UK independent-labels body AIM is preparing for its annual awards in September, with a raft of nominees announced this week for the respected event.

Reservoir Media is the latest music company eyeing growth in Latin music through partnerships and acquisitions. In this case the latter: it is buying independent label Nacional Records, including the ...

GoDigital Music-owned Cinq Music wants to help more African artists break worldwide – and it’s working with Afrobeats artist and label boss D’Banj to do it.

Social-media platform Triller has faced various lawsuits from music rightsholders over royalty payments in recent years. Merlin is another of the litigants, and now it has won a default judgement in ...

The list of regulators’ child-safety investigations into TikTok has lengthened again. This time it’s the UK’s communications and media watchdog Ofcom holding the app to account.

Clearly relishing her freedom as an independent artist, Lorde has been speaking out about technology issues lately: witness her well-timed takedown of Meta’s AI glasses at a recent festival – which ...

Last month we wrote about fan-data firm Laylo’s new AI Ticket Sales Agent, which automated the process of reconnecting with fans who’d RSVP’d or clicked on a link.

Avery Cochrane is an emerging pop artist from Seattle (based in L.A), who has been releasing music since 2021. She’s been signed to Sonderview/S-Curve Records for about a year, with […] ...

Keywords have always been the way for users to find content on YouTube – but that’s about to change. According to Digital Trends, YouTube has started rolling out a new […] ...

Norwegian World Cup star Erling Haaland is dominating Norway’s Spotify charts: thanks to a decade-old teenage rap track. Following Norway’s historic World Cup 2026 quarter-final run, the Manchester ...

The major platforms have been coming under fire for the implementation of new AI features – with user backlash forcing Meta to remove an Instagram update that allows users to […] ...