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Record labels, Spotify sue pirate group Anna’s Archive over scraping and ‘brazen theft’ of millions of tracks
21 Jan 2026 17:21 GMT
… music companies, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, … would irreparably harm the music industry, including by materially … Archive operates as an anonymous collective running shadow … defendants as “a group of anonymous Internet pirates with …
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Music Industry Players Sound Off on the UMG-Udio Deal: ‘It’s a Calculated Risk’
10 Nov 2025 21:34 GMT
… Oct. 29, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a landmark … deal is beneficial for the music industry,” one label professional tells … from over — Warner Music Group and Sony Music are … the necessary financial firepower.”
The anonymous investor adds, “One thing …
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American Songwwriter November/December Cover Story: From Studio to Stage—Here’s How the Music Industry is Navigating AI
01 Nov 2025 23:49 GMT
… artists who want to be anonymous, and I feel like … looking more closely at the group and their rootsy, classic … 1972.
While representatives from the music industry were hopeful that this would … become deeply embedded in the music industry. Some hail it as …
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Little Saint in Healdsburg might be the hottest music venue in the country
05 Feb 2026 22:09 GMT
… , a lifelong music lover, animal activist, and patron of the arts … was well-connected in the music industry. Prior to the founding of … a seemingly endless stream of anonymous hotel rooms and meals filled …
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How Trevor Horn’s anonymous electronic group - the Art of Noise - revolutionised sample culture
15 Oct 2025 15:57 GMT
RECORDING WEEK 2025:“All contemporary pop utilising computers and samplers owes something to the innovations of Trevor Horn in the early eighties,” said journalist and agent provocateur Paul Morley on the radical studio work of his Art of Noise comrade.
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The Music Industry Lives Here: KAMAE’s Shift From Production to Multi-Brand Artist
06 Jul 2025 07:47 GMT
… Downtown Music’s series, The Music Industry Lives Here. Downtown Music is … called Intoku, which is completely anonymous. The BPM is lower, and … out, it would be a group of guys in the park … with the voices shaping the music industry. To gain weekly access to …
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What does Fletcher’s new single say about how the music industry sells queerness?
03 Jul 2025 10:10 GMT
Pop singer Fletcher built her career on bold, sapphic storytelling. But with her new single Boy using a very different marketing approach, fans are questioning how queerness is treated when it’s no longer the main selling point.
In 2015, queer pop star …
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Newsboys Michael Tait scandal exposes sex, drugs, alcohol in Christian music industry
04 Jun 2025 23:50 GMT
… Steven,” who asked to remain anonymous, was living the dream. … and cigarettes,” while the group spent time together at … Phillip, or the Christian music industry. According to multiple sources … witnessed in the Christian music industry. They do not specifically …
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'ICE out': Rapper Bad Bunny uses Grammy awards speech to criticize US authorities
02 Feb 2026 05:52 GMT
… backlash from right-wing conservative groups for being the performer of … an army of, like, masked anonymous men to attack its own … all of us in the music industry, in any industry. So I …
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Bad Bunny says ‘ICE out’ during Grammy awards acceptance speech
02 Feb 2026 04:47 GMT
… backlash from right-wing conservative groups for being the 2026 Super … an army of, like, masked anonymous men to attack its own … all of us in the music industry, in any industry. So I …