BBC Director Of Music Lorna Clarke has said the broadcaster wants to be transparent when artists it champions have used AI as ...

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The deal agreed between the US Department Of Justice and Live Nation earlier this year, settling the DoJ’s antitrust lawsuit against the live music company, has been heavily criticised. But in new ...

Spotify has removed 500,000 streams from Malcolm Todd’s ‘Earrings’, which suddenly topped the platform’s US chart this week. It’s thought the track may have been artificially boosted by traders on the ...

The copyright status of the ‘dembow riddim’ that originates in a Steely & Clevie track and has been used in so many reggaeton records will be decided by a jury. Experts disagree over whether the beat ...

Pan-European indie label trade group IMPALA has published a new plan to transform the digital music market, with five headline objectives. Among other things it criticises the controversial payment th ...

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Last year nine Indigenous leaders in Canada said Kneecap had “outwardly supported antisemitism” and therefore their shows in Toronto and Vancouver should be cancelled. The band are now suing one of ...

When reporting last month on opposition to Bob Vylan’s Manchester show, the Manchester Evening News accused the duo of “performing Nazi salutes” on stage. But those gestures were, in fact, a pre-gig ...

Sony has won its legal battle with the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, both members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The estates said Sony was infringing the late musicians’ rights by ...

As 2025 ended and 2026 began we had the customary flurry of stats from various music industry sources, providing some insights on revenues and trends across the music business. Here are five of the ...