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RSS Oct 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Event-marketing firm Hive raises $27m Series B funding round
Hive has helped its 1,600-plus venue, promoter and festival clients to sell more than $1bn of tickets using its event-marketing platform. Now it’s raised some money of its own to continue growing. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Meta says Threads now has more monthly active users than X
There has been speculation for months that Meta’s Threads social network was about to overtake its arch-rival X (formerly Twitter) for monthly users. Now – at least according to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg – it has happened. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 22, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Startups roundup: Moises x SoundCloud, Corite shutdown, FestIndex
AI-music startup Moises has inked its latest partnership, with SoundCloud. It’s a promotional deal that includes a technical integration, with artists on SoundCloud able to export their tracks into Moises for mixing, mastering and stem separation. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 19, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Youth Music’s latest fund targets racial inequity in the arts
British charity Youth Music has a new fund, and it has a clear aim: tackling racial inequity in the arts. The £2.4m fund will offer grants of up to £120k to organisations working on that challenge. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 19, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Digital agency Round raises £4m funding round for expansion
We’re used to writing about multi-million pound funding rounds for tech startups. Music marketing agencies… less so. Congratulations are thus due to Round Group, which works across music and entertainment, for a £4m round announced last week. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 19, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Traditional Arabesk music is proving popular with young Turks
In Türkiye, Arabesk music has been popular since the 1960s: a genre that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve with themes of yearning, grief and unrequited love. Which, as it turns out, is striking a chord anew with young Turkish listeners in 2026. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 19, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Musixmatch acquires Songdex and Blokur owner Music Reports
Lyrics firm Musixmatch was founded 16 years ago, but has never bought another company… until now. It has announced the acquisition of Music Reports, the US firm that owns the Songdex copyright registry as well as rights and licensing firm Blokur. The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Oct 19, 2026 11:30am · Musically
New studies explore AI expectations, jobs impact and gender gap
Beyond the AI-music debates that have been gripping our industry, there’s a lot to think about in terms of the other ways AI will affect our jobs and wider society. Several studies published in recent days offer new perspectives on that. The post is from Music Ally.