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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 […] ...

It's comforting to remember that music isn’t merely a thing that exists in a series of breathless AI press releases – it’s ...

When Jack White played a show at BleauLive Theater in Las Vegas on October 2, 2026, the show’s poster was also available for sale – as a board game. All 350 copies of Jack White: Las Vegas Frenzy sold ...

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 ...