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  • Music Biz 2026: Inside the Future of Music Rights, Sync Licensing, and AI Innovation
  • MostlyMusic Selects BuyDRM to Secure Premium Music Experiences
  • How Hybrid Formats Are Reshaping the Album Experience

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 day ago

Music Biz 2026: Inside the Future of Music Rights, Sync Licensing, and AI Innovation

 Digital Music News and Open On Sunday returned to Atlanta for Music Biz 2026 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. Industry leaders, executives, artists, and tech innovators...

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prweb.com /1 month ago

MostlyMusic Selects BuyDRM to Secure Premium Music Experiences

MostlyMusic Selects BuyDRM to Secure Premium Music Experiences

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digitalmusicnews.com /3 weeks ago

How Hybrid Formats Are Reshaping the Album Experience

For decades, streaming and social media platforms have made music access easier and more immediate. At the same time, the shift toward frictionless, algorithm-driven discovery has...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

How Music Reports Solved the Complex World of Claims-Based Royalties for DSPs & Global Rights Owners

As digital streaming platforms (DSPs) continue to expand worldwide, rendering national borders irrelevant, the burden of managing publishing licenses has grown exponentially. One n...

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digitalmusicnews.com /4 weeks ago

Sony Music v. Udio Legal Battle Heats Up — AI Music Generator Acknowledges Obtaining ‘Audio Data from YouTube,’ Using St...

Still fending off a high-stakes lawsuit from Sony Music, Udio is doubling down on its longstanding fair use arguments and defending its training-related ingestion of “audio data fr...

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cnet.com /2 weeks ago

Best MP3 Players for 2026

The best MP3 players (aka digital audio players or DAPs) sound great and let you listen to music offline without paying for a subscription.

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digitalmusicnews.com /2 weeks ago

Straight to Global? WMG, GMM Music Ditch ‘Traditional Music Export Models’ with GLIIDE

Thailand’s GMM Music and Warner Music Group further their partnership with GLIIDE, a new artist development platform designed to break from traditional music export models. Today,...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

AI, Under Control? Spotify and Universal Music Group Announce Landmark DSP Licensing Agreements for Fan-Made, AI-Crafted...

Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced a licensing agreement for a ‘responsible AI’ tool to launch as a paid add-on for Spotify subscribers. It’s another step forward for...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Amazon Music Drops Third Eye Blind Exclusive Ahead of Stagecoach 2026 Livestream

Ahead of its Stagecoach 2026 livestream, Amazon Music unveils new exclusives with Third Eye Blind and Michael Marcagi for some reimagined hits. Today, Amazon Music has announced tw...

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routenote.com /4 weeks ago

The biggest music industry news | April 2026

YouTube raises prices in the US, Amazon Music makes concert discovery easier, and Spotify turns 20. YouTube introduces 24/7 streaming ‘Stations’ Stepping even closer towards tradit...

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gov.uk /1 month ago

Research: Music streaming metadata report and project update

A report summarising evidence and insights on music streaming metadata.

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webwire.com /1 month ago

UkeySoft Releases the All-in-One Music Converter: One-Stop Tool to Convert Streaming Music to MP3 Easily

In response to user's demand for a flexible music streaming experience across a variety of devices and plays, UkeySoft launched a new all-in-one music converter in March 2026,...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

ElevenLabs launches ElevenMusic iOS app, taking on Suno and Udio on mobile

The app went live on the App Store on Wednesday (April 1), following several weeks during which it had been listed ahead of its formal release Source

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hollywoodreporter.com /1 week ago

Universal Music Group, TikTok Strike New Licensing Deal For the AI Era

The latest deal, which includes efforts to remove unauthorized AI-generated music, follows the two companies in 2024 being in a dispute over royalties paid out by the video social...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

Tencent Music Acquires Audio Platform Ximalaya in $2.7B Cash-and-Stock Deal

Tencent Music Entertainment completes its acquisition of Chinese audio platform Ximalaya in a $2.7 billion cash-and-stock deal. Tencent Music Entertainment has announced the comple...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

India added nearly 4m paid music streaming subscriptions in 2025, taking its total to 14.4m, according to new report

However, the report found that of the 178 million people who streamed music in 2025, only about 8% were paying for it. Source

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Universal Music Group launches Everything Jazz, a new global digital platform for jazz music and culture

New digital hub combines e-commerce and editorial content focused on jazz repertoire and culture. Source

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ubergizmo.com /1 month ago

AI Music Floods Deezer: Artificial Tracks Now Claim 44% Of Daily Uploads

The streaming platform Deezer has released data indicating that music generated by artificial intelligence now accounts for approximately 44% of all daily uploads. This figure repr...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 week ago

Warner Music COO, Armin Zerza: Music is under-monetized, under-digitized, and ripe for ‘years of productivity’

Zerza appeared at the JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on Wednesday (May 20) Source

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writeoutloud.net /2 weeks ago

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digitalmusicnews.com /2 weeks ago

The Music Industry Has a Growing Data Overload Problem. Octave Media’s Matt Jacoby Says There’s Hope.

The music industry of 2026 is exploding everywhere all-at-once, with catalog investments, creative outputs, and AI-generated mayhem part of a pedal-to-the-metal growth expansion. O...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 week ago

Saregama MD calls for DSPs to assign ‘no value’ to AI-generated music

Vikram Mehra acknowledged that AI-generated music is present across streaming services – but argued it is failing to find an audience. Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /3 weeks ago

YouTube Has Allowed Creators to Quickly Swap Out Copyrighted Music for Years. Now, The Process Is Getting Turned On Its...

YouTube is now letting creators generate AI-produced tracks to replace copyrighted audio in their videos as a new means to resolve Content ID claims. For years, YouTube creators ha...

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apps.apple.com /1 week ago

Spotify: Music and Podcasts - Spotify

With the Spotify app, you can explore an extensive library of music and podcasts for free. Curate the best playlists and stream millions of free songs, albums, and original podcast...

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