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What Your Music Data Doesn’t Know Could Be Costing You Money

October 5, 2026

Data quality in the music business is no longer just an administrative concern — it's a revenue issue. When repertoire and rights information is incomplete, inconsistent, or poorly reconciled across the ecosy... Read More...

A Tale of Two Industries: Music AI 2.0

Michael Whalen

September 25, 2026

AI music is not going away. It is separating into a transient synthetic economy and an artist-centered business built around identity, ownership, relationships and fans. Something fundamental is happening in... Read More...

The Return of Physical Product. Kinda…

Michael Whalen

September 22, 2026

Streaming won the listening war. Physical media found another job: making money. Apparently physical media is back, which is wonderful news for anyone who has spent the past twenty years wondering what to do... Read More...

Spotify Doesn’t Care That I Left

Michael Whalen

September 21, 2026

My music is staying. My money and attention are leaving. I canceled my Spotify subscription. Yes, my music is still there, and if that is where you listen to me, please enjoy it. I am not organizing a boycot... Read More...

SubmitHub Bans AI Music Submissions: ‘We Don’t Need More Noise’

Ashley King

September 17, 2026

SubmitHub switches it up with a new AI policy that will keep AI music off the platform—even at the cost of up to 10% of its current revenue. SubmitHub has announced a new AI policy that builds on Spotify's m... Read More...

Universal Music Sues DistroKid for Copyright Infringement and Deceptive Trade Practices, Says the Distributor ‘Is Flooding Platforms With AI-Generated Slop’

Dylan Smith

September 15, 2026

Today in high-profile industry litigation: A firmly worded complaint filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) against DistroKid, which the major label says “is engaged in both deceptive trade practices and blatan... Read More...

The End of Streaming Fraud? Major Labels, Merlin, IMPALA, Hybe, and Multiple Distributors Take Aim at Manipulation With the ‘Streaming Integrity Initiative’

Dylan Smith

September 14, 2026

With an eye on making fake plays an issue of the past, the majors, Merlin, CD Baby, Too Lost, Hybe, and several others have joined the “Streaming Integrity Initiative,” which is designed to “prevent fraudulen... Read More...

Suno’s Post-Overhaul Dealmaking Streak Continues With Believe ‘Strategic Partnership’ — Including TuneCore Distribution for ‘All Tracks’ Generated by Its Licensed Models

Dylan Smith

September 8, 2026

A month and change after announcing a sweeping policy overhaul, Suno has scored another high-profile licensing deal – this time with Believe as well as its TuneCore subsidiary. Paris-headquartered Believe re... Read More...

In an era of average AI, what's the 'human premium'?

In the Era of Average AI Music, What’s ‘The Human Premium’?

Michael Whalen

September 8, 2026

AI is very good at creating—or regurgitating—perfectly average, unoriginal music in extreme quantities. That is a big, big problem for human musicians who are also creating perfectly average, unoriginal musi... Read More...

The Quiet Death of Playlist Chasing

Michael Whalen

September 6, 2026

Getting heard was never the same thing as building an audience... For the better part of the last decade, independent musicians have participated in one of the strangest rituals in modern music marketing. We... Read More...

Your Distributor Doesn’t Matter Until It Really, Really Matters

Michael Whalen

September 2, 2026

Pay attention. It’s your music and they handle a lot. I have been actively looking for a new music distributor, which is one of those jobs that sounds simple until you actually start doing it. I compared ser... Read More...

Simply Add Major Label Lighter Fluid: Warner Music Inks Distribution and Studio Deal With Austria’s Tonherd

Dylan Smith

August 27, 2026

Warner Music Group’s aggressive international expansion isn’t finished yet: Warner Music Austria’s roster is officially set to gain “direct access to” Vienna-based indie Tonherd’s “state-of-the-art” studio un... Read More...

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Location: Nashville, Other / Non-US, 37201, United States
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Can We Sue Our Way to AI Control?

Will the Music Industry Ever Get a Handle on Rightsholder Payouts?

You Release Music and Chase The Audience.

Live Music’s New Geography

After a Brief Shocker by Apple Music, Spotify Regains Supremacy in the US-Based Subscriber Race. Here’s the Latest DSP Subscriber Data for H1 2026.

You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing

Will the Music Industry Ever Get a Handle on Rightsholder Payouts?

You Release Music and Chase The Audience.

Live Music’s New Geography

After a Brief Shocker by Apple Music, Spotify Regains Supremacy in the US-Based Subscriber Race. Here’s the Latest DSP Subscriber Data for H1 2026.

You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing

What Your Music Data Doesn’t Know Could Be Costing You Money

A Tale of Two Industries: Music AI 2.0

The Return of Physical Product. Kinda…

Spotify Doesn’t Care That I Left

SubmitHub Bans AI Music Submissions: ‘We Don’t Need More Noise’

Universal Music Sues DistroKid for Copyright Infringement and Deceptive Trade Practices, Says the Distributor ‘Is Flooding Platforms With AI-Generated Slop’

The End of Streaming Fraud? Major Labels, Merlin, IMPALA, Hybe, and Multiple Distributors Take Aim at Manipulation With the ‘Streaming Integrity Initiative’

Suno’s Post-Overhaul Dealmaking Streak Continues With Believe ‘Strategic Partnership’ — Including TuneCore Distribution for ‘All Tracks’ Generated by Its Licensed Models

In the Era of Average AI Music, What’s ‘The Human Premium’?

Your Distributor Doesn’t Matter Until It Really, Really Matters

Simply Add Major Label Lighter Fluid: Warner Music Inks Distribution and Studio Deal With Austria’s Tonherd