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RSS Mar 23, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Deezer’s B2B business has been declining. Will a revamp help?
We reported last week on Deezer’s latest financial results, with the company’s revenues from direct subscriptions growing, but those from its B2B partnerships continuing to fall. Now it is taking action, relaunching the ‘Deezer for Business’ unit with a focus on integrating Deezer into wider offerings from telcos, retailers and other brands, and also on providing […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 23, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
White House says courts will decide if AI training is fair use
There’s a worrying line for the creative industries in the US administration’s new ‘White House National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence’. It’s the one that says “the Administration believes that training of AI models on copyrighted material does not violate copyright laws”. However, thankfully for rightsholders, that’s not the full story. “Although the Administration believes […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 23, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
A tale of two listening parties: Kenia Os IRL and Bad Gyal on TikTok
Recent album-launch events for Mexican artist Kenia Os and Spanish artist Bad Gyal are a neat snapshot of the two predominant ways musicians are teaming up with digital services for listening parties: IRL and online. Kenia Os worked with Spotify on a listening party and Q&A in Mexico City for her new album ‘K de Karma’ […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 23, 2026 1:16pm · Payusnomind
Ultimate Indie Artist's Guide: Tools You Need, Lies You Don't - 2026 Edition
Digital Distribution, State of the Industry Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, and every major DSP require recording artists and labels to operate through a digital distribution company in order to make music available on their platforms. There is no alternative. If you want your music on DSPs, distribution is unavoidable. Today, an estimated 100,000 to 120,000 new tracks are uploaded to Spotify every single day.…
RSS Mar 23, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Reports claim 300m fans watched BTS’s live comeback on Netflix
These are high times indeed for fans of music-streaming services Instagram-boasting about BTS’s new album ‘Arirang’ breaking records on their platform. They’re all at it. “The most streamed K-Pop album in Spotify history and the most streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far,” posted Spotify. Apple said that the album “broke the Apple Music […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Bluesky sets its sights on further growth with $100m funding
Bluesky is one of the social-media apps that emerged as a refuge for Twitter users fleeing that platform in recent years. It has grown from 13 million users in 2024 to 43 million now – and a big funding round is set to fuel further growth. Bluesky has raised $100m in a Series B round led […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Spotify’s ‘Equal’ program has sparked 50bn ‘editorial streams’
Spotify is celebrating the fifth birthday of its ‘Equal’ initiative promoting women artists, songwriters and producers with a new podcast and some stats. ‘Spotify Equal: The Podcast’ is a five-episode video show featuring artists Juliana, Zolita, Angela Torres, Silvana Estrada and Orla Gartland, hosted by music journalist Kim Taylor Bennett. As for the stats, Spotify says […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
TikTok and Instagram launch activations for BTS ‘Arirang’ album
The promo red-carpets are rolling out for BTS’s comeback album ‘Arirang’ on streaming, social and online-video services alike. Everyone wants a piece of the K-Pop reunion, with TikTok and Instagram having just revealed their activations. TikTok’s takes the form of its now-familiar ‘in-app experience’ for big new albums. It is setting interactive challenges for fans to unlock […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Airbnb is enjoying the ’show hopping’ trend for concert travel
Anyone who’s read a few 70s rock biographies would be forgiven for blinking at Airbnb’s claim that “groupie getaways fuel concert tourism this summer”. Fortunately, this is about fans travelling to concerts in groups with their friends. The company’s blog post is a celebration of “show hopping” – defined as fans “traveling far and wide to […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Hopeless Records boss: Streaming ‘fails the middle class of musicians’
Independent label Hopeless Records was a founder member of indie think-tank ORCA, and now its president Louis Posen has taken to its Substack to argue that music-streaming “saved the industry but stifled the artist”. “By shifting the metric of value from the album or song to the time spent listening to it, the industry has hit a […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:30pm · Musically
Michael Smith pleads guilty in $10m streaming-fraud case
It’s now 18 months since US music producer Michael Smith was arrested and charged with multiple felonies relating to a streaming-fraud scheme. He was accused of uploading hundreds of thousands of tracks to DSPs and using bots to inflate their streams to the tune of more than $10m in royalties. Now, an update: Smith has pleaded guilty to […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
How Breathe. doubled their monthly listeners on Spotify
Music Ally chatted to Group Speed, the agency who worked with Australian electronic duo Breathe. on their debut album rollout.  By treating five-year-old catalogue tracks as growth levers and repositioning the duo within Spotify’s algorithm, they doubled their monthly listeners to 1 million. Here are the campaign highlights: The team first reactivated older tracks, vivifying […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
Drake’s newest teaser in year-long ‘Iceman’ album rollout
For close to a year, Drake has been teasing a project widely expected to be titled ‘Iceman’. Far from a standard release cycle, the campaign has used Toronto-based stunts and cryptic digital clues to build a narrative and conversation, with no confirmed release date as of yet. The rollout began in July 2025 with a […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 20, 2026 1:00pm · Musically
Instagram tests clickable links in captions for creators
Instagram is now testing a feature it has resisted for a long time – clickable links in post captions. Historically, Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri has expressed concern this feature may change Instagram’s dynamic, moving it away from a visual platform to something more like a news outlet. It now seems the platform is seeking to […] The post is from Music Ally.