Apple Quietly Raises Apple Music-Bundled One Family and Premier Pricing As Apple Music subscriptions increasingly come from bundled offerings, Apple quietly raises the prices of its Apple…
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FKA twigs vs. The Twigs: FKA twigs Triumphs in First Stage of Trademark Infringement Proceedings FKA twigs wins the first stage of her trademark infringement legal row…
As UGC Lawsuits Rage, Epidemic Sound Offers a Strikingly Different Licensing Approach Shake a stick in this business, and you’ll quickly find a contentious lawsuit involving social…
Introducing UMG the Patent Licensor: Major Label’s ‘Music IP Holdings’ JV Licenses 24+ AI Patents to Udio and GRAI, Targets ‘Widespread Adoption’ With Online Portal 13 months…
Spotify Supersizes Its Stock Buyback Program — With a Total of Over $2.2 Billion Now Available for Share Repurchases On the heels of Universal Music’s latest stock…
Beyond the Badge — Why NAMM Membership Works For You Year-Round At the 2026 NAMM Show, the 60,000+ attendees this year represented more than $9.8 billion in…
Your New Collaborator: Train Your Own AI With Your Own Music For the last few years, musicians have been asking the wrong question about artificial intelligence. The…
Netflix Hit With Trademark Lawsuit Over ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ by Christian Metal Band Demon Hunter Christian metal band Demon Hunter has filed a trademark lawsuit in federal…
30 Million Lawsuit Ignites Over C+C Music Factory Trademarks — Freedom Williams Accused of Performing Under the Group’s Name ‘Without Authorization Since the Late 1990s’ Nearly 40…
Universal Music Repurchased Over $160 Million Worth of Its Own Stock Last Week — But Shares Are Still Hovering Around a Record-Low Price With its stock price…
After Most of Europe Says No, Kanye West Heads to Russia Kanye will perform two shows in Russia in October, becoming the biggest act to play the…
Oasis Reunion Documentary Snippets Emerge—With Ample Amounts of Juicy Drama A documentary on Oasis’ 2025 reunion is set for a cinematic release on September 11 from Hulu…
ABC/Disney Sues Trump’s FCC as a Broadcast Licensing Battle Turns Into a War ABC/Disney is suing the Trump-led FCC over challenges to its broadcast licenses, alleging violations…
Paramount Pictures and Romans Officially Settle Their ‘Smurfs’ Songs Lawsuit — Studio Allegedly ‘Decided to Punish’ the Songwriter Because It ‘Was Mad at Rihanna’ Seven months later,…
More Than One-Third of Apple Music Subscribers Are Now Part of Bundled Plans, Latest Data Reveals Last month, DMN Pro exclusively revealed that Apple Music had quietly…
Warner Music Group Expands Global Tech Presence with New Bengaluru Hub Warner Music Group announces a significant expansion of its global tech division with the upcoming opening…
Round Hill Music Fires Off Copyright Suits Against Suno and Anthropic, Says Each Case’s Damages Could ‘Conceivably Exceed $1 Billion’ When two AI copyright lawsuits end, two…
YouTube is Shaking Things Up (Again) With Changes to Long-Form Video View Counts YouTube is changing the way it counts public views on long-form videos, with a…
Our Culture Is Filled With MusicWith No Place for Musicians… QUESTION: Can a culture be filled with musicwhile musicians become economically disposable? The answer seems to be…
Developing: Grammys CEO Hints at Nixing ‘Asian Pop Musi cPerformance’ Category As Fallout Continues Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. issues a statement implying the Grammys may…
Boy George Sparks More Controversy with Appearance at Vancouver Summer Fair Requests for ticket refunds at Vancouver’s summer fair have increased since Boy George, a slated performer…
Spotify Scores Kobalt Remix and Cover Tool Licensing Deal: ‘We Look Forward to Welcoming More Partners as We Continue to Build’ Another day, another high-profile AI licensing…
Amazon Exec Openly Admits That Voluntary AI Opt-Ins Don’t Work: ‘Nobody Would Opt In’ Amazon says it will train AI on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless…
TikTok’s ‘Music on Stage’ Emerging Artist Discovery is Back in 2026 TikTok announces the return of Music on Stage, its global music program dedicated to discovering emerging…