In September, UMG sued distributer DistroKid over the latter’s “illegal, deceptive, and unlawful practices” – with two specific and fairly blockbuster accusations at the lawsuit’s heart: that ...

We’re used to reading about novel ways of recruiting people en masse from another company, but a “reverse acqui-hire deal” was a new one to us. You’ll be aware of an acqui-hire deal, where one company ...

Rockstar Games is slowly drip-feeding a ravenous fanbase small nuggets of Grand Theft Auto VI before its launch on 19 November. The company has often led with music in this teasing process, and it has ...

Netflix is allegedly about to cut 850 jobs as early as next week, according to media industry reporting service Puck. If that’s true – Netflix has not commented – that’s about 5% of its global ...

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.

There have been some exciting new launches in the world of music marketing tools and tech this week. Here’s what caught our eye: ...

Spotify has been feeling confident recently about its internally-built tools – for instance its bespoke “large taste model" ...

It's Advertising Week in New York, and both Meta and TikTok have announced new advertising features that move them further into the world of agentic AI.

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.

Releasing two singles on the same day is a bold way to open an album campaign. It doubles the content, but it also raises the ...

You’ll doubtlessly have heard the news, and so – as decreed by the super-est mind of our times – Music Ally will be referring ...

If you own an indie label, publishing company, or back-catalogue, there is a very high chance your IP is leaking revenue right now. Between messy global metadata, unclaimed rights, and […] ...