EA Launches Music Radio Stations for Battlefield 6 Game; Report Highlights Growth in Paid Streaming
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SoundCloud now enables artists to keep 100% of distribution royalties across streaming platforms
Describing the offering as the “most artist-first subscription on the market” SoundCloud will now include 100% distribution royalties..
EA launches music radio stations for its Battlefield 6 game
EA has launched a suite of music-radio stations within the game, installed in the vehicles that players drive.
South Carolina Public Radio to launch new 24/7 HD broadcast radio and streaming music channel
The new channel will offer classical compositions in the morning and transition into a blend of jazz, indie and alternative genres in the evening, offering a seamless listening experience across platforms.
Notes.fm Brings Clarity to the Complexity of Music Royalties
Notes.fm uses an artist-friendly, automated process to simplify a notoriously complex and outdated system that has historically led to hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties going unclaimed by artists every year.
‘Share of Ear’ report highlights growth in paid streaming
“As of 2025, Americans 13+ spend 66% of their daily streaming music listening with paid platforms and 34% of time with free services,” explained Edison.
DIY contract creation platform Songpact to launch in India
Songpact, which uses the help of AI to enable DIY artists to “generate, negotiate and sign clear customisable music contracts in minutes”, was co-founded by a pair of leading entertainment lawyers, UK-based Nick Weaser, who is the CEO, and India-residing Priyanka Khimani, who is the company’s strategic advisor.
Beatport and Youth Music Join Forces to Empower Young Electronic Music Creators
By investing in grassroots electronic music, Beatport and Youth Music are helping ensure that tomorrow’s DJs, producers and innovators can create, connect and shape the future of global music culture.
Rick Beato is Right to Rant About Music Copyright Strikes
For 15+ years, Saving Country Music has been on the warpath against the completely ludicrous intellectual property regime that disallows even a small snippet of music to be featured in a podcast without draconious repercussions, including removing episodes, and deleting entire accounts, while not offering any reasonable alternative solutions to the issue.
KISS Share Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Dressed To Kill’
The band’s third album is available in a number of new, unique formats.
EXIT festival announces 2026 'world tour'
After bidding farewell to Novi Sad, the Serbian organisation is heading to Egypt, India, Malta, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.
Kobalt, umn Entertainment to Acquire the Catalogue of Multi-Billion Streaming German Songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Summer
Kobalt, the world’s leading independent music publisher, and Berlin-based umn Entertainment have partnered to acquire the publishing and writers’ rights to the catalogue of Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, the multi-award- winning German songwriters behind some of the country’s most celebrated pop repertoire of the last 35 years.
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