Signed: Victoria Monet Hires New Manager; Alien Ant Farm Inks With Label for Upcoming Music
The sheer number of artist signings announced on a weekly basis makes it difficult to keep up, no matter how closely you pay attention to the industry news cycle. That’s why every other Tuesday, Billboard compiles the latest signings to labels, distributors, agencies, management companies and more, in an effort to provide a snapshot of […]
83% of Writers Have Unpaid Royalties in MLC’s Database—Muso.AI’s New Audit Tool Reveals the Shocking Scale
Muso.AI’s just-released ‘Catalog Audit’ in action (Photo Credit: Muso.AI) Muso.AI’s new audit service is giving songwriters and publishers the ability to solve a nagging industry problem with MLC royalties. The amount of royalties recaptured could be staggering. Digital Music News recently reported on the alarming scale of data discrepancies within the MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) […]
RIAA Singles Out Discord and Telegram as ‘Primary Mechanisms’ of Pre-Release Piracy In US Government Report
Photo Credit: Mick Haupt The RIAA has shone a light on Telegram and Discord as key facilitators of pre-release piracy in its latest submission to the US government. In the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) yearly review of “Notorious Markets” facilitating copyright infringement, the RIAA submitted its latest assessment to aid in identifying this year’s biggest […]
Jennifer Lopez Was ‘Born to Play’ ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Role, Ben Affleck Says as Exes Reunite on Red Carpet
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck both played a part in the making of the movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, and the exes were both on hand Monday night (Oct. 6) for the film’s New York red-carpet screening, reuniting publicly for the first time since their divorce was final in January. Lopez stars as […]
Suno Fires Back Against Major Labels’ Proposed Amended Complaint: ‘A Gambit to Try to Evade Application of the Fair Use Doctrine’
Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad Suno has fired back against the majors’ amended copyright suit, the central stream-ripping claim in which is allegedly a “futile” attempt to pivot due to the “burgeoning consensus” that training on protected works constitutes fair use. Cambridge-headquartered Suno just recently took aim at the proposed amended complaint, which we broke down […]
Rise Festival 2025 Rises Above Night 1 Weather Issues for an Elevated Desert Weekend With Rüfüs du Sol, Calvin Harris & John Mayer
As Stone Temple Pilots once said, so much depends on the weather. On Friday in the Mojave Desert, roughly 30 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Rise festival learned this the hard way, which is to say the weather did not cooperate. High winds and attendant dust forced Rise organizers to open the gates almost three […]
BLACKPINK’s JISOO Teases Surprise Duet With Zayn Malik: ‘Two Voices, One Orbit’
BLACKPINK’s JISOO has hinted at the release of a surprise duet this month. On Monday (Oct. 6), she unveiled a mysterious teaser image on social media, featuring a shadowed male silhouette standing behind her, with the word “EYESCLOSED” written across the frame — suggesting an upcoming collaboration. “A duet is near,” the caption reads. A […]
Sam Altman Reverses Sora’s Opt-Out Copyright Structure—‘We Have Been Learning Quickly’
Photo Credit: OpenAI Sam Altman’s OpenAI reverses its opt-out copyright structure for its Sora model, giving rights holders more control and requiring opt-in. OpenAI has been quick to reverse its stance on requiring rights holders to opt out of having their copyrighted works used to train the company’s Sora 2 model. The Sam Altman-fronted company […]
Spotify Stock Slips After Goldman Sachs Downgrade + CEO Switch-Up
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov After a one-two combo of Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO and Goldman Sachs downgrading the company’s status, Spotify stock experiences a dip of 6.6%. Shares of Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) dipped after the music streaming company announced CEO Daniel Ek’s plans to step down, effective January 1, to be replaced […]
Outrage Simmers Over Tina Turner Statue in Memphis
Photo Credit: @jameszimmermann (Twitter/X) A 10-foot bronze statue of Tina Turner unveiled last week in Tennessee goes viral on social media, where users are calling it an “insult to a great artist.” A statue of the late singer-songwriter Tina Turner, unveiled late last month in her hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee, is going viral online, but […]