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# TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-business-news-last-week-15/
- Published: 2025-12-13T12:49:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-13T12:49:59.000Z
- Description: Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Marketing, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.

### TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK

- [Small Venues in Small Cities: A Playbook for Building Community](https://www.hypebot.com/small-venues-in-small-cities-a-playbook-for-building-community/)
- [The Context Behind K-Pop’s Biggest Scandal \[MIDiA\]](https://www.hypebot.com/the-context-behind-k-pops-biggest-scandal-midia/)
- [2026 U.S. Mechanical Royalty Rates Increase: CRB Sets New Rates](https://www.hypebot.com/new-2026-us-mechanical-royalty-rates-set/)
- [African Artists Are Reaching More Global Listeners With Help From Audiomack](https://www.hypebot.com/african-artists-are-reaching-more-global-listeners-with-help-from-audiomack/)
- [Learn Why Fans Buy Merch So You Can Sell More Than Just Music](https://www.hypebot.com/psychology-of-merch-why-fans-buy-more-than-just-music/)
- [Spotify adds Music Videos in US and Canada, soon for all Artists](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-adds-music-videos-in-us-and-canada-soon-for-all-artists/)
- [Getting Paid and Heard? That’s the Artist-Centric Goal of Vocana](https://www.hypebot.com/getting-paid-and-heard-thats-the-artist-centric-goal-of-vocana/)
- [Facebook Redesign: What Musicians and Creators Should Know](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-redesign-what-musicians-and-creators-should-know/)
- [Exposing the Normalized Harm and Safety Issues for Youth in the Live Music Industry](https://www.hypebot.com/exposing-the-normalized-harm-and-safety-issues-for-youth-in-the-live-music-industry/)
- [2025 Live Music Society Toolbox Grants awarded, surpassing $5.1M in total support for Small Venues](https://www.hypebot.com/2025-live-music-society-toolbox-grants-for-venues-awarded/)
- [6 New Year’s Resolutions for Musicians in 2026](https://www.hypebot.com/6-new-years-resolutions-for-musicians-in-2026/)
- [Independent Venue Marketing Lessons From Across the U.S.](https://www.hypebot.com/independent-venue-marketing-lessons-from-across-the-u-s/)