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1. Suno Doubles Down on Artist Relations: AI Giant Expands Artist Partnership Team, Adds Veteran Sam Berger to Further Outreach

   AI music company Suno is expanding its artist partnership efforts with the addition of music industry veteran and former Spotify and Patreon exec Sam Berger. AI music company Suno has announced the expansion of its artist partnerships team with the addition of industry veteran Sam Berger. An influential leader on the music teams at both […]

2. Deezer’s Anti-Slop Crusade Continues: DSP Reports 85% of AI Music Streams On Its Platform Are Fraudulent — And Demonetized

   Deezer is making its AI-detection tool commercially available after confirming it has led to the demonetization of up to 85% of AI music streams due to fraud. A year after the launch of Deezer’s AI-music detection tool, the company is now making it commercially available, encouraging industry-wide transparency. Up to 85% of all streams on […]

3. Maynard James Keenan Says Tool’s Strict ‘No Phones’ Policy Isn’t About Him — It’s ‘About the Person Behind You’

   Tool’s Maynard James Keenan explains his strict ban on phones at their shows, except for specific songs, aims to make the experience more enjoyable. Maynard James Keenan has a strict policy against phones at Tool shows, except for specific songs or moments. The musician explained that the idea behind the policy isn’t about ego, but […]

4. Sony Music and Singapore’s GIC Launch Multibillion-Dollar Catalog Fund, Eye Deals for ‘Assets Across a Range of Genres’

   Let the catalog acquisition spree continue: Sony Music is set to pursue IP deals “across a range of genres” under a newly announced partnership with GIC. Sony Music and Singapore’s state-owned investment company just recently unveiled their song-rights collaboration, which also counts Sony Bank as a backer. Though the involved entities opted against specifying the […]

5. Latest Music Industry Hires: Sirius XM, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Suno, Circuit Group, Live Nation, Concord, NMPA, More

   Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of January 29th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com. And, keep track of all the […]

6. First-Look Images of Sam Mendes’ Four-Film Beatles Motion Picture Series Emerge

   Sony Pictures and the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) reveal the first-look images of Sam Mendes’ four-film Beatles biopic series. Four printed postcards shared online and hidden throughout the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) for students to find reveal a sneak-peek at Sam Mendes’ four-film series about the life of each member of […]

7. Superfan Platforms Stationhead and Mellomanic Merge, Score UMG Investment: ‘This Is the Next Evolution of Music Fandom’

   Superfan platforms Mellomanic (formerly We Are Giant) and Stationhead have officially merged, adopted the latter’s name, and scored investments from Universal Music Group (UMG) as well as Sterling Partners. Both companies just recently confirmed the merger in a formal release, but according to multiple LinkedIn posts, the deal technically wrapped well before 2025’s conclusion. Long […]

8. 79% of Musicians Are Now ‘Worried’ About AI, Latest PRS for Music Poll Reveals

   More musicians than ever say they are worried about AI-generated content competing with human-created music in the latest survey from PRS for Music. Two years after British music copyright collective PRS for Music previously surveyed music creators on their thoughts about artificial intelligence, concern levels have only increased. Four in five (79%) musicians agreed that […]

9. TikTok Competitor UpScrolled Sees a Surge in Downloads—So What Is UpScrolled, Anyway?

   No sooner had TikTok’s US ownership taken hold than users started flocking to other platforms, like former Oracle engineer Issam Hijazi’s UpScrolled. Last week, TikTok’s U.S. operations changed ownership to a U.S.-based coalition of shareholders in a Trump-led deal completed this month. Already, things are off to a rocky start, leading to a surge in […]

10. More Turbulence at ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ As Newly Hired Programming Head Departs After a Few Days

    Just days after the Kennedy Center announced a new senior vice president of artistic programming, the center posted on X announcing his resignation. On January 16, the rebranded John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Kevin Couch as its new senior vice president of artistic programming. But on January 22—less than a week […]

11. Venu Abruptly Terminates Its $75 Million Public Offering — Sending Shares Plunging

    Live event developer Venu quickly terminated its proposed $75 million public offering, leading to its stock plunging 16.9% following the announcement. Venu, a developer and operator of upscale live music venues and hospitality destinations, has terminated its proposed public offering of $75 million just a day after it was announced. As a result, no shares […]

12. Bruce Springsteen Releases a Fiery ICE Protest Song—And the Trump White House Is Not a Fan

    Bruce Springsteen’s “Minneapolis” quickly drew the ire of the Trump Administration. On Wednesday, Bruce Springsteen released a new track entitled “Minneapolis” in response to what he referred to as “the state terror being visited on the city.” The singer said he wrote the song on Saturday and recorded it on Tuesday. Now, the White House […]

13. US Senators Confront Ticketmaster’s ‘Blind Eye’ Policy In Tense Hearings; Kid Rock Blasts America’s ‘Broken’ Ticketing System

    Consumer advocates and indie promoters united on Capitol Hill in urging Senators to look at the bigger picture in a move to reform the ticketing industry. The hearings also included testy exchanges involving Kid Rock, Ticketmaster, and legislators. Today, the subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation heard testimony from consumer advocates, […]

14. US TikTok App Uninstalls Jump 150% Following Transfer to US Ownership

    TikTok users in the US are uninstalling the app at a nearly 150% increase in the five days since its transfer to US ownership. Since TikTok’s U.S. operations officially transferred to U.S. ownership less than a week ago, users across the country have uninstalled the app at a 150% increased clip, according to Sensor Tower […]

15. UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders

    Potentially the biggest copyright case in US history, a coalition including UMG and Concord claims Anthropic engaged in mass-scale piracy to train its AI models. A coalition of music publishers led by Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music has filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, alleging mass-scale piracy […]