Streaming & Digital
Kraftwerk and the Digital Age
They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?
Coachella 2026: Rock Music's Triumph Over Corporate Influence
In the war between meaningful tunes and corporate activations, rock music triumphed. Coachella 2026: What You Didn’t See on the Livestream Paolo Ragusa
Coachella 2026: What You Didn’t See on the Livestream
In the war between meaningful tunes and corporate activations, rock music triumphed. Coachella 2026: What You Didn’t See on the Livestream Paolo Ragusa
Warner makes strategic investment in TuStreams – a distribution platform focused on Latin music
WMG describes TuStreams as 'a leading independent force in the fast-growing Música Mexicana space' Source
Warner Music Group Partners With TuStreams for Música Mexicana Growth
"We are uniquely positioned to take this culture further, faster than ever before,” says Warner Music executive Alejandro Duque.
Eddie Dalton’s (actually quite modest) chart success sparks further debate about where AI music fits in
An AI-generated artist called Eddie Dalton got a lot of press coverage this weekend after reaching number two in the UK charts. Though it was the sales chart that excludes streaming data, which isn’t so impressive. But it still prompted more debate in the music community about where AI music fits in
Record industry welcomes latest Brazilian ruling against stream manipulation platform
The courts in Brazil have ruled against another company that provides stream manipulation services, this time Boom de Seguidores. Welcoming the ruling, IFPI says the Brazilian courts have been “consistent” in concluding that “services that enable streaming fraud mislead consumers and are unlawful”
Warner Music Group Teams Up With TuStreams to Turbocharge Música Mexicana’s Global Rise
"We are uniquely positioned to take this culture further, faster than ever before,” says Warner Music executive Alejandro Duque.
“Some of these recordings, on crappy little cassette tapes from the early '90s, sound incredible”: Meet the fan who has recorded over 10,000 gigs and is now letting everyone download the audio
Aadam Jacobs’ collection is gradually going online
Pitchfork Selects: This Week’s Playlist
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
Kelela, Kurt Vile, Olof Dreijer, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now
Stream new releases from My New Band Believe, Mei Semones, and Lone
IFPI hails Boom de Seguidores block in streaming-fraud fight
Brazil is one of the big positives in the recorded-music industry’s current growth story, rising one place to eighth in the IFPI’s global country-rankings for 2025. However, it also remains a focus for that organisation’s fight against streaming fraud: particularly companies making money by supplyin
Report explores ‘streaming paradox’ for artists in five countries
The latest study exploring musicians’ views on the music-streaming economy comes from the Oxford Internet Institute and researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. They surveyed 1,200 musicians for a report that deliberately focused its attention beyond the US and UK. Instead, the
Chapter Two adds clients for Baltazar AI rights-analysis tool
Outside the GenAI-music arguments, there are plenty of other opportunities for AI technologies to be used positively by the music industry. For example, in the world of catalogue sales and rights ownership. One example of that is Chapter Two, a Swedish company that has been building a ‘royalty analy
YouTube raises Premium and Music subscription prices in the US
The music industry is finally getting its wish for regular price rises for music-streaming subscriptions. YouTube is the latest to announce a hike in the US. YouTube Music’s individual plan there is rising from $10.99 to $11.99 a month, while its family plan will now be two dollars more expensive at
New Music Releases from My New Band, Mei Semones, and Lone Available Now
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New Music Recommendations: My New Band Believe, Mei Semones, Lone, and More
Stream new releases from My New Band Believe, Mei Semones, and Lone
The music industry has long prioritized creative output over operational foundations. AI does not alter that imbalance; it exposes it.
Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews digs deep into how the business globally is actually using AI – and detects that the conversation is finally evolving beyond linear arguments over rights… Source
“Is it cool if I bring some rock royalty on the stage right now?”: Billy Corgan suffers mic malfunction as he makes his first ever appearance at Coachella alongside Sombr to sing a Smashing Pumpkins classic
You wait 30 years to sing one of your biggest hits in the desert, and then this happens