On this week’s episode of the Your Morning Coffee podcast, your hosts Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart chat about these timely music industry stories: Over 50% of a Major Streaming Service's Tracks Come ...

A concert is in two weeks. Suddenly, the conductor arrives with last-minute changes. A section has been shortened, dynamics have been adjusted, and several entries need to be corrected before the ...

The new 600-cap London venue allows artists to stage an intimate concert as well as a Spatial Audio recording, broadcast mix, ...

Top music distributors unite to fight fraud, but key players have yet to sign on. How the IFPI’s initiative battles fakes and protects royalties.

[UPDATED] Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed a federal lawsuit against DIY distribution leader DistroKid accusing the platform of deceptive trade practices, copyright infringement, and enabling ...

Concert tickets are basically the new airline miles. At least that's what we took away when we read Live Nation’s new Return to Real report, which argues that access to live music is becoming an ...

Artificial Intelligence has pushed music-industry conversations toward consent, disclosure, and labeling. Those issues matter, but for independent artists they are only the beginning. When a dispute ...

Talent has never been the bottleneck. I have spent more than twenty years around artists who could stop a room the moment they opened their mouths, and the ones who went on to build lasting careers ...

Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival made several statements that were impossible to miss. The single-day event brought 45,000 people to Great Park in Irvine, CA, last week. Its ...

In an industry where so many artists are screaming for attention across multiple platforms, music discovery is certainly a hot topic of discussion. One of the most crucial tools for music discovery is ...

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) is raising its service fees in mid-November 2026 despite the objections of songwriters and industry trade groups. Following a ...

AI music detection has moved from a theoretical concept to a necessity for everyone from Spotify to everyday artists and fans. As generative audio tools become standard features in digital audio ...