Mathilde Neu

2026 already has some serious moves! From a major AI alliance to a streaming service bowing out, music companies are navigating a fast-changing landscape.

For many years, incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated metadata has quietly undermined rights management, attribution, and royalty distribution.

With 2025 wrapped up, the music industry enters 2026 in a more mature and measured phase. Growth has not disappeared, but it has slowed and become more uneven.

Choosing a streaming platform or a set of headphones used to be a fairly simple decision. Today, it is far more nuanced. As audio quality improves...

Today, discovering music online is shaped as much by metadata accuracy, catalog structure, and internal workflows as by editorial playlists or DSP algorithms.

Here we are, the last Weekly Roundup of 2025. From stronger-than-expected streaming numbers to a record-breaking deal cycle, this year closed on a note!

Choosing a streaming platform or a set of headphones used to be a fairly simple decision. Today, it is far more nuanced. As audio quality improves...

This week was all about recalibration. Billboard’s shift in stream weighting triggered a split with YouTube, while Spotify found itself on the receiving end...

Spotify continues its shift into a video-first platform, Wrapped evolves into an annual cultural reset, and dealmaking in 2025 tells the story of an industry...

AI lawsuits continue to reshape industry dynamics, while calls for improved data infrastructure and a closer examination of audience behavior...

As more lawsuits around AI-generated music lead to settlements, new standards are taking shape. Meanwhile, TikTok continues to influence both fan behavior...

This week marks continued shifts in how rights, revenue, and reach are being reshaped across the music industry. AI platforms are forging licensing agreements..