In the streaming age, the probability of a song becoming a chart hit is often directly proportional to the size of its ...

Can even ByteDance take a bite (or a byte?) out of Tencent Music [TME] and NetEase Cloud Music’s dominance in China?” we wrote at the time. Four years on, it seems that it can. MarketBeat reported on ...

Last week we reported on Universal Music Group’s sharp response to Drake appealing the dismissal of his ‘Not Like Us’ defamation lawsuit against the major label. Now it has some backup. The Floyd ...

For once Universal Music Group is part of a corporate-acquisition story as the company that is potentially being acquired.

While we’re on a ‘majors suing companies’ tip… Universal Music Group locked horns with Believe and TuneCore late in 2024, accusing them of “industrial-scale copyright infringement”. The case focused ...

European body Impala has mixed feelings on what the acquisition represents, and its potential impact on the independent community.

Music-industry economist Will Page’s world tour continues: he appeared at the recent Vanderbilt Music Law Summit in Nashville.

It sees the Enhypen band members telling their favourite “scary stories” – while trying to guess which one of them is lying.

SoundOn is using ACRCloud’s ‘Derivative Works Detection’ tool to identify any copyrighted tracks that people try to upload through its pipes.

AI-music firm Suno settled the lawsuit filed against it by Warner Music Group, but it remains locked in litigation with the other two majors.

YouTube is the event’s livestreaming-video partner – with a new traditional-TV-style twist to its 2026 coverage.

Ye’s recent history of anti-semitic statements and pro-Nazi stunts has ignited a firestorm of criticism of the booking.