Spotify and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) have been at loggerheads for some time over the streaming service’s ‘bundles’. The post is from Music Ally.
German collecting society GEMA has scored a victory in its lawsuit against OpenAI, with a court ruling that the latter infringed copyright. The post is from Music Ally.
A simple OpEd reflection on Andre 3000's impromptu statement, shared Sunday night in Outkast's Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction acceptance speech. The post Yes, “Great Things” Really Do “Start in Little Rooms.” appeared first on Hypebot.
Let's help you understand the ins and outs of getting placed on streaming playlists in 2025. The post Everything You Need to Know About Playlist Pitching in 2025 appeared first on Hypebot.
Leveraging a big TikTok following to launch a podcast is a well-worn career path already: Addison Rae, Drew Afualo and GK Barry are just three examples of TikTok creators who’ve trodden it. Now TikTok is getting even more serious about podcasting, courtesy of a new partnership with iHeartMedia. It involves launching the ‘TikTok Podcast Network’ with […] The post is from Music Ally.
‘Hayley Williams At A Bachelorette Party’ is set to be a hot ticket in 2026, with Williams announcing plans for the US tour plus European jaunt this week. In an Instagram story she also explained to fans how the ticketing process will work, having followed in the footsteps of Radiohead, Oasis and Lana Del Rey in […] The post is from Music Ally.
We know Icelandic startup Overtune best for its music-creation app. We last wrote about it in April when the company raised its latest round of funding and debuted a GenAI tool called ‘LoopGen’. Now the company is working on an interesting expansion: a “virtual music studio” on Roblox. The experience will use Overtune’s existing ‘Sequencer’ tech to […] The post is from Music Ally.
AI is increasingly at the heart of Epidemic Sound’s business, although the company is continuing to take a careful approach so as not to be seen as undermining its roster of human musicians. Its latest feature is called ‘Studio’ and is pitched as “the first AI-powered soundtracking tool that enables content creators to instantly match […] The post is from Music Ally.
Catalog is a new platform that imagines an end to the impossible choice between artistry and the brutal deadlines of visual media. The post Catalog Launches to Reclaim the Music Licensing Industry for Artists appeared first on Hypebot.
British artist Sam Fender won the Mercury Prize last month, which included a cheque for £25k. Now he has donated the entire amount to charity the Music Venue Trust to support its work protecting grassroots venues. “I wouldn’t be doing what I am doing today if it wasn’t for all the gigs I played around the […] The post is from Music Ally.
Things aren’t going so well for this summer’s highest-profile AI band: The Velvet Sundown currently have fewer than 224,000 listeners on Spotify. However, this month another GenAI artist is making waves on the platform: country project Breaking Rust (pictured). It currently has 2.1 million monthly listeners on that platform, and as the San Francisco Chronicle reported, […] The post is from Music Ally.
Sony Music’s parent corporation has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2025 (its fiscal Q2) including its music division. The key figures there include 21% growth in revenues to ¥542bn ($3.51bn) driven by higher streaming revenue for both recorded music and publishing. However, the ‘music’ figures also include ¥106bn of revenues from Sony’s ‘Visual […] The post is from Music Ally.