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How can technology help more people build a sustainable business in music? That question will bring artists, entrepreneurs, investors, and music industry executives together next week as Music ...

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Picture a release where nothing goes wrong. The distributor delivers on time. The publicist lands the coverage. The ad campaign hits its targets. The editorial pitch lands a placement. The streaming ...

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Spotify has issued a one-year progress update detailing its campaign against AI music, revealing that it has pulled over 50 million "slop and spam" tracks out of its recommendation algorithms so far ...

On this second episode of Roots In The Bronx, a new interview series from the Renaissance Youth Center celebrating the people, culture, music, and stories that make The Bronx special, Bervin Harris ...

Essential news & insights for artists and live music pros.

If you run Meta ads for your own releases, you have probably wondered what the big acts put money behind. Their posts are everywhere. Many of their ads never show on their profile, and nobody ...

Quick Summary: Surging US visa petition fees, mandatory surcharges, and chronic consular backlog have pushed the upfront cost of touring the US for foreign bands to between $10,000 and $15,000 before ...

Spotify’s Get Ready for Spotify 2026 Wrapped landing page is officially live on Spotify for Artists, signaling the rapid approach of the music industry's most viral marketing moment. Last year alone, ...

Spotify For Artists has sent the first in what will certainly be a series of notices telling artists and their teams it's time to get ready for Wrapped 2026. The deadline for artists to prepare for ...