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M&G-Backed Seeker Music Taps UMG’s Virgin to Amplify Its $400 Million Catalog

June 9, 2026

Seeker Music Group, backed by M&G, has announced a global distribution partnership with Virgin Music Group, building on years of collaboration to expand its $400 million catalog. Seeker Music Group, led ... Read More...

Are the Right Songs Getting Tracked? MVT and Audoo Challenge PRS Proxies With Real-Time Tracking In Over 120 UK Venues

Ashley King

June 9, 2026

Music Venue Trust and Audoo announce a partnership aimed at uncovering how music played in grassroots venues is represented in royalty distribution. On Tuesday, the Music Venue Trust (MVT) and Audoo announce... Read More...

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Garth Wants to Sell His Catalog for Billions. But Can He Handle What Happens Next?

Paul Resnikoff

June 4, 2026

Cashing the $2 billion check is the easy part. But can Garth Brooks, a notoriously controlling IP owner, handle the realities of what really happens after a catalog transfer?

Qobuz Is Suddenly One of the Fastest-Growing Streaming Music Platforms. But Why, You Ask?

Paul Resnikoff

May 26, 2026

We’ve chronicled the sudden rise of YouTube Premium and Music, an upsurge that started last year. But a quieter, albeit equally fascinating, ascent has also been taking place for the independently-owned, musi... Read More...

How Music Reports Solved the Complex World of Claims-Based Royalties for DSPs and Global Rights Owners

Ashley King

May 20, 2026

As digital streaming platforms (DSPs) continue to expand worldwide, rendering national borders irrelevant, the burden of managing publishing licenses has grown exponentially. One neutral and objective service... Read More...

FUGA renews global distribution deal with insomniac music group

Virgin’s FUGA Renews Global Distribution Partnership With Insomniac Music Group

Ashley King

May 19, 2026

B2B distributor FUGA, now part of the UMG-owned Virgin Music Group, announces the renewal and expansion of its partnership and continuing marketing support with Insomniac Music Group. Downtown's FUGA, now p... Read More...

The Music Industry Has a Growing Data Overload Problem. Octave Media’s Matt Jacoby Says There’s Hope.

Paul Resnikoff

May 13, 2026

The music industry of 2026 is exploding everywhere all-at-once, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal growth expansion. On the ground, that means mor... Read More...

Downtown’s CD Baby Unwraps a Full-Service Indie Artist Offering — Powered by the Indie Cred of Molly Neuman

Paul Resnikoff

May 11, 2026

Downtown’s CD Baby distribution mainstay, now part of Virgin Music Group, is expanding its core distribution know-how to include full-service, hands-on support for select indie artists. Here’s more on the jus... Read More...

Audoo Partners With Sabam To Deliver A New Standard In DJ Reporting In Belgium

Martin D Anderson

April 21, 2026

Audoo’s Audio Meter™ technology to power next-generation, data-driven music reporting across DJ-led environments. This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner Audoo. Audoo, the music technol... Read More...

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What Happened to All Those Viral AI Artists?

Paul Resnikoff

April 21, 2026

Breaking Rust, Xania Monet, The Velvet Sunset, Cain Walker, HAVEN... Until a few months ago, these AI ‘artists’ dominated headlines inside and outside the music industry. But then something strange happened.

Reservoir-Partnered PopArabia’s MENA Expansion Continues With Viral Wave Acquisition: ‘We’re Across the Region and Embedded’

Dylan Smith

April 20, 2026

Reservoir Media-backed PopArabia has once again expanded its reach in MENA, this time with the acquisition of distributor and label Viral Wave. Reservoir and Abu Dhabi-headquartered PopArabia, having coordin... Read More...

From Chaos to Clarity: The IP Owner’s Guide to Building a Metadata Strategy That Works

Natalie Jacobs (Equalizer Consulting)

April 15, 2026

A step-by-step framework for music businesses of every size - because a solid data infrastructure isn’t optional, it’s the foundation for growth. The following article, from DMN partner Equalizer Consulting,... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Musixmatch Re-Inks With DistroKid; Partnership Aims to Help Independent Artists Layer More Lyrics Into Their Releases

DMN Pro Weekly: The Suno Subpoena Wars Are Targeting the Music Industry’s Deepest, Darkest Secrets. Here’s Where Things Stand.

What Is Attribution?

Create Music Emerges from the Shadows as a DistroKid Minority Investor

Former Sony, Discovery, WWE Executive James Rosenstock Joins Too Lost as CFO

M&G-Backed Seeker Music Taps UMG’s Virgin to Amplify Its $400 Million Catalog

Are the Right Songs Getting Tracked? MVT and Audoo Challenge PRS Proxies With Real-Time Tracking In Over 120 UK Venues

Garth Wants to Sell His Catalog for Billions. But Can He Handle What Happens Next?

Qobuz Is Suddenly One of the Fastest-Growing Streaming Music Platforms. But Why, You Ask?

How Music Reports Solved the Complex World of Claims-Based Royalties for DSPs and Global Rights Owners

Virgin’s FUGA Renews Global Distribution Partnership With Insomniac Music Group

The Music Industry Has a Growing Data Overload Problem. Octave Media’s Matt Jacoby Says There’s Hope.

Downtown’s CD Baby Unwraps a Full-Service Indie Artist Offering — Powered by the Indie Cred of Molly Neuman

Audoo Partners With Sabam To Deliver A New Standard In DJ Reporting In Belgium

What Happened to All Those Viral AI Artists?

Reservoir-Partnered PopArabia’s MENA Expansion Continues With Viral Wave Acquisition: ‘We’re Across the Region and Embedded’

From Chaos to Clarity: The IP Owner’s Guide to Building a Metadata Strategy That Works