This is news coverage of Music Ally Connect 2026 – our international music business conference that is taking place 22–23 January 2026 in London. At last week’s Music Ally Connect conference, we […]
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Nippon Columbia launches Japan’s first ‘AI entertainment’ label
Music Ally Japan has been covering a very interesting story on the launch of NCG Entertainment, a new label from Nippon Columbia Group. Its new offshoot is described as an entertainment […]
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White House doubles down on ICE-driven Sabrina Carpenter feud
Last week, Sabrina Carpenter slammed a social-media post by The White House soundtracking footage of ICE immigration raids with her song ‘Juno’. The US administration has since removed the video, but it […]
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Spotify sued over ‘payola’ Discovery Mode, calls lawsuit ‘nonsense’
We hope Spotify’s lawyers weren’t hoping to wind down for the end of 2025 just yet. A class-action lawsuit is targeting its Discovery Mode.
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New platform OpenWav aims to connect artists to their income
In another new platform development, OpenWav is attempting to empower artists to take control over their own ticketing, merchandise, content and subscription channels. Of the 12 million artists who put […]
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Can you Digg it?
Cofounded by Reddit co-creator Alexis Ohanian, social platform Digg is set for a full revival launch in the near future. For now still invite-only, the new Digg features a few […]
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YouTube has a new “Hype” feature for small creators
YouTube’s new “Hype” feature allows small creators more opportunities to get discovered. For creators with under 500,000 subscribers, fans can hit a dedicated button under the “like” button which gives […]
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Smash Mouth score a sweet sync with Candy Crush All Stars contest
We’re going to put Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’ on your internal jukebox for the rest of the day, but this time it has nothing to do with Shrek.
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RIAA reveals 5.8% growth in US Latin-music revenues in 2024
Labels body the RIAA has published its year-end 2024 figures for Latin recorded music in the US. It reflects wider industry trends.
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Ed Newton-Rex on music’s AI-training battles: ‘The public totally agrees with creators here’
A new album called ‘Is This What We Want?’ was released today as a protest against the UK government’s proposed copyright reforms, which may allow AI companies to train their […]
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Tunetu uses AI to make custom music for brands and influencers
Six days in to 2025, and the first press release about a new AI-music startup is already on the wires. It’s for Swiss company Tunetu.