Holiday Listening Is Already Heating Up on Spotify
Spotify’s Holidays on Spotify programming will roll out throughout the season with fresh data, new releases, and festive moments designed to soundtrack everything from early decorating sessions to year-end celebrations.
The New Sound of Global Music: How Music Is Crossing Borders in 2026
Explore how music from Mexico, Japan, Brazil, India, and Nigeria is crossing borders—and the different paths each market is taking toward global growth.
Rights Intelligence’s Linda Collin and Åsa Enström on the limitations of the publishing hub model
For decades, copyright administration was relatively straightforward. Every country had its own performing rights organisation, which licensed and administered its domestic music repertoire. On the publishing side, they were essentially national monopolies.
Spotify launches ‘You’re Among Fans’ campaign in OZ with Lizzo and Jay Shetty via BBDO New York
The campaign is built around a simple idea. Spotify is home to one of the most valuable audiences a brand can reach: fans. Fans pay more attention, they’re obsessed and devoted. And that makes them a valuable audience to advertisers.
Why Stream Counts Don’t Tell the Full Story of Music Marketing Performance
There is one number almost every artist checks the morning after a campaign launches. It sits at the top of the Spotify for Artists dashboard, updates in near real-time and has become the industry’s default shorthand for whether a release is working. The problem? It’s the wrong number and the music industry has become obsessed with it.
Todd Edwards is optimistic about AI in music production
“If you’re using Splice packs, you’re using other people’s sounds… that’s no different, in my mind. The hypocrisy in the industry is insane…” says the house legend.
Pandora Claims ‘We Haven’t Made This Decision Lightly’ After Raising Prices
Following the lead of streamers everywhere, Pandora is instituting a price hike. In a September 2026 email, the music streamer announced that their subscriptions would increase by at least a dollar per month beginning in October. The announcement prompted a mix of surprise and outrage from many of Pandora’s millions of paid subscribers.
Bill Withers’ publisher sues UMG, Sony, and Kobalt, claiming Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’ copies ‘Just the Two of Us’
The plaintiff says its representatives came to what they considered to be the “obvious and inescapable conclusion” that Dean’s song copied the Withers track.
WTA Ventures, QQ Music Set Content Partnership for 2026 China Swing
WTA Ventures and QQ Music will co-create content that blends music with the stories of women’s tennis. Through this initiative, music will express the players’ distinctive personalities and emotions, giving fans a new way to experience the tournaments beyond the scoreboard.
ElevenLabs valuation doubles to $22B – four times that of AI music rival Suno
ElevenLabs completed a USD $300 million employee tender offer at a valuation of $22 billion.
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