The three major labels and BMG have failed in their bid to get the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that artists can exert their ‘termination rights’ to regain their copyrights globally, not just ...

Distributor and tech firm Too Lost's ambitions in the APAC region continue. It acquired Australian distributor and artist-services company Gyro·Group in July, and now it has announced a partnership ...

The latest round of layoffs and reorganisation at Universal Music Group – together with similar recent cuts at its rival majors – has sparked a warning from the US-based Black Music Action Coalition ...

Earlier this month, a report from the Duke Sanford Tech Policy Program poked at Spotify's policies around AI-generated music.

Your interest level in Just 4 Kicks will depend on how much use you have for kick-drum samples. But even if that's not your ...

One of the unexpected bonuses (for nosy journalists at least) of Europe's Digital Markets Act is that big tech companies have to publicly disclose some of their acquisitions, with the details ...

Riot Games, the publisher of esports hit League of Legends, has a long history of spinning virtual artists out of its powerhouse franchise. K/DA, True Damage, Pentakill and Heartsteel have been used ...

Beyond the AI-music debates that have been gripping our industry, there’s a lot to think about in terms of the other ways AI will affect our jobs and wider society. Several studies published in recent ...

We’ve been keeping tabs on sync-licensing startup Maia Universe since the Swedish/UK firm was one of the winners of our 2024 Music Ally SI:X startups contest.

We’re used to writing about multi-million pound funding rounds for tech startups. Music marketing agencies... less so. Congratulations are thus due to Round Group, which works across music and ...

Lyrics firm Musixmatch was founded 16 years ago, but has never bought another company... until now. It has announced the acquisition of Music Reports, the US firm that owns the Songdex copyright ...

British charity Youth Music has a new fund, and it has a clear aim: tackling racial inequity in the arts. The £2.4m fund will offer grants of up to £120k to organisations working on that challenge.