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# Top Music Business News Last Week
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-music-business-news-last-week-12/
- Published: 2025-12-20T12:43:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-20T12:51:26.000Z
- Description: Top music business news last week includes a Facebook test and shifts in music discovery that are upending music marketing, the release of Bandsintown’s year end High Notes, 2026 predictions and much more.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, DIY musicians, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Top music business news last week includes a Facebook test and shifts in music discovery that are upending music marketing, the release of Bandsintown’s year end High Notes, 2026 predictions and much more.

### Top Music Business News Last Week

- [Facebook Limits Links Unless You Pay: What Musicians, Venues & Music Marketers Need to Know](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-limits-links-unless-you-pay-what-musicians-venues-music-marketers-need-to-know/)
- [Bandsintown’s High Notes Reveals the Artists, Genres & Cities That Led Live Music in 2025](https://www.hypebot.com/bandsintowns-high-notes-reveals-the-artists-genres-cities-that-led-live-music-in-2025/)  
  - [Bandsintown High Notes showcases Independent Venues](https://www.hypebot.com/bandsintown-high-notes-showcases-independent-venues/)
  - [Bandsintown High Notes Shines the Spotlight on Festivals in 2025](https://www.hypebot.com/bandsintown-high-notes-shines-the-spotlight-on-festivals-in-2025/)
- [Podcaster, Writer & Consultant Jay Gilbert’s 2026 Music Predictions](https://www.hypebot.com/podcaster-writer-consultant-jay-gilberts-2026-music-predictions/)
- [How Teen AI Chatbot Use, Spotify Prompted Playlists Reshape Music Discovery](https://www.hypebot.com/surging-teen-ai-chatbot-use-is-reshaping-music-discovery-fandom/)
- [MIT Report Reveals Live Music’s Carbon Footprint: How Artists, Venues, and Fans Can Cut Emissions](https://www.hypebot.com/mit-report-on-live-musics-carbon-footprint/)
- [In The Trenches with Lamont Harper of The UC Theatre](https://www.hypebot.com/in-the-trenches-with-lamont-harper-of-berkley-ca-uc-theatre/)
- [Audio Engineer & Podcaster Bobby Owsinski’s 2026 Music Predictions](https://www.hypebot.com/audio-engineer-podcaster-bobby-owsinskis-2026-music-predictions/)
- [How To Create A Fans First Concert Industry](https://www.hypebot.com/fans-first-concert-industry/)
- [What Your Band Merch Says About Your Sense of “Self”](https://www.hypebot.com/what-your-band-merch-says-about-your-sense-of-self/)
- [The Top 10 Live Music Controversies of 2025](https://www.hypebot.com/the-top-10-live-music-controversies-of-2025/)
- [Music Discovery in 2025: More Platforms Make It Harder to Break Through (And What Artists Can Do)](https://www.hypebot.com/problems-with-music-discovery-and-what-artists-can-do/)