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# Last week’s Top Music Business News
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/last-weeks-top-music-business-news-8/
- Published: 2025-07-19T12:09:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-19T12:09:36.000Z
- Description: Here’s what you missed in music business news last week, from YouTube cracking down on AI, to a big indie artist and producer win with the HITS Act, and more…
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Here’s what you missed in music business news last week, from YouTube cracking down on AI, to a big indie artist and producer win with the HITS Act, and more…

- [**New policy points to YouTube AI Content Crackdown, Or Does It?**](https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-ai-content-crackdown/)
- [**HITS Act becomes law in a Big Win For Independent Artists**](https://www.hypebot.com/hits-act-becomes-law-in-a-big-win-for-indie-artists/)
- [**Music Tectonics hosts online Responsible AI Summit July 24**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-tectonics-hosts-online-responsible-ai-summit-online-july-24/)
- [**Breaking Sound, StrmMusic expand Artist Showcases to 100 cities**](https://www.hypebot.com/breaking-sound-strmmusic-expand-artist-showcases-to-100-cities/)
- [**SoundCloud adds SMS Artist to Fan Text Messages via Subtext**](https://www.hypebot.com/soundcloud-adds-sms-text-messages/)
- [**Concert ticket prices increased 80.5% in 3 years, 4X inflation**](https://www.hypebot.com/concert-ticket-prices-increased80-percent-in-3-years/)