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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Björn Ulvaeus warns majors over AI deals: ‘We have to be consulted’
Last week saw the first Stockholm Music Week, a conference intersecting music industry, business, tech and academics.
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Creators’ needs now: how SACEM is adapting to new modes of creation
This is the second episode in a two-part series about the evolution of CMOs – recorded as collective management organisations undergo their most significant transformation in decades. In this episode, Sacem’s […]
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Havells mYOUsic aims to be a talent hunt with a difference
Havells mYOUsic is an Indian talent hunt that distinguishes itself from similar initiatives in multiple ways. Firstly, it isn’t restricted to singers and is also open to music producers, lyricists, […]
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Ankur Tewari has a dozen new songs on DSPs — but he didn’t record any of them
When Indian singer-songwriter Ankur Tewari went to his Apple Music account this past weekend, he was shocked to find that his ‘latest release’ wasn’t his new single ‘Chand Takiye’ but […]
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Kaafi Aalsi, Inshallah Babes have won the 2026 TFA Awards for MusicÂ
There’s a severe lack of grants for Indian independent musicians at the early stage of their careers. Bengaluru-based non-profit trust Toto Funds The Arts (TFA), which was set up in […]
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Heard conducts songwriting camp for artists outside the label/management ecosystem
Best known as a music supervision firm whose credits include a number of Netflix shows (Mismatched, Saare Jahan Se Accha), Mumbai-based Heard is equal parts a publishing company that works […]
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Lyrics and the pressure to go viral: ‘You have to get somebody in two seconds!’
“Lyrics are so important to modern music, because people feel so deeply – and they really struggle to express that.”
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ECSA and Gesac press case to clamp down on ‘coercive buy-outs’
ECSA and Gesac have renewed their calls for a clampdown on ‘coercive buy-outs’ – particularly from big video-streaming services.
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US federal court rules songwriters can regain copyrights globally
A historic ruling by a US federal appeals court could mean that songwriters will have a legal pathway to terminate copyright deals globally.
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Milk & Honey label will give recordings points to songwriters
LA-based Milk & Honey made its name as a management company, but now it has launched a label arm of its business: Milk & Honey Records. Distributed through The Orchard, […]
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Using Aiode’s ethically-trained AI as a virtual songwriting collaborator – and the integration of AI in music creation
In this Focus podcast episode, we speak to Idan Dobrecki, the co-founder of Aiode, an AI music-making platform that emphasises two key features: its ethically-trained system that shares earnings with […]
