News Los Lobos sue Sony Music & Sony Pictures over ‘La Bamba’ and ‘Desperado’ royalties The L.A.-born rock band alleges an 'egregious' lack of payments for 'Cancion del Mariachi' and a 'massive deficiency' in payments for 'La Bamba'
News Quebec court greenlights class action against Ticketmaster over ‘unreasonable’ service fees The complaint centers on Ticketmaster’s fee structure that fluctuates based on ticket prices instead of the actual cost of services rendered.
News As Spotify lowers monetization threshold for podcasters, should it increase payout barrier for music artists? A provocative new essay argues that the streaming giant should implement a 250,000 monthly listener threshold before artist can earn money on the platform
News Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI music, superfans in 2026 memo, taking swipe at firms ‘validating business models that fail to respect artists’ work’ Read Sir Lucian Grainge's 2026 memo to UMG staff
Interviews ‘I’ve worked at all the majors, I’ve seen how they operate, and I genuinely don’t know what they could do that we can’t do.’ Nick Burgess looks back at his career so far – and to the future of his new venture, Artist Theory
News Universal Music acquires 30% stake in India’s Excel Entertainment, valuing Bollywood production house at $267m As part of the deal, UMG will roll out a dedicated Excel music label with global distribution capabilities.
Interviews ‘You need to leave your safeguards and walk into the fire.’ MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series meets legendary composer A.R. Rahman
News PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025 The recorded music royalties collection society says it's seeing strong collections coming from abroad
News Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF The IMPF is raising the alarm about the risk of AI to songwriters' and music publishers' income
News Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2 The deal brings Cr2 Records, MBMB Publishing, and music education platform Sample Tools by Cr2 under CMG’s ownership.
News Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data. Paid streams will still be weighted more favorably than ad-supported plays on Billboard's chartd, but by a smaller margin than before.
News Realize Music, with Tuned Global as strategic partner, launches ‘Sing’ VR game with 1m+ licensed tracks The platform features licensed tracks from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Beggars Group
News James Barton resigns from Superstruct, less than 18 months after KKR’s acquisition of company Superstruct has faced objections from artists following investment in the company from KKR last year
News SoundCloud partners with Imogen Heap’s Auracles on artist data platform The integration allows artists to import music projects between the two platforms and access all of their metadata, stems, PRs and more.