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RSS Oct 6, 2026 4:45pm · Musically

Yung Sammy, Arma, Sixth Ocean join The Hello Group India’s management roster

Rapper Yung Sammy, singer-songwriter Arma and electronic music producer Sixth Ocean are the newest set of acts to sign exclusive global management deals with The Hello Group (THG) India, the […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 4:30pm · Musically

Arijit Singh to stage his “biggest-ever India tour” in 2027

In January, when Arijit Singh announced that he would no longer be accepting playback singing assignments — a declaration that was incorrectly interpreted as his retirement — we speculated that […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

TikTok launches an external ad network across nearly 400k apps

TikTok has been making a splash with some announcements at Advertising Week New York 2026, and while they’re not directly music-related, they’re worth taking in if you’re doing marketing on the platform. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Fender revamps its website with AI tool and more artist content

Fender has been more than just a maker of instruments for some time now. In the last decade we’ve written about its moves in music education, its Fender Studio music-making app and its Fender Next artist-development program for example. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

UMG says south-east Asia is ‘one of the key epicentres for global virality’

Universal Music Group has been making south-east Asia a strategic priority for some time now. The company’s AMEA CEO Adam Granite has been talking about trends in the region at the Music Matters 2026 conference in Singapore. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 11:30am · Musically

ARIA boss warns Australian politicians on AI lobbying demands

Australia is one of the countries where the music industry is slugging it out with some tech companies to win the ears of politicians, as the latter mull what rules to put in place covering AI technology. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 8:00am · Musically

Peppa Pig teams up with Super Simple Songs for a lullaby mash-up

Whatever you do, don’t snort at Peppa Pig’s music clout. The popular children’s character has more than 1bn lifetime music streams across a catalogue of more than 1,300 original songs. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 6, 2026 7:00am · Musically

Major-label firepower on an indie budget: the rise of the music OS – and closing all your open tabs along the way

Back-office admin – from distribution and DSP analytics to neighbouring rights and D2C sales – remains a massive operational drain for indie labels, publishers, and self-releasing artists. In the latest episode […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:52pm · Music Business WorldWide

From Warner’s EMP sell-off to Universal Music’s Briegmann promotion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:51pm · Music Business WorldWide

Bill Withers’ publisher sues UMG, Sony, and Kobalt, claiming Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’ copies ‘Just the Two of Us’

The plaintiff says its representatives came to what they considered to be the "obvious and inescapable conclusion" that Dean's song copied the Withers track. Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:49pm · Music Business WorldWide

‘I would rather have 1% of a hit record than 100% of a record that wasn’t.’

Tyler Brown, founder of London-based Funfair, on hits, loyalty, and why songwriters should be taking a share of master income Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:42pm · Music Business WorldWide

Suno is ‘far beyond’ 2m subscribers and $300m in revenue, says Mikey Shulman – who argues it’s ‘good’ that AI music has no ‘firm rules of the road’ yet

Shulman also set out what WMG and BMG get from their deals, and who should be setting AI's rules. Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:42pm · Music Business WorldWide

An $8M streaming fraud, two plays a day. Here’s the pro-rata math behind the bot scheme – and the rule change that would have killed it.

Ahead of Tuesday's sentencing in the first US criminal streaming fraud case, MBW breaks down the pro-rata arithmetic behind Michael Smith's bot scheme. Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 4:42pm · Music Business WorldWide

Yusim Aladro promoted to General Manager at Warner Music Mexico

She reports to Tomas Rodríguez, President of Warner Music Mexico and Música Mexicana. Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 1:53pm · Music Business WorldWide

The Intimacy Economy: Why Music Stars Are Going Small

Charli XCX called it “anti-marketing.” MBW columnist Diana Umana argues it’s a structural shift that the biggest artists have already caught on to… Source

RSS Oct 2, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

TikTok report claims it helped generate $81bn in US GDP in 2025

Reports about how brilliant you are for the economy have long been a standard part of the lobbying process. YouTube does it, music industry bodies do it… and TikTok isn’t shirking the tactic either. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 2, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

YouTube Shorts algorithm will now ‘prioritise original content’

The ‘our algorithm is now recommending less unoriginal slop’ seems to have become a rite of passage for every big social or video platform. Even if boasting about this begs the question of why they didn’t adopt that policy earlier. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 2, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Billionaires can buy The Empty Pockets’ new album for $285k

Who would pay $285,000 for a CD album? Billionaires, that’s who! Well, that’s the hope for Chicago band The Empty Pockets, with a special edition of their new album ‘Dear Billionaires’. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 2, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Christmas music is already getting 36.2m daily Spotify streams

A Santa-hat tip this morning to music-streamers in the Philippines, who are famously early to popping on their holiday playlists. 2026 is no exception. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Oct 2, 2026 12:30pm · Musically

Grammy Awards to press on with controversial ‘Asian Pop’ category

The Recording Academy has been fighting a fire in recent weeks after BTS declined to submit their latest music to the Grammy Awards in protest at the event’s new ‘Asian Pop’ category. The post is from Music Ally.