Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that the freemium model championed by YouTube and Spotify may now be holding back growth in the world’s most populous music markets — and that it’s time for the industry to ask whether ‘free’ is still serving it…
Monica Corton, a music publishing veteran and the founder of Go To Eleven Entertainment, talks about AI — and to the industry’s one great hope for deciding who actually gets paid when machines make music…
CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus delivered a speech at the org's General Assembly in Paris on Thursday (June 4), covering AI, copyright, licensing, Suno and more
Jorge Brea is CEO of Symphonic, one of the industry’s most successful independent distribution platforms, says the global music business must come together to enforce standardized policies around AI music…
Music supervisor and Catalog founder Frederic Schindler argues it's time for standardized 'Music Facts' labels – modeled on food nutrition panels – to make the origin of every track in the supply chain visible to consumers.
Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone who’s ever stood in front of a mic…
Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews digs deep into how the business globally is actually using AI – and detects that the conversation is finally evolving beyond linear arguments over rights…