Music News Stream

All sources Bluesky RSS

All topics Entertainment Business Tech

Snippet: 200Snippet: 260Snippet: 320Snippet: 380Snippet: 460

Apply Reset

RSS Oct 7, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

HumanCulture bags first clients for its predictive intelligence tech

Earlier this year we reported on a startup founded by former Defected Records and AWAL execs developing tech to predict how well content would perform on social media before it was posted. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

David Bowie’s 80th birthday gets a year-long Bowie80 celebration

David Bowie died shortly after his 69th birthday, in 2016. The tenth anniversary of that was marked by tributes earlier this year, but now attention is turning to 8 January 2027, which would have been his 80th birthday. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Spotify expands Music Quiz and preps São Paulo ‘Superfans Experience’

Back in 2022, Spotify seemed to be making a move into gaming with the acquisition of Wordle-inspired music quiz Heardle – only to shut it down less than a year later. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

DiMA hopes for ‘timely resolution’ of Phonorecords V proceeding

Fans of the US music-publishing industry and streaming services exploding into bitter recriminations have had this week red-pen-circled in their calendars for some time. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Italy’s competition watchdog probes Suno over ‘unfair terms’

Suno’s legal headaches expanded beyond the US some time ago, with lawsuits filed by collecting societies in Europe and Scandinavia. Now Italy is getting in on the act – although this isn’t about copyright infringement. Well, not directly. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 11:49am · Music Business WorldWide

Tencent Music integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service. Now parent company Tencent is among the biggest backers of the AI company’s $12B+ funding round (report)

DeepSeek has been built into TME's AI songwriting tool, AI assistant, comment sections, and more Source

RSS Oct 7, 2026 11:30am · Musically

Music-streaming fraudster Michael Smith gets 18-month jail sentence

American producer Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his infamous AI-powered streaming scam that netted him more than $8m in royalties. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 11:08am · Music Business WorldWide

Majors and BMG tell US Supreme Court not to let appeals court decision ‘radically disrupt copyright worldwide’ in songwriter termination rights case

January 12 ruling held that termination under US law returns an author's rights across the world, and not only in the US Source

RSS Oct 7, 2026 10:57am · Musically

Kakao Entertainment plots K-Pop growth with Atlantic Music Group

K-Pop isn’t exactly struggling to reach global listeners at the moment, through streaming and stadium tours alike. But now South Korean firm Kakao Entertainment has inked a deal with WMG’s Atlantic Music Group to continue the momentum. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 7, 2026 9:59am · Music Business WorldWide

ARIA boss tells Australian lawmakers OpenAI and Anthropic are ‘asking Government for a free ride’ on copyright

Annabelle Herd warned that changing Australian copyright law to accommodate the two AI companies could make the country "the Trojan horse for Big AI." Source

RSS Oct 7, 2026 8:10am · Music Business WorldWide

TikTok brings its global ad network to the US and unveils agentic AI tools

The ad network, called TikTok Ad Network (TTAN), lets advertisers extend their TikTok campaigns to third-party apps. Source

RSS Oct 7, 2026 8:00am · Music Business WorldWide

AEG and O2 strike UK’s ‘largest-ever naming rights renewal’ in reported £200M deal

Under the deal, O2 and Virgin Media broadband customers will get 50% more tickets to shows at The O2 through Priority Tickets. Source

RSS Oct 7, 2026 7:29am · Music Business WorldWide

Michael Smith, man behind $8M AI song and bot streaming fraud, sentenced to 18 months in prison

US District Judge John G. Koeltl also ordered Michael Smith to forfeit USD $8,091,843.64, the loss figure agreed by both sides. Source

RSS Oct 6, 2026 6:13pm · Music Business WorldWide

Google picks Base for Music for its Gemini Startup Forum – as $1.7M-backed French company says it uses AI to predict music marketing ROI

More than 100 startups taking part, from 17 countries, were selected from over 2,000 applications, according to Google Source

RSS Oct 6, 2026 4:52pm · Music Business WorldWide

GoDigital Music expands in Asia with Pony Canyon partnership and appointment of Sebastian Mair as President, APAC

Mair's background includes roles at Creativeman Productions, Fujipacific Music, Live Nation Japan, AEG Presents, and Ubisoft. Source

RSS Oct 6, 2026 4:45pm · Musically

Yung Sammy, Arma, Sixth Ocean join The Hello Group India’s management roster

Rapper Yung Sammy, singer-songwriter Arma and electronic music producer Sixth Ocean are the newest set of acts to sign exclusive global management deals with The Hello Group (THG) India, the […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 4:30pm · Musically

Arijit Singh to stage his “biggest-ever India tour” in 2027

In January, when Arijit Singh announced that he would no longer be accepting playback singing assignments — a declaration that was incorrectly interpreted as his retirement — we speculated that […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

TikTok launches an external ad network across nearly 400k apps

TikTok has been making a splash with some announcements at Advertising Week New York 2026, and while they’re not directly music-related, they’re worth taking in if you’re doing marketing on the platform. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Fender revamps its website with AI tool and more artist content

Fender has been more than just a maker of instruments for some time now. In the last decade we’ve written about its moves in music education, its Fender Studio music-making app and its Fender Next artist-development program for example. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

UMG says south-east Asia is ‘one of the key epicentres for global virality’

Universal Music Group has been making south-east Asia a strategic priority for some time now. The company’s AMEA CEO Adam Granite has been talking about trends in the region at the Music Matters 2026 conference in Singapore. The post is from Music Ally.