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Mondo NYC Music & Tech Conference & Showcase 2025 — It’s a Wrap

October 17, 2025

DMN partner Open on Sunday has been on the ground in Brooklyn to bring you the latest from Mondo 2025. Here's a rundown of the highlights. (Photos taken by Open On Sunday cofounder & President Malcolm Th... Read More...

Massive Catalog Investments Are Driving Music Industry Funding Growth — But Data Points to a Q3 2025 Raise Volume Slowdown for Startups

Dylan Smith

October 13, 2025

Is there any music industry funding left for the little guy? Leading catalog players drove Q3 2025’s cumulative raise total past a staggering $4 billion, but data points to year-over-year slips in both the vo... Read More...

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Kaboom! YTD 2025 Music Industry Funding Cruises Past $7 Billion; Q3 Funding Alone Tops $4 Billion as Asset Securitization Tips the Scales

Paul Resnikoff

October 9, 2025

As the industry truism goes, ‘Music has value’— but 2025 is taking that expression to an extreme.

Muso.AI's 'Catalog Audit' in action (Photo Credit: Muso.AI)

83% of Writers Have Unpaid Royalties in MLC’s Database—Muso.AI’s New Audit Tool Reveals the Shocking Scale

Paul Resnikoff

October 6, 2025

Muso.AI’s new audit service is giving songwriters and publishers the ability to solve a nagging industry problem with MLC royalties. The amount of royalties recaptured could be staggering. Digital Music News... Read More...

Meet the New TikTok, Same as the Old TikTok?

Paul Resnikoff

September 22, 2025

If you kinda wish TikTok was going away, join the music industry club. But assuming the brand-new 'American TikTok' is imminent, what's about to change — if anything? One can be forgiven for lamenting the su... 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...

Distribution, Promotion, and Advance Platform Kahuna Announces $1 Million Seed Raise, Targets Continued Expansion

Dylan Smith

September 2, 2025

AI-powered distribution, promotion, and funding platform Kahuna has scored $1 million in seed capital and set its sights on continued expansion initiatives. Headquartered in London but possessing a signific... 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...

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First-Half 2025 Music Industry Funding Edges Towards $4 Billion — As the Record-Setting Investment Pace Continues

Paul Resnikoff

July 3, 2025

Music industry funding levels are now approaching the crazy place, with first-half, YTD core investments edging towards $4 billion. According to investments exclusively captured and compiled in DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, total core funding topped $3.812 billion through June, the start of a potentially record-setting 2025.

Music AI Startup Arthos Scores $730,000 Pre-Seed Raise, Tees Up ‘Mozart AI’ DAW Launch

Dylan Smith

July 1, 2025

Music AI startup Arthos has announced a $730,000 raise and the upcoming launch of its first product, a digital audio workstation (DAW) called Mozart AI. London-based Arthos reached out today with word of th... Read More...

Wyclef Jean Introduces Superfan Monetization Platform OpenWav at Indie Week 2025

Marc Thompson

June 19, 2025

Grammy-winning artist Wyclef Jean, 88rising cofounder (and early investor in Musical.ly and Triller) Jaeson Ma, and former Head of Amazon Music for Independent Artists Madeline Nelson gathered for Indie Week ... Read More...

Base for Music Raises $1.73 Million to ‘Redefine Music Marketing’

Ashley King

June 15, 2025

Base for Music has scored a $1.73 million fundraising round with strategic investors to “redefine music marketing” through fan engagement. French startup Base for Music, founded by Maxence Bazin and speciali... 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

The Music Industry Litigation Tracker — Cases Bubbling Right Now: Sony Music v. Kroger, SoundExchange v. Music Choice, Suno v. Apple (Round II), Penske Media v. Google, More

Audio Chateau Records Closing In on a $9 Million Series A

Music Collab Platform Chaos Secures $1.4 Million in Startup Capital, With Amuse Among the Backers

Can We Sue Our Way to AI Control?

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

Mondo NYC Music & Tech Conference & Showcase 2025 — It’s a Wrap

Massive Catalog Investments Are Driving Music Industry Funding Growth — But Data Points to a Q3 2025 Raise Volume Slowdown for Startups

Kaboom! YTD 2025 Music Industry Funding Cruises Past $7 Billion; Q3 Funding Alone Tops $4 Billion as Asset Securitization Tips the Scales

83% of Writers Have Unpaid Royalties in MLC’s Database—Muso.AI’s New Audit Tool Reveals the Shocking Scale

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

Distribution, Promotion, and Advance Platform Kahuna Announces $1 Million Seed Raise, Targets Continued Expansion

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

First-Half 2025 Music Industry Funding Edges Towards $4 Billion — As the Record-Setting Investment Pace Continues

Music AI Startup Arthos Scores $730,000 Pre-Seed Raise, Tees Up ‘Mozart AI’ DAW Launch

Wyclef Jean Introduces Superfan Monetization Platform OpenWav at Indie Week 2025

Base for Music Raises $1.73 Million to ‘Redefine Music Marketing’