Music Business Headlines

Here's your regular go-to for the latest music business articles related to trends, news, market development, equity and inclusion, and important changes in today's evolving music industry.

CTV News ‘Music connects people’: New documentary explores Indigenous music and language

CBC Indigenous music moments

Variety Why Artists Must Own Their Data: Guest Post by WME’s Co-Head of Music Kirk M. Sommer

Digital Music News The Data Dilemma: Why Metadata Demands Collective Accountability

Music Ally Greenly report examines the climate impact of music-streaming

Dallas Weekly Words that echo: The lasting impact of song lyrics on Black communities

Music Business Worldwide Indie artists can now upload videos to Spotify through DistroKid’s video service

Billboard Canada Spotify Reports Francophone Music Is One of the Top Genres On The Platform

Winnipeg Free Press Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC

The Verge The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs

The Guardian NDAs should be banned to curb music industry ‘culture of misogyny’, says new parliament report

Music Business Worldwide Emerging Markets, Superfans, And Price Rises: 7 Takeaways From Goldman Sachs’ New ‘Music In The Air’ Report

Music Industry Blog Streaming is both retail and radio. It shouldn’t be