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RSS Mar 30, 2026 12:50pm · Musically
Argos sees social spike from Kurupt FM-soundtracked campaign
UK retailer Argos may not seem like it has an obvious link to rave culture. However, its social-media ‘Stockroom’ campaign late last year was an amusing take on Boiler Room-style DJ sets. Stats now suggest that it performed well. The retailer worked with agency Billion Dollar Boy and music-licensing firm Lickd on the campaign, which featured the […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 30, 2026 12:50pm · Musically
Tech firm FiEE says it will spend $3m to expand into AI music
The debate about whether AI-generated music is unfairly sluicing royalties away from human artists and songwriters is in full swing. But where there’s money, there’ll be more companies looking to take a share of it. FiEE is the latest, announcing plans to invest around $3m to get into the AI-music game. $51k of that is being […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 30, 2026 12:45pm · Musically
Music-merch survey: ‘Younger fans want more than a t-shirt’
Midia Research has been quizzing 1,000 US music-merch buyers about their habits, with some encouraging findings for artists and their teams – but also some warnings. “Younger fans want more than a t-shirt,” is one of the lessons, with Midia noting that 16-24 year-olds are “over-indexing for listing merch options like posters, keychains, and jewellery as their […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 30, 2026 12:45pm · Musically
UMG hits back at Drake’s appeal in ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit
Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss-track ‘Not Like Us’ was dismissed by a judge in October 2025, but he launched an appeal against the decision in January. Drake’s attorneys argued that the ruling “created a dangerous categorical rule that rap diss tracks can never be actionable” while slamming UMG for having “waged […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 30, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Major labels to challenge recent copyright-termination ruling
In January we reported on a significant ruling by a US federal appeals court that seemed to pave the way for songwriters to terminate copyright deals and regain their rights globally, not just in the US. The ruling followed a court case involving 1963 song ‘Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) by Cyril Vetter, and the small […] The post is from Music Ally.
RSS Mar 30, 2026 11:30am · Musically
Slop Tracker website aims to track ‘the AI streaming drain’
In the time it took to write this news story, $256 was “drained” from human artists by tracks from just 50 AI-generated artists on Spotify. At least, that’s according to a site called Slop Tracker that’s been set up to highlight the issue. The site claims that the 50 artists in its list have earned just under […] The post is from Music Ally.