This may sound like a story we’ve written before, not that long ago. But you’re probably thinking about UK watchdog Ofcom launching an investigation into TikTok over child safety. That happened ...

We regret to inform you that the White House is at it again. ‘It’ being using popular songs by non-MAGA artists in social-media posts promoting its military activities.

Ah, the famous ‘pivot to video’ years, when all manner of news organisations and digital publishers rushed to refocus on video because Facebook’s algorithm was prioritising it.

Music-streaming service Qobuz recently announced that it had 1.2 million monthly active users, with its revenues having grown by 45.7% in 2025. Now it has rolled out a redesign and some new features.

To some people, Suno is an AI-music generator that could democratise the art of music-making so that billions of people can do it ...

Here’s another startup for the list of AI tools designed for music-industry workflows, rather than to generate music. SynaptIQ is a UK-based startup whose focus is on ‘media rights intelligence’.

YouTube and Google’s parent company Alphabet has published its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, including the latest figures for YouTube’s advertising business.

Lyrcs•ai, an Indian AI-powered “lyrics infrastructure platform” that converts audio into synced, multi-script lyrics and lyric videos, has launched. The Mumbai-based platform has been built to meet ...

AEG-owned London arena The O2 has announced that Hindi film playback and pop singer Shreya Ghoshal will perform a concert at the venue as part of its twentieth birthday series […] ...

Day four for the UK’s new prime minister Andy Burnham has brought some good news for the grassroots music circuit: a 20% cut in business rates for venues, clubs and pubs. Nearly 32,000 businesses are ...

Last month, independent-music streaming service Nina Protocol announced that it was shutting down. Now SoundCloud is buying it.