While Bollywood remains the biggest segment in India, its growth is slowing down, revealed Luminate last week. According to the entertainment data company, in the first half of 2026, streams […] ...

When promoter Team Innovation and ticketing platform thumpN announced Arijit Singh’s long-awaited return to the road, they ...

When Raye announced a show in London’s Royal Albert Hall, you’d expect demand for tickets to be high. But when the show received 1.8 pre-sale million sign-ups – for a 5000 seat show – it became clear ...

UK-based organisation Black Lives in Music (BLiM) has launched a new report titled Race Equality in Music Event Licensing (REMEL) - which it says is “the most comprehensive investigation to date into ...

Distributor Too Lost has launched a daily public report page, which shares operational data from its platform, including support volumes and resolution times, DSP deliveries, payout acceptance times, ...

Spotify’s Get Ready for 2026 Wrapped landing page is now live on Spotify for Artists. Aside from the usual message for fans, eligible artists can this year share a performance video too. These could ...

BMG and Concord are now one company, but is it a merger or an acquisition? Chief transformation officer Kent Hoskins used another word when he appeared at this week’s Music Ally Publishing Summit. “I ...

This is coverage from the Music Ally Publishing Summit 2026 – read full details of the event here. This week’s Music Ally ...

YouTube has published a “proposal for unlocking the EU Creator Economy”, which argues that its community of creators in Europe should be treated more like small businesses, given access to the same EU ...

In September, UMG sued distributer DistroKid over the latter’s “illegal, deceptive, and unlawful practices” – with two specific and fairly blockbuster accusations at the lawsuit’s heart: that ...

If you own an indie label, publishing company, or back-catalogue, there is a very high chance your IP is leaking revenue right now. Between messy global metadata, unclaimed rights, and […] ...

Two lawsuits caught our eye today, both of which tell you something about the tension between established artist contracts and music rights – and how they fit in a modern media and legal landscape.