4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (252+ words) On Monday, Washington D. C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that Live Nation/Ticketmaster will be required to pay $9. 9 million to settle allegations that its ticketing practices were misleading to customers and charged deceptive fees. Notably, the settlement is unrelated to that…...

5+ hour, 38+ min ago  (509+ words) Paris-based Deezer provided a fresh update on its AI slop crusade today. As many know, that crusade is made possible by proprietary detection tech. And unlike its competitors, the company is labeling all identified AI uploads accordingly " while cracking down…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago  (262+ words) Reservoir and Abu Dhabi-headquartered Pop Arabia, having coordinated on catalog plays and more in recent years, announced the purchase today. With clients including Ramy Sabry, Ruby, Tamer Ashour, and Ahmed Saad, Viral Wave deals in straight distribution, You Tube and…...

5+ day, 41+ min ago  (439+ words) Time will, of course, tell whether the potential remedy materializes. For one thing, Live Nation has vowed to move forward with multiple pending motions and to "appeal any unfavorable rulings on these motions." But more broadly, a forced divestiture " requiring…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (744+ words) The following article, from DMN partner Equalizer Consulting, offers a step-by-step framework for music businesses to develop a deliberate, documented metadata strategy. The strategy's purpose is to govern how data is created, validated, stored, and maintained, ensuring musical assets are…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (321+ words) Kyle Kilroy, a 32-year-old waste management worker, has been making waves on Tik Tok, where his posts have gained nearly 500, 000 likes. Known as the Sewer Singer, the Boston-based Kilroy shares clips of himself singing operatic pop songs and Broadway hits…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (546+ words) UK music licensing company PPL's revenue rose to "315. 3 million ($425. 94 million) in 2025, an increase of "14. 3 million (4. 75%) year-on-year. PPL's income includes sound recording public performance and broadcast revenues collected in the UK and globally. Growth was driven by strong international performance and…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (377+ words) Now disclosing its stock buybacks on a weekly basis, Universal Music identified the updated total in a formal release today. As we previously reported, amid a slumping share price, the major wrapped March by unveiling its "first-ever" repurchase program. Then,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (12+ words) SOCAN Reports Record 2025 Revenue, Warns of Gen AI Threats'Digital Music News...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (564+ words) We've been covering those complaints " one dating back to June 2025, the other to October " from the outset. And while each action contains unique elements, there's a good bit of central-argument overlap here. In short, both suits accuse Udio of ingesting…...