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Our Culture Is Filled With Music With No Place for Musicians

Michael Whalen

August 15, 2026

QUESTION: Can a culture be filled with music while musicians become economically disposable? The answer seems to be an overwhelming “yes”. In fact, that may be the defining contradiction of the modern music b... Read More...

The Grammy Whammy

Michael Whalen

August 6, 2026

Some artists spend lots of time, lots of money and personal capital winning a statue. So what? Every musician wants to hear their name followed by two magical words: “Grammy winner”. For decades, winning ... Read More...

Wendy Day’s Five Funding and Deal Mistakes Artists Keep Making (And How to Avoid Them)

Wendy Day

August 4, 2026

Wendy Day has spent 34 years in the trenches fighting for artists to keep their rights, their money, and their futures. As the founder of Rap Coalition and a member of the beatBread Advisory Board, she partne... Read More...

In Case You Haven’t Noticed, the Music Industry Is Exploding Everywhere All at Once. But Who Will Power the New ‘Chaos Economy’ Infrastructure?

Paul Resnikoff

July 22, 2026

It’s a dizzying time to be in the music industry, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal explosion. On the ground, that means more companies are battl... Read More...

My Songwriter Friends Weren’t Getting Paid for Their Music. So I Created 3 Hats.

Mateo Correa

July 20, 2026

I never planned on starting a music publishing administration company. The following comes from 3 Hats Music Publishing, a partner of DMN. My name is Mateo Correa, born in the vibrant city of Medellin, Co... Read More...

Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google Coordinated to Remove Irving Azoff’s GMR from the Latest Mechanical Rate-Setting Proceedings, Legal Documents Reveal

Paul Resnikoff

July 10, 2026

The seemingly mundane deliberations over future mechanical royalty rates in the US are starting to feel like a Verdi opera — with colorful industry titan Irving Azoff and his Global Music Rights (GMR) playing... Read More...

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Musicians Speak on the Extreme Difficulties of Getting a U.S. Artist Visa

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July 9, 2026

The O-1 visa has become one of the biggest obstacles facing international artists who want to tour in the U.S. Rising application costs, processing delays, and stricter documentation requirements are changing... Read More...

DistroKid Sells Majority Stake to CVC Capital Partners — ‘Existing Leadership Team’ Expected to Remain in Place

Dylan Smith

July 6, 2026

DistroKid has a new majority owner: CVC Capital Partners, which has inked “a definitive agreement” to take a controlling stake in the distributor. CVC announced the investment (and the close of its $3.4 bil... Read More...

Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights Was Edged Out of Recent Phonorecords V Deliberations — So What Happened? (Updated)

Paul Resnikoff

July 2, 2026

Earlier this week, Digital Music News broke the news of a voluntary settlement proposal tied to upcoming US-based mechanical licensing rates as part of the broader Phonorecords V CRB proceedings. That settlem... Read More...

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Ticket Resale Price Caps Are Spreading. But Is Ticketmaster the Biggest Beneficiary?

Paul Resnikoff

June 26, 2026

Supporters say secondary ticket price caps are a necessary complement to ongoing antitrust enforcement against Live Nation – and an important protection for concertgoers. But with their business models at risk, secondary resale representatives warn that caps are “a gift to Live Nation Ticketmaster’s shareholders disguised as consumer protection.”

Suno Launches ‘Spark’ Artist Incubator Program, Offering Unsigned Acts ‘A Grant to Support Their Creative Process’

Dylan Smith

June 25, 2026

As it grapples with multiple copyright suits – and continued criticism – Suno has launched an artist incubator program called Spark. The AI music platform formally announced Spark today, as it remains embroi... Read More...

I Survived 50 Years of ‘Disruptive’ Tech Cycles. Stop Panicking About AI

Coleman Sisson

June 2, 2026

When it comes to AI panic, perhaps some perspective helps. Enter BubbleUp founder and tech veteran Coleman Sisson, whose company has been working for over 20 years with some of the largest acts in the world (... Read More...

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