News Tyler, The Creator named Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2025 Award follows a landmark 12 months of global streaming growth, two albums, and a major world tour.
News Spotify rolls out expanded song credits, previews new ‘SongDNA’ and ‘About the song’ features for Premium users More detailed info about songs will deepen fan's connection to music, the streaming platform says
Interviews ‘There is little more important to me than giving children the music they deserve that will stay with them for life.’ From raving in Ibiza with Ministry of Sound to heading up Universal Music UK’s youth strategy – via The Powerpuff Girls and Amy Winehouse – Sarah Boorman discusses her life in music and a job that’s also a vocation…
News Suno just raised $250m at a $2.45bn valuation – and it’s generating $200m in annual revenue Series C Round Led by Menlo Ventures with Participation from NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix
News Tracy Maddux appointed Interim CEO at beatBread Exec is a the former CEO of CD Baby and ex-Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Holdings
News Spotify expands audiobooks to 5 more European countries, including its home market, Sweden Audiobooks are now available to listeners in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Monaco as well
Interviews As SoundCloud overhauls its creator subscription model, CEO Eliah Seton says the platform is building music’s ‘next major revenue format’ Exec talks SoundCloud's strategy, the future of fan monetization
News Primary Wave strikes partnership for catalog, name and likeness rights, of late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck The publisher will handle marketing, branding and licensing opportunities for Brubeck’s catalog, including sync deals for film and TV projects.
News Aisha Salem-Howey named General Counsel at UAE’s Music Nation She will lead legal, regulatory and governance strategy for the company while also handling international engagement.
Interviews ‘I see an explosion of hybrid sounds coming from Africa. The next big global hits will come from these cultural crossovers.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Nuno Rocha, Head of Business Development for MENA, Lusophone, and Francophone markets at ONErpm
News Songscription raises $5M in funding as ‘Shazam for sheet music’ platform reaches 150K users The platform currently supports piano, violin, flute, guitar, bass guitar, and trumpet, with plans to add more instruments.
News Radio streamer TuneIn acquired by Canadian media firm Stingray for $175m The transaction value is based on TuneIn’s projected sales of $110 million and adjusted EBITDA of $30 million for the 12 months ending December 31.
News un:hurd, valued at $11.8M, opens crowdfunding campaign after seven-figure funding round The platform's community of 185,000 artists and labels will be able to buy into the company for as little as £15 ($19.68).
News Grammy winner MixedByAli launches ‘EngineEars Direct’ music distribution platform Service is powered by EMPIRE's white label distribution platform, Supply Chain
News Vevo unveils its 2026 DSCVR Artists to Watch list, begins roll-out of accompanying promotional campaigns Leading music video network shines the spotlight on 20 top tips for next year