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Side Hustle vs Career Advancement: Which Generates More Income?
We all reach a point where the monthly paycheck feels a bit too fixed for comfort. The bills keep climbing, financial goals get bigger, and suddenly, you find yourself staring at a crossroads. You wan...

It’s time independent music retail found its VOICE
The following MBW op/ed comes from Stephen Godfroy, Co-Owner of independent music retailer Rough Trade Source...

Donna Summer estate strikes deal with Primary Wave covering catalog and name, image & likeness rights
Summer sold more than 100 million albums worldwide Source...

Merck Mercuariadis on Hipgnosis, vindication, and his next move.
The entrepreneur opens up on his new industry thesis – and how he feels seeing the company once known as Hipgnosis sold to Sony Source...

India, Vietnam… and the question the music business keeps avoiding
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...

The Other Songs Live raises £400,000 for the UK’s BRIT School
The Other Songs Live took place at the London Palladium on May 19, with songwriters and musicians performing alongside current BRIT School students Source...

Warner Music Group acquires Sureel AI, the attribution startup that traces how AI models use artists’ work
Sureel's multi-patented technology creates "AI DNA" for every work, breaking it into component parts and tracing how AI models use those elements. Source...

Chris Brown settles songwriter’s lawsuit over ‘Sensational’ and ‘Monalisa’
Steve Chokpelle, who performs as Muso, alleged he wrote lyrics for two of Chris Brown's songs but was excluded from the credits and the revenues. Source...

Google moves to dismiss indie artists’ Lyria 3 AI training lawsuit, arguing they licensed their music when agreeing to YouTube’s terms of service
Google argued that the artists licensed their music to YouTube when they uploaded it – and that the license covers the conduct they are now suing over. Source...

Sony Music urges court to reject Udio’s bid to seal the size of its AI training data
Sony Music argued that the number "is necessary to understand the full extent of Udio's copying." Source...