Streaming & Digital
Failure Unveil Grungy Gothic New Single “A Way Down”: Stream
The latest single off the band's upcoming album Location Lost. Failure Unveil Grungy Gothic New Single “A Way Down”: Stream Langdon Hickman
Amal Nemer Talks USB Culture, Streaming, and Staying Connected to Her Library
Amal Nemer (@amal.nemer) has been moving fast over the past few years, and the run into Devils adds another strong chapter. The Venezuelan-born, Lebanese DJ, vocalist, and producer has released music through Moon Harbour, Glasgow Underground, Nervous Records, Made In Miami, and Farris Wheel, and now
American man pleads guilty to multi-million dollar streaming fraud, faces five years in jail
The American man who was arrested in 2024 for running a multi-million dollar streaming fraud operation has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He made thousands of tracks that got billions of artificial streams, generating millions in royalties. He now faces up to five years in jail
Sony Music removes 135,000 AI-generated “deepfake” tracks from streaming platforms
“In the worst cases, [the deepfakes] potentially damage a release campaign or tarnish the reputation of an artist”
Jelly Roll and Carín León Team Up for FIFA World Cup Song “Lighter”: Stream
The two singers are celebrating the upcoming summer of soccer in North America with a swag rock song produced by Cirkut. Jelly Roll and Carín León Team Up for FIFA World Cup Song “Lighter”: Stream Paolo Ragusa
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Grace Ives, Underscores, BTS, and More
Stream new releases from Grace Ives, Underscores, and BTS
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
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
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, hos
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 pos
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,
R-TRYBE is nurturing the next generation of house music stars
R-TRYBE’s RETREAT 001 is the first release connected to the R-TRYBE Retreats, a Various Artists compilation that sets the tone for the wider project. R-TRYBE operates as both a label and creative platform founded by Huxley, Ramin Rezaie and BAKKIS. Built around a music-first philosophy, the project
Free 80s Synth Samples Available for Download
Recreate the sound of the decade that brought us synth-pop, new wave and glam metal
Spotify’s New Co-CEO Gustav Söderström on AI, Artist Concerns and the One Thing He Regrets Most About the Company
At SXSW, the newly-minted co-head of the streaming company shared how he's adjusting to the role and unveiled the new Spotify Taste Profile.
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 seem
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 ar
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 J
Livestreams, comperes and line-up addition announced for Robert Smith’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at London’s Royal Albert Hall
The series takes place next week with the likes of Wolf Alice, Garbage and Manic Street Preachers performing
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 platform designed for the realities of a digital-first music landscape. The post Member Feature: Unison app
Artist Guidance for UGC Platforms by AFEM x Downtown
Matt Whitmire (VP of Business Development, FUGA) distills five key lessons of his Platforms & Performance series, outlining how artists and teams can protect rights, build visibility, and grow sustain