Believe In The News News India’s Times Music buys Punjabi record label Catrack Entertainment — in third acquisition since striking $100m JV with Primary Wave Punjabi specialist Catrack was founded in 1990, with a catalog that spans what the company describes as a 'golden era' of the genre. News Sorry, AI artists. Spotify’s not letting you become ‘verified’ on its platform. Spotify is introducing a new verification badge for artist profiles. Analysis News Spotify Co-CEOs outline AI ambitions and more on Q1 2026 earnings call Here are five things we learned from the company's Q1 earnings call News Spotify to show AI tags in Song Credits, where artists have chosen to disclose through their label or distributor The feature, however, is optional as artists can still choose whether to disclose AI involvement in their song production. News Akhila Shankar promoted to Director of Artist Services for India and South Asia at Believe Shankar, who currently leads TuneCore in the region, will expand her remit across Believe’s Artist Services business. Interviews ‘By aligning more closely with Believe, TuneCore is creating a seamless pathway for artist growth.’ TuneCore is celebrating its 20th anniversary. MBW meets up with two of its senior execs to reflect on the journey so far, the careers launched and the lessons learned – as well as a look at the current landscape and where the company might go next… Analysis Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We. Merlin CEO, Charlie Lexton, addresses THAT fallout with TikTok - and Merlin's own anti-fraud progress News From Pershing Square’s $64 billion bid for UMG to Wireless Festival’s Kanye West cancellation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past seven days...Prev 1 … 10 11 12 … 86 Next
News India’s Times Music buys Punjabi record label Catrack Entertainment — in third acquisition since striking $100m JV with Primary Wave Punjabi specialist Catrack was founded in 1990, with a catalog that spans what the company describes as a 'golden era' of the genre.
News Sorry, AI artists. Spotify’s not letting you become ‘verified’ on its platform. Spotify is introducing a new verification badge for artist profiles.
Analysis News Spotify Co-CEOs outline AI ambitions and more on Q1 2026 earnings call Here are five things we learned from the company's Q1 earnings call
News Spotify to show AI tags in Song Credits, where artists have chosen to disclose through their label or distributor The feature, however, is optional as artists can still choose whether to disclose AI involvement in their song production.
News Akhila Shankar promoted to Director of Artist Services for India and South Asia at Believe Shankar, who currently leads TuneCore in the region, will expand her remit across Believe’s Artist Services business.
Interviews ‘By aligning more closely with Believe, TuneCore is creating a seamless pathway for artist growth.’ TuneCore is celebrating its 20th anniversary. MBW meets up with two of its senior execs to reflect on the journey so far, the careers launched and the lessons learned – as well as a look at the current landscape and where the company might go next…
Analysis Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We. Merlin CEO, Charlie Lexton, addresses THAT fallout with TikTok - and Merlin's own anti-fraud progress
News From Pershing Square’s $64 billion bid for UMG to Wireless Festival’s Kanye West cancellation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past seven days...