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Riley Green and Lara Spencer to Host CMA Fest
CMA Fest will be held June 4-7 in downtown Nashville.
Bolloré Group Rejects Bill Ackman’s Universal Music Bid
Bolloré Group controls roughly one third of Universal Music, with Ackman’s proposed bid for the company hinging on their approval.
Sonny Rollins, Jazz Saxophone Legend, Dies at 95
The tenor player was equally heralded onstage by his peers as he was offstage with prestigious awards
Sonic Live In Concert anniversary tour confirms 2026 dates
“We’re looking forward to celebrating Sonic’s legacy in a live setting”
Linda Perry says she wants to produce for Madonna because she’s become “weak to me” and “trying to compete with Charli XCX”
"Call me when you’re ready to get back to your strength, all right?"
Bolloré Group Urges UMG Board to Reject Bill Ackman’s Purchase Bid: ‘The Price is Not There’
Bolloré Group controls roughly one third of Universal Music, with Ackman’s proposed bid for the company hinging on their approval.
Riley Green, Lara Spencer To Host ‘CMA Fest Presented By SoFi’
CMA Fest will be held June 4-7 in downtown Nashville.
7 Reasons Why Today’s World Feels More Like Idiocracy than Ever
The Trump Administration is doing its part to make Mike Judge's 2006 satire into reality. 7 Reasons Why Today’s World Feels More Like Idiocracy than Ever Liz Shannon Miller
Horizon Future Leaders Share Resources for Music Industry Development
From guilds to grassroots communities, job boards to leadership programmes, here is a guide to everything the next generation of music industry leaders told us helped them develop their skills and pro
Elton John's "Rocket Man" Songwriting Process
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”
The Maccabees' Orlando Weeks Discusses Secret 7" and Future Plans
Weeks also told us about new material, the future of the band, and being invited to play Harry Styles' Meltdown
Every resource our Horizon Future Leaders recommended, in one place
From guilds to grassroots communities, job boards to leadership programmes, here is a guide to everything the next generation of music industry leaders told us helped them develop their skills and progress in their careers
The Maccabees’ Orlando Weeks on why you should take part in War Child’s Secret 7” and “try and find a way of helping people”
Weeks also told us about new material, the future of the band, and being invited to play Harry Styles' Meltdown
Popkollo wins Impala award for work with girls and trans youth
European indies body Impala has announced the winner of its 2026 ‘Changemaker’ award: Swedish youth-music organisation Popkollo. It focuses on running music camps and other activities for girls and trans youth, including producer programmes, workshops, supervised rehearsals and camps focused on spec
Music magazines are included in Spotify’s ‘Articles’ audio
Spotify’s search for ever-more different kinds of audio to bundle into its subscriptions continues. This week it’s “narrated articles” from magazines being added to the service. Spotify’s in-house team has turned more than 650 long-form magazine articles into English-language audio, which subscriber
“Who’s gonna tell Rivers it’s not private?”: Weezer frontman uploads a whole heap of acoustic covers onto Youtube
But did he mean to do it?
Bolloré Advises Universal Music Group to Decline Ackman's Takeover Offer
"We think the price is not there at all," Bolloré told shareholders. Source
TuneCore Appoints Basile Beaugendre and Cyrus Chen as Regional Heads
Beaugendre has led TuneCore France since 2019, and Chen has headed TuneCore Southeast Asia since 2020. Source
Elton John Song's Unexpected Astronaut Theme
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”
Basile Beaugendre and Cyrus Chen promoted to regional heads for Europe and APAC at TuneCore
Beaugendre has led TuneCore France since 2019, and Chen has headed TuneCore Southeast Asia since 2020. Source