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RSS Jan 20, 2026 4:23pm · Music Business WorldWide

Hannah Karp appointed EVP & Chief Communications Officer for Warner Music Group

She joins the company’s executive leadership team following a decade at Billboard, where she was most recently Editor-in-Chief Source

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:49pm · Hypebot

Free Instagram Edits App For Musicians: Marketing Made Easier

For years, the workflow for marketing music on Instagram and other short video platforms was a fragmented mess. Film on your phone, Airdrop to a laptop, edit in CapCut or Premiere, export, and Airdrop back.…

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:42pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Soulja Boy Signs Exclusive Partnership With Kick, Drops Viral Freestyle Dissing Twitch

Soulja immediately displayed his willingness to take shots at his new partners’ competition

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:28pm · Music Business WorldWide

Dani Deahl promoted to Vice President of Creator Policy & Corporate Affairs at Caldecott Music Group

Deahl will oversee policy strategy across Caldecott's three divisions: BandLab Technologies, NME Networks, and Vista Musical Instruments Source

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:22pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Billboard Names Leila Cobo and Jason Lipshutz as Co-Chief Content Officers

Both Cobo and Lipshutz have been leading editorial teams at Billboard for years

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:19pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Rob Hirst, Drummer for Australian Favorites Midnight Oil, Dead at 70

The band said Hirst “died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones” after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:12pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Morrissey Cancels Another Show — Leaving Just One Left on U.S. Tour

In the past three weeks, the artist has nixed almost all of the shows he scheduled on the final seven-show stretch of the North American tour he began in September

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:07pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Green Day Back Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protesters, Call Out Stephen Miller During ‘Holiday’

“We stand up for our brothers and sisters in Minnesota,” Billie Joe Armstrong said during the band’s performance of “Holiday”

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:04pm · Hypebot

106,000-a-Day Deluge: 88% of Tracks Starve for Streams

According to Luminate's 2025 Year-End Music Report, the global streaming landscape is becoming increasingly saturated. 106,000 new tracks are delivered to digital service providers (DSPs) every single day.…

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:00pm · Rolling Stone Music News

Snail Mail Returns for First New Album in Five Years, ‘Ricochet’

Lindsey Jordan previews her highly-anticipated third record with the nostalgic rocker “Dead End”

RSS Jan 20, 2026 3:00pm · Pitchfork News

Tori Amos Sets Release Date for In Times of Dragons

The singer also revealed an extensive U.S. tour

RSS Jan 20, 2026 2:53pm · Hypebot

Could the Holiday Season be the Best Time to Release Music?

When is the best time to release new music? For decades, conventional wisdom is that the music industry shuts down between Thanksgiving and the New Year so don't release anything then.…

RSS Jan 20, 2026 2:22pm · Hypebot

Music Business News & Live Industry Updates: All The Latest

We search the web so you don't have to. Find the latest Music Business News and Live Music Industry Updates under the BUSINESS NEWS and LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.…

RSS Jan 20, 2026 1:41pm · Music Business WorldWide

UMG ‘set to win EU nod’ to buy Downtown Music, Reuters reports

The European Commission opened an in-depth Phase II investigation into the proposed acquisition in July 2025 Source