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Hybe Label Services Sets Sail, Offering All That and a Bag of Chips

October 6, 2025

Hybe America launches Hybe Label Services, providing a one-stop-shop for distribution, manufacturing, marketing, and promotion services. Hybe America has announced the launch of Hybe Label Services (HLS), a ... Read More...

Spotify's newly-named Executive Chairman is drawing the ire of an increasing number of artists.

Can Spotify Shake Its ‘AI War Machine’ Problem?

Paul Resnikoff

September 30, 2025

As artist defections refuse to die down, Spotify's Daniel Ek ditches his CEO stripes in a case of curious timing. Spotify is no stranger to angry artists and yanked-down catalogs. In the early days, major... Read More...

How Music Reports’ Blokur Acquisition Answers the Royalty ‘Black Box’ Problem

Ashley King

September 24, 2025

Royalty accounting isn’t just a numbers game: it’s a minefield for anyone tracking who actually gets paid. The core of the challenge in the digital era is matching sound recordings to the songs embodied in th... Read More...

From Glasgow to Global—EmuBands Marks 20 Years In Music Distribution

Ashley King

September 23, 2025

As EmuBands marks its 20th anniversary this month, the Glasgow-born distributor is reflecting on the values that have enabled it to endure—independence, an in-house operational model, and a commitment to huma... Read More...

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Secretly Distribution & Third Man Records Announce Global Distribution Deal

Ashley King

September 18, 2025

Secretly Distribution announces a global distribution deal with Third Man Records, with upcoming vinyl releases from The Belair Lip Bombs and Snõõper. Today, Secretly Distribution has announced a worldwide d... Read More...

Relationl Founder Max Bernstein Calls on Music Companies to Modernize Their Systems Immediately — ‘It’s Intoxicating’

Paul Resnikoff

September 15, 2025

Max Bernstein, founder and CEO of the fast-rising music industry systems development firm Relationl, is an Airtable authority who says conventional spreadsheets and dated workflows are holding music companies... Read More...

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Are US-Based Streaming Subscriptions Really Increasing? Conflicting Data Now Reveals a Slight Decline During the First Half of 2025

Paul Resnikoff

September 12, 2025

The RIAA recently pointed to a modest increase in US-based streaming subscribers during the first half of 2025. But data shared with DMN Pro by major music IP owners, conglomerates, and distributors reveal something slightly less upbeat.

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Just Five Streaming Music Platforms Account for 99% of All US-Based Subscribers, First-Half 2025 Data Reveals

Paul Resnikoff

September 4, 2025

The streaming music market is becoming increasingly concentrated, with just five streaming music giants now controlling nearly the entire US-based subscription market. Here’s a look at the ever-tightening streaming music market share breakdown for H1 2025, based on subscriber data exhaustively amassed and analyzed by DMN Pro.

Barnett Klane, VP of Product at Trolley, hashing it out with team members (Photo: Trolley)

Billions in Royalties Lost to Bad Data — It’s About Time You ‘Know Your Artists’

Paul Resnikoff

September 3, 2025

If you’re managing a music catalog, you’re also probably managing fraud, duplicated data, and missing info. But why, in 2025, is the music industry still overwhelmed with version 1.0 problems? Trolley says a ... Read More...

Too Lost Achieves No. 2 in Media & Entertainment and No. 7 NYC Placement on Inc. 5000 List

Ashley King

August 28, 2025

Too Lost, a music technology company specializing in digital distribution and rights management, has been named #90 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. This article was... Read More...

Addressing the Source, Not the Symptom: A Top Metadata Expert Explains Why Proactive Data Quality Beats Data Cleaning

Natalie Jacobs (Equalizer Consulting)

August 25, 2025

It’s time for the music industry to shift from endless data clean-up to a strategy of quality at the source, and transform data from a liability into a reliable asset. The following comes from Natalie Jacobs... Read More...

Virgin Music Group inks distribution deal with Mom + Pop Music

UMG’s Virgin Music Group Expands Its Distro Footprint with Mom+Pop Deal

Ashley King

August 21, 2025

Virgin Music Group, which operates under Universal Music Group (UMG), has signed an international distribution deal with Mom + Pop Music. Mom + Pop Music is an independent label founded by Michael Goldstone ... 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

Hybe Label Services Sets Sail, Offering All That and a Bag of Chips

Can Spotify Shake Its ‘AI War Machine’ Problem?

How Music Reports’ Blokur Acquisition Answers the Royalty ‘Black Box’ Problem

From Glasgow to Global—EmuBands Marks 20 Years In Music Distribution

Secretly Distribution & Third Man Records Announce Global Distribution Deal

Relationl Founder Max Bernstein Calls on Music Companies to Modernize Their Systems Immediately — ‘It’s Intoxicating’

Are US-Based Streaming Subscriptions Really Increasing? Conflicting Data Now Reveals a Slight Decline During the First Half of 2025

Just Five Streaming Music Platforms Account for 99% of All US-Based Subscribers, First-Half 2025 Data Reveals

Billions in Royalties Lost to Bad Data — It’s About Time You ‘Know Your Artists’

Too Lost Achieves No. 2 in Media & Entertainment and No. 7 NYC Placement on Inc. 5000 List

Addressing the Source, Not the Symptom: A Top Metadata Expert Explains Why Proactive Data Quality Beats Data Cleaning

UMG’s Virgin Music Group Expands Its Distro Footprint with Mom+Pop Deal