1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (711+ words) Generative AI has unleashed a tidal wave of new music onto streaming platforms. By some estimates, more than 100, 000 tracks are uploaded daily, a number increasingly inflated by AI-generated songs. Deezer reports receiving 75, 000 fully AI-created tracks per day, with 85% of streams…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (591+ words) Spotify has discontinued its Premium Lite subscription tier across all five markets where it launched the product in November 2025. The move does not just affect India (where the change was reported earlier) but has also taken effect in Indonesia, Saudi…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (768+ words) Spotify has raised its Premium subscription prices in Canada, with increases ranging from CAD $1. 30 to CAD $3. 00 per month depending on the plan. That's according to'Billboard'on Friday (May 15), which cited an email sent to Premium users in Canada. The increases, which…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (441+ words) You Tube is now letting creators generate AI-produced instrumental tracks to replace copyrighted audio in their videos " positioning the tool as a way to resolve Content ID claims without removing content from the platform. The update, announced via You Tube's…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (362+ words) Tik Tok says its Add to Music App feature has now been used to save over6 billiontracksto music streaming services over the past 12 months. The feature launched in 2023/2024 and lets users save tracks or albums they discover via Tik Tok on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (385+ words) The copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and ABKCO'against internet service provider Verizon has been jointly dismissed.' The dismissal was filed with prejudice, meaning the claims cannot be refiled, with each side…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (17+ words) In the age of generative AI, it's high time for artists to organize. Music Business Worldwide...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (641+ words) The volume of fully AI-generated music being uploaded to Deezer has surged again " with the Paris-headquartered streaming service now receiving nearly 75, 000 synthetic tracks every day. That's over 2 million AI tracks hitting the platform each month, and it means fully AI-generated…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (452+ words) As previously'reported by MBW,'the three major music companies and Spotify filed the lawsuit on January 2, 2026, after Anna's Archive announced in December 2025 that it had scraped approximately 86 million music files from Spotify and planned to distribute them via Bit Torrent....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (367+ words) You Tube is raising prices across all of its Premium subscription plans in the United States, marking the first such increase in nearly three years. The You Tube Premium Individual plan is increasing from $13. 99 to $15. 99 per month, while the Family…...