Streaming & Digital
Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Kelela, Kurt Vile, and Olof Dreijer
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
Pitchfork Selects Playlist: Kelela, Kurt Vile, Olof Dreijer, and more
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
G. Love Reports Significant Loss After Crypto Account Hack
The musician downloaded a fake, malicious app from Apple's App Store. G. Love Loses Reported $424,000 in Crypto Account Hack Travis Bland
G. Love Loses Reported $424,000 in Crypto Account Hack
The musician downloaded a fake, malicious app from Apple's App Store. G. Love Loses Reported $424,000 in Crypto Account Hack Travis Bland
Justin Bieber's Streams Surge After Coachella Performance
The pop star enjoyed a boost of 54% in streams on April 12, the day after his performance.
Justin Bieber Had His Biggest Streaming Day of the Year After His Coachella Set
The pop star enjoyed a boost of 54% in streams on April 12, the day after his performance.
Danish grassroots collective Spoiler Room forced to rebrand after Boiler Room trademark claim
A Copenhagen collective that allows artists to share works in progress has called itself Spoiler Room ever since it launched in 2022, but is now changing its name after receiving a cease and desist letter from the lawyers at dance music streamer Boiler Room, which was bought by Superstruct last year
UK collection org PPL’s revenue grew 4.75% YoY to $415m in FY 2025; paid out $102m to performers & rightsholders in Q1 2026
In 2025, PPL paid royalties to more than 182,000 performers and recording rightsholders, including 16,000 who received payments for the first time. Source
Roblox to roll out ‘age-based accounts’ and new subscription
Roblox is excluded from Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s, but it’s very much part of the wider global conversation about children’s digital lives, potential harms and regulation. Its latest announcement is an effort to get out in front of those debates. In June, Roblox will be rolling o
WMG doubles down on Música Mexicana with TuStreams deal
TuStreams is one of the players in the burgeoning Música Mexicana space: a distributor that has worked with independent artists including Grupo Firme, Panter Bélico, Xavi and Neton Vega in its time. Now it’s working with Warner Music Group too. The two companies have inked a deal that includes WMG t
UMG’s Michael Nash sees ‘no audience’ for explosion in AI music
Universal Music Group’s digital chief Michael Nash sat down with Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava at last week’s HumanX AI conference, offering the latest insight into how both companies see the AI-music space. Nash went in hard on “the false narrative of artist replacement” by AI, suggesting that it was
CASSIMM returns to Toolroom with Anything and Everything
Italian maestro CASSIMM lands back on Toolroom with ‘Anything And Everything’. In recent years, he’s established himself as one of House music’s most consistent and reliable producers with regular high-rankings on Beatport with records such as ‘Valerie’, ‘Over You’ and ‘Hear Me Out’ to name only a f
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.