son Isbell, Activist Artist David Lowery, and Others Fire Off Suno Class Action Alleging Likeness and Identity Rights Violations We’ve been hearing plenty about Suno’s allegedly infringing…
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Lizzo Scores Another Big Win In Long-Running Harassment Lawsuit—But Can Her Career Recover? A federal judge dismissed the remaining claims against Lizzo and her production company in…
U.S. Recorded Music Revenue Approached $6 Billion in H1 2026 Amid Double-Digit Vinyl and CD Gains, RIAA Report Shows Thanks to solid paid streaming growth – and…
Alanis Morissette Sues Former Tour Manager for Extortion and Fraud After Ugly Blackmailing Campaign Alanis Morissette is suing her former tour manager with extortion and fraud allegations…
More Data Points to a CD Revival — But Is It a Real Comeback or a Sugar High? New RIAA figures released this morning are reigniting a…
Multiple YouTube, Amazon Music, and Spotify Profiles of Jazz Legends Were Hijacked to Churn Out AI Slop Spam farms have hijacked the YouTube and Spotify profiles of…
Udio Fires Back Against Supersized Sony Music Suit, Emphasizing Its Fair Use Defense and Acknowledging ‘That It Acquired Some of Its Training Data by Utilizing YT-DLP’ Udio…
Meet the Musicians Leading the Anti-AI ‘Callout Culture’ A group of musicians is taking a stand against generative AI technology, and they’re on the hunt for AI…
BMG Reports $515 Million in H1 2026 Revenue, Says It’s Spent Nearly $1.9 Billion on Song Rights Since 2021 Ahead of the anticipated close of its Concord…
Musicians and Actors Unite in UK Campaign Against Voice Cloning for AI A group of actors and musicians have written to the UK government, demanding better protection…
How Bad Was Brexit for the UK Touring Industry? Recent Study Breaks Down Heavy Losses A new study estimates that post-Brexit touring restrictions cost the UK over…
US Copyright Fees Are Rising; Labels Now Have A Window Before Higher Fees Hit Music organizations spent much of 2026 challenging the U.S. Copyright Office’s (USCO) proposed…
Legal Warfare Continues to Rage Between Anthropic, Suno, Round Hill, Sony Music, UMG, and Concord/BMG, et al. — With Enough Billable Hours to Purchase a Small Country…
Amazon Music Announces New “Songline” Episode Featuring Gracie Abrams Amazon Music has announced a new episode of its docu-performance series “Songline” featuring Gracie Abrams, recorded at Church…
Selena Gomez Claps Back Against ‘Absurd’ Fraud Lawsuit Over Wondermind Mental Health Startup, Moves to Dismiss Selena Gomez has asked a judge to dismiss the “absurd” fraud…
Stability AI Announces $76 Million Series B, Adds the Major Labels as Investors: ‘We Are Creative People Making Tools for Creatives’ Stability AI has scored a $76…
Russia Says ‘Nyet’ to Kanye Performances, Claims No Agreements Were Ever Signed Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, will not be performing in Russia, as…
Kroger Faces a Massive Social Media Infringement Lawsuit from Sony Music — Retail Giant Allegedly ‘Chose Not to Obtain the Required Licenses for Hundreds of Commercial’ Adverts…
After Facebook: Building a Music Career After Social Media In June, I dumped my Facebook account. I did not deactivate it for a while or dramatically announce…
BBC Introducing Unveils Month-Long Live Events Across the UK After Removal from Reading & Leeds After the BBC Introducing Stage was removed from Reading & Leeds, the…
AI-Generated Music to Be Banned From ARIA Charts In Australia Fully or mostly AI-generated songs will be excluded from Australia’s official music charts starting this Friday, according…
YouTube Premium Saw Price Hikes in the US Earlier This Year—Now, Prices Worldwide Are Increasing YouTube Premium is increasing prices worldwide after US price hikes earlier this…
Air Taxis Are Coming to LA Live — AEG and Archer Ink Exclusive Partnership Deal for Downtown Los Angeles’ ‘First Vertiport’ Why drive when you can fly?…
AFM Voluntarily Drops Its Case Against ‘Warner Music Group Corp.’ — But the Major Is Still Facing High-Stakes Breach of Contract Claims Three months later, the American…