Music Business
Lostboi Lino Set to Release Electronic Album 'Von Liebe & Entzug' on Independent Label
Lostboi Lino is poised to release the electronic album 'Von Liebe & Entzug' independently on June 12, 2026. This forthcoming project features a single track, marking a focused artistic statement from the artist.
Maddie Jones discusses social media and marketing
This week, we caught up with Maddie Jones; social media and marketing manager at Align Agency
Universal Music Publishing unveils new logo
Universal Music Publishing has a new logo, dropping the traditional Universal globe for a circle in a square. As you’d expect, it’s accompanied by some branding nonsense telling us the new logo actual
Google claims YouTube uploads grant AI training rights
Google has responded to a copyright infringement claim from a group of independent artists over its music AI model Lyria. It claims the artists basically gave Google permission to use their music in A
Member Feature: Unison
In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor
Cutting Through the Noise – Owen Kiernan
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Cutting Through the Noise in Digital Music
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through DSP Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Michigan Songwriters Countersue Over Video Game Licensing
Albert Ahronheim and Joe Carl claim that two music publishers licensed their song to College Football without authority for a “paltry” fee of $1,000.
Michigan ‘Let’s Go Blue’ Songwriters Countersue Over ‘Shockingly Low’ Video Game Sync
Albert Ahronheim and Joe Carl claim that two music publishers licensed their song to College Football without authority for a “paltry” fee of $1,000.
Owen Kiernan Discusses Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
The Slovenian Manager Cracking America’s Toughest Music Market
Breaking into the American music market is one of the hardest things an international artist can do, and few people have built a career out of it quite like Mac…
Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Publishing Briefs: Seeker Enters Global Distribution Partnership With Virgin Music Group
Plus UMPG rebrands and Luke Stevens signs with Warner Chappell Music/Cornman Music.
Publishing Briefs: Seeker Enters Global Distribution Partnership With Virgin — Plus, UMPG Rebrands
Also: Luke Stevens signs with Warner Chappell Music/Cornman Music.
Unison: A Digital-First Publishing Rights Platform
In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor
Owen Kiernan Discusses Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
US music publishing revenues hit $7.3B in 2025, NMPA reveals at Annual Meeting honoring P!nk, Julian Bunetta and Harvey Mason jr.
NMPA Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer Danielle Aguirre said publishing outpaced the growth of recorded music for the fourth year in a row. Source
Ahdritz Capital Leads Investment in AI-Distributor Madverse Music Group
The Indian company says its independent artists and label clients roughly doubled to 200,000 last year, with SumoSan Ventures, 10X Global and Marigold Capital joining their seed round.