February, 2026

Political Ads: What a Record Midterm Means for Publishers
Political ads hit a record $11.21 billion this cycle. See where the money goes, how Google handles election ads and 6 smart moves for publishers....

Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition joins Cate Blanchett and CAA on AI licensing brief in New York Times’ case against OpenAI
RIAA, NMPA, ASCAP, BMI, and five other music organizations filed a proposed brief of their own, formally backing the plaintiffs. Source...

Raye, Sam Fender, Garth Brooks… and the bots. Five things to know about the AI arms race in live ticketing
Bots overwhelmed a presale sign-up, a ticket queue, and a ticketing site in October. Here’s how, and what lawmakers plan to do about it. Source...

Pandora’s monthly user base fell by 2.75m YoY in Q3, while SiriusXM’s total revenue share and royalty costs rose to $726M
Pandora’s monthly active user base shrank by 2.75 million year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. The streaming service had 38.81 million monthly active users (MAUs) at the end of September, do...

UMG, Sony, and DistroKid tell court they are ‘working on a resolution’ in dispute over AI music data for Suno case
The two majors are seeking data from DistroKid on how many of the tracks it delivers to streaming services are flagged as AI-generated. Source...

Alphabet shareholder sues Sundar Pichai and 12 others over training Google’s AI, including Lyria, on copyrighted works
Phil Rosen is suing on Alphabet's behalf in a shareholder derivative suit, meaning any damages recovered would be paid to Alphabet itself rather than to him. Source...

Live Nation’s Ticketmaster brings festival ticketing subsidiary Front Gate Tickets into CashorTrade face-value resale partnership
Fans who bought festival passes through Front Gate can now resell them to other fans on CashorTrade for no more than they originally paid. Source...

AI Training Opt-Out: The Shared Robots.txt Signal Explained
Google, Microsoft and OpenAI plan to honor one shared AI training opt-out in robots.txt. See how the policy token works, key 2027 dates and 7 smart steps....

Cookie Stuffing: What the Prop Firm Match Fallout Teaches Affiliates
About 21 brands cut ties with Prop Firm Match over affiliate redirects. Learn what cookie stuffing is, how forced clicks differ and 7 essential checks....

FTC and four states demand jury trial in BOTS Act lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster
The US Federal Trade Commission and four states have demanded a jury trial in their lawsuit against Live Nation and its ticketing subsidiary, Ticketmaster. Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Nebraska jo...

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