The European Commission has found Apple and Meta in breach of its Digital Markets Act, and has fined them €500m and €200m respectively.

A startup called Sonical has launched a crowdfunding campaign focusing on “AI for your ears”. By which it means smarter headphones.

GAE is the latest collecting society to set record figures for collections and/or distributions. The organisation collected €390m in 2024.

Warner Music Group is suing US retail chain Crumbl for copyright infringement involving at least 159 recordings and compositions.

The UK’s creative industries are unhappy with the government’s mooted plans for an ‘opt out’ copyright exception for AI training.

Ask Music’ is pitched as a “personalised radio station” rather than a playlist. Typing a text prompt of the kind of music you ...

IMS Ibiza has published its annual report on the electronic music industry, written by Midia Research’s Mark Mulligan.

We're getting ready for Music Ally NEXT 2025, this year's edition of our conference on the intersection of technology and the music business.

It claims that YouTube Music had just over 9.5 million monthly active users in South Korea last month, well ahead of rivals Melon (6.4 million), Spotify (3.3 million) and Genie Music (2.6 million).

Online music-instruments marketplace Reverb has been owned by larger e-commerce firm Etsy since 2019, when it was acquired for $275m.

Yesterday was Earth Day 2025, and more than 30 artists celebrated this years event by partnering with Sounds Right.

A survey of more than 8,100 live-music fans in the UK forms the basis for a ‘Music Fans’ Voice’ report published this morning ...