockstar Games is slowly drip-feeding a ravenous fanbase small nuggets of Grand Theft Auto VI before its launch on 19 November. The company has often led with music in this teasing process, and it has ...

There have been some exciting new launches in the world of music marketing tools and tech this week. Here’s what caught our eye: ...

It's Advertising Week in New York, and both Meta and TikTok have announced new advertising features that move them further into the world of agentic AI.