How is Indian audio-streaming service Gaana faring three-and-a-half years after it became a subscription-only platform? Better than ever before based on the stats shared during its parent company Entertainment Network […]
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Mumbai’s Jio World Garden to run indoor venue during monsoon months
Among the constraints faced by India’s live music industry is that the concert calendar for outdoor events is restricted to seven months of the year. May is too hot and […]
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OutStation to embark on 11-city promotional “road trip” across India
Indian boy band OutStation is marking its first anniversary with a 11-city “road trip” across the country from 14 to 28 June. The five-piece that was put together by Visva […]
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Saregama MD Vikram Mehra discusses ‘Dhurandhar’, AI, and more on earnings call
Indian legacy Saregama—which managing director Vikram Mehra said was “the second largest” record company “in the country after T-Series” with “a 25% to 30% market share on a pan-India basis […]
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Spotify says it’s India’s “market leader in audio-streaming”, at Investor Day event
More than seven years after Spotify began operating in India, the country got some significant talk time during one of its presentations. At its Investor Day event in New York […]
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Abbey Road Institute Mumbai and Bay Owl Studios launch scholarship for women
Varun Parikh, the director of the India outpost of the UK’s Abbey Road Institute that operates out of Mumbai’s Bay Owl Studios, observed a startling statistic when going through the […]
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The Hello Group India onboards Abhijit Vaghani to its management roster
Abhijit Vaghani is an artist whose name is not that well-known outside of Indian music industry circles but the music composer and producer has a vast discography that spans over […]
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‘Coke Studio Pakistan’ team spotlight rising local talent on new series ‘Humnava’
Fans of Coke Studio Pakistan awaiting the sixteenth season of the music video series have got a new offering from the team behind the most recent iterations of the show. […]
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Warner Chappell Music signs publishing deal with Indian composer Anurag Saikia
In August 2025, after Australian multi-service music company Unified Music Group and Indian booking and talent coordination agency 7Entertainment formed the joint venture Uni7ied “to bring India’s music to the […]
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Spotify scraps Premium Lite tier for India, scales back Standard plan prices
Spotify has removed the Premium Lite tier from its subscriptions offerings in India. Premium Lite, which was priced at Rs139 (approx. $1.45) per month and got subscribers ad-free listening with […]
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Hybe India partners with Snapchat for girl group hunt’s online auditions
When Hybe revealed the names of the brands it had got on board for its auditions to put together a girl group from within the country, it indicated that rather […]
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Universal Music India renews distro deal with music services company first.wav
Universal Music India, which first signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with Indian music services company first.wav in 2023, has renewed its agreement with the Mumbai-based entity. The major will […]
