Spotify netted 5 million new Premium subscribers in the first quarter of 2025 to top 268 million paid users and 678 monthly active users overall.

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, live music stocks faced significant challenges as global markets reacted to escalating trade tensions between the US, China and the world.

Google is changing how it counts YouTube Shorts views and for once its good news for creators.

My Seat builds fan clubs for musicians and other creators in minutes that unlock the potential of fans and superfans to generate recurring revenue streams.

Fast Company has released its annual list of the 10 most innovative music companies for 2025. Not one of the major streamers or record labels made the list.

As Day Four begins today at SXSW Music 2025, we’ve got two daytime picks: Small Stages, Big Impact: Saving Indie Stages for Artists with NIVA, Bandsintown, Wasserman and more and the annual Rock Paper Scissors and Music Tectonics must attend Music Tech Meetup.

As the music takes center stage, we’ve got the SXSW Music Top Picks 2025 including panels, meetups, a free Summit, showcases and more.