Music production studio Heavy Duty Projects brings original compositions to branding.

Music: Not Impossible makes backpacks and devices that allow users to feel up to 24 different sounds at once as vibrations.

The Internet Archive is being sued again, this time by music publishers.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. A few seconds from one forgotten rap song have tied artists and eras together for decades.

Cassette tape sales are surging again due to nostalgic collectors.

A debacle over Taylor Swift tickets has Ticketmaster under fire.

TikTok is huge now, and music labels want a bigger piece of the pie.

Her new album took the Billboard Hot 100 by storm.

A bad buying experience is pressing pause on the audio giant’s next chapter.

The company is laser-focused on music as its next frontier.

Metaverse concerts are outliving the pandemic.

Jimmy Buffett’s beachy anthem has inspired a booming hospitality business.

Spotify wants to incorporate more interactive experiences. It just bought Heardle, a music guessing game.

With BTS going on hiatus, there’s a chance the best days of the boy band genre are behind us.

“Despacito” helped bring Latin music to a wider audience, and new artists are taking the genre to new heights.

Plus: Ridiculous personal finances, and the queen’s 70th anniversary.

Plus: Redbox, 129.2k bitcoins, and $120 diapers.

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr can teach anyone teamwork and creativity.

Spotify Wrapped is more than just a fun feature for users. The year-in-review slideshow boosted app downloads by 21% in December 2020.

Spotify’s recent product moves suggest the company is building a super-app that includes both audio and video features.

Jaxsta is an Australia-based startup looking to help artists, producers and songwriters get their due credit.

Startups are giving artists the music-making and audience outreach tools to blow up on TikTok and Spotify.

Songtradr matches artists with businesses looking to license music. After a flurry of acquisitions, it is valued at $300m+.

Turntable.fm shut down in 2014. Now it’s back after raising $7.5m but has to contend with another identical startup also called Turntable.

Square’s acquisition of Tidal would supercharge its Cash App, among other benefits.

What’s driving demand for music royalties: streaming services and investor demand for yield.

Spotify has turned its “year-in-review” Wrapped campaign into the ultimate marketing play.

Taylor Swift tape

Streaming giants might accidentally be shelling out ~$300m to bot listeners.

The beat goes on