Analysis Rise of the Music-Making Machines Darius Van Arman explores the threat of AI to the music-making community and how independents can best position themselves against the inevitable and rising tide of AI…
News Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’ Open letter slams AI music generator
Analysis Why true independence in music has never been more important The following MBW op/ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founding President of digital distributor and artist & label services company IDOL
News AI sample generator Just 4 Noise raises $1M from BADideas.fund, Sound Hub Denmark and more Just 4 Noise lets producers describe the sound they want and get “individual, unique, royalty-free sounds” that they can drop directly into their DAW.
News Live Nation annual revenues top $25B in 2025, up $2B YoY, with adjusted operating profit of $2.4B Another banner year for Michael Rapino's company – complete with a US vs. non-US milestone
News Chris Welz named partner at Secretly Distribution after company’s ‘biggest year ever’ The longtime COO steps into ownership after two decades at the independent distributor.
News Spotify says it has ‘helped artists generate’ $1bn+ in ticket sales to date. Now it’s teaming up with SeatGeek to drive even more SeatGeek becomes the latest ticketing platform to join Spotify's growing live events ecosystem.
News AI remix startup Hook secures $10m in Series A led by Khosla Ventures The startup promoted Simmi Singh to Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer.
News Universal Music strikes deal with superfan platform EVEN to power D2C sales for artists worldwide The deal arrives just weeks after UMG acquired a minority stake in superfan platform Stationhead.
News Deezer launches ‘Flow Tuner’ to give users more control over algorithmic playlists Flow Tuner adjusts recommendations in real time instead of relying on likes, dislikes or skips.
News Henrik Berndtson named Head of Nordics at AEG ticketing division AXS Stockholm-based Berndtson will oversee AXS’s operations across the Nordics, supporting the company’s broader European strategy
News Apple Music’s iOS 26.4 beta introduces AI-powered playlist tool The feature, called Playlist Playground, appeared in the beta version of iOS 26.4 released to developers on Monday.
Analysis ‘A modern collecting society needs the pace and resilience of a modern digital service.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Andrea Czapary Martin, CEO of PRS for Music.
Analysis News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment says it sold over 16m vinyl records and 13m CDs in 2025 US-based distributor also reported an uptick in its vinyl and CD sales for calendar Q4 2025
News TikTok tests letting users stream full songs through Apple Music without leaving the app The feature requires an active Apple Music subscription to access full songs through TikTok, according to 9to5Mac.