It’s harder than ever to be an independent musician, a new study by Right Chord Music, Musosoup, and the Major Labl Artist Club confirms.

Media that covers music business news, music marketing and music tech is putting more and more of its content behind paywalls. But Hypebot provides 100% free music business news and. Continue reading

It was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception, with the Lyte collapse, TikTok Music on its way out, a closer look at music AI ethics, and more topping the new music industry news last week.

Two festivals caught in Lyte collapse deny ticket profiteering and paint a more nuanced picture of why they used the defunct ticket resale platform to move their own tickets.

Fan music mashup and remix app Hook launches on iOS today. Hook Studio lets fans browse a library of licensed music, and choose up to a 30-second clip to remix. Hook. Continue reading

Hypebot has been named a top music marketing blog by music marketing and playlist submission platform Grease Release.

SoundExchange is developing a much needed global artificial intelligence (AI) registry for sound recording creators and rights owner

Episode 215 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Listen here.