As the deal to sell TikTok’s US operations enters its final weeks, ByteDance appears to be ready to celebrate an *extremely* profitable 2025.

This is not the Christmas present that Spotify would have been hoping for: a huge chunk of its metadata being released on filesharing.

Within hours of Music Ally publishing an analysis of Universal Music Group’s AI deals in 2025, it sprang another one on us – with Splice.

TikTok’s US operations will not end this year under new, American ownership. But a sale appears to be signed and sealed for the new year.

Musicians and music industry workers with the Musicians For Palestine campaign have published an open letter to Live Nation ...

Earlier this month, Sabrina Carpenter and SZA became the latest artists to protest about music being used in White House ...

Every year, music-industry economist Will Page publishes his ‘Global Value of Music Copyright’ report. The one for 2024 is ...

Here's part four of our look-back at the key talking points around AI and music in 2025, with a view to what might happen next in 2026.

A&R, artist and label-services firm Beatchain is among the growing number of music companies expanding in Africa.

“Even more apps will be available in a new directory, including Adobe, Airtable, Apple Music, Clay, Lovable, OpenTable, ...

US on-demand audio streams were up 5.3% year-on-year, compared to the 4.6% growth seen in the first half of 2025.

It’s just over two years since Spotify introduced changes to its payouts, including only paying recorded-music royalties for ...