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As Music Industry Battles AI Firms Over Training, Trump Admin Says It's Fair Use
The Trump administration is siding with AI companies in the nationwide legal battle over AI training, arguing in a first-ever court filing that labs like OpenAI are shielded from lawsuits when they ingest millions of copyrighted works to build…
We ask five musicians: Can anyone 'make it' in today's music industry?
The 20th-century days of vinyl records, tape decks, CDs, Tower Records, and MTV have given way to our 21st-century age of MP3s and music streaming, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok, and Ticketmaster. While certain people and certain companies in…
Universal Music: Ownership Of Music Is Currently Underestimated (OTCMKTS:UMGNF)
Universal Music Group N.V. is rated a BUY at $16.96, offering compelling long-term value with dominant market share and resilient recurring revenues. Universal Music's scale, catalog depth, and strong bargaining power with streaming platforms…
Where are all the music teachers? Industry warned of soft skills crisis
Music educator Ricky Kradolfer recalls ending a primary school lesson and strumming his guitar while the next class of students filed into the room. A young boy from the new group looked like he wanted to sing along, so Kradolfer gave him the…
Kaskade, Electronic Music Icon, Signs With Pacific Music Group in Asia Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
Kaskade has signed with Pacific Music Group (PMG) in a strategic partnership focused on expanding the electronic artist's presence across Asia, the Pan-Asian entertainment company has revealed. Kaskade, born Ryan Raddon, is an eight-time Grammy…
CAN DO Community Foundation hosts gathering at Ferrwood Music Camp
Shown from left are Joseph Haddock, Highmark market president; Earl Berger, vice president of the CAN DO Community Foundation; Gary Lamont, president of the CAN DO Community Foundation; Lindsay Landis, community impact director of The Luzerne…
Common, Patti LaBelle, Public Enemy and More to Be Honored at Black Music Action Coalition Gala
Common, Patti LaBelle and Public Enemy are the artists who will be honored at the 2026 Black Music Action Coalition Gala, presented by Live Nation, taking place on September 24, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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Spotify reports 29% growth in India's music royalties in 2025
Royalties generated by Indian artists on Spotify grew 29% year-on-year in 2025, according to the streaming platform's latest Loud & Clear report. The growth was recorded across major Indian languages, with Telugu royalties rising by over 120%…
Tencent Music mulls raising up to US$1b in first offshore bond sale: Bloomberg
Tencent Music Entertainment (1698) is considering raising up to US$1 billion (HK$7.8 billion) through a dollar bond offering, its first offshore bond sale in six years, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. SCROLL TO CONTINUE…
Music reviews: The Cramps, Weezer, and Jon Batiste
For 33 gloriously scuzzy years, the Cramps served up “a proprietary cocktail of Sun-baked rockabilly, surf rock, early R&B, and punk attitude,” said Kory Grow in Rolling Stone. Gravest Gravy, an album consisting of a dozen previously…
SAMRO opens applications for Music Creation Support Fund
Lesego Maforah, CSI Manager at SAMRO. The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is injecting R3 million into the South African music ecosystem, opening applications for the latest cycle of its flagship Music Creation Support Fund…
All the brilliant music festivals still set to happen in London in 2026
After a successful first edition last autumn new festival Jazz on Wick is back for round two this September. Created by the minds behind award-winning small festival Brainchild, Hackney Wick nightclub Colour Factory, nu-jazz collective Orii…
Peppa Pig & Elmo Drop 'Muddy Puddles' Dance Remix Track/Music Video
Posted in: streaming, TV, YouTube | Tagged: peppa pig, sesame street Peppa Pig and Elmo just blew the music scene, teaming for the first time to drop the track and music video for 'Muddy Puddles (Dance Remix).' Peppa Pig and Elmo team up for the…
Wisin Launches 'Universidad del Perreo' & Signs New Management: 'The Music Speaks'
How long does it take to speak fluent reggaetón? Probably about 20 years of hits and formulas, like the ones W, El Sobreviviente — better known as Wisin — has delivered throughout his career. On Thursday, we can officially call…
London is getting a two-day Dolly Parton music festival
News Parton herself was involved in the early planning of DollyFest, which is set to be the ‘party of a lifetime' Written by Amy Houghton Contributing writer The world will always love Dolly Parton. When she died on August 25 aged 80, the…
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