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Position Music hires ex-Big Deal Music and RCA exec Pete Robinson as GM, Creative Nashville
Robinson will report to Position Music Founder and CEO Tyler Bacon and President Mark Chipello. Source...

Former Eminem employee pleads guilty to selling unreleased tracks that were later accessed 8M+ times on streaming platforms
Joseph Strange sold 10 or more audio files of the music to buyers online for approximately $50,000, according to court documents cited by the DOJ. Source...

Seeker Music acquires original and re-recorded versions of JoJo’s first two albums
The deal covers her self-titled 2004 debut, its 2006 follow-up, The High Road, and the versions of both albums she re-recorded and released in 2018. Source...

House Democrats escalate probe of StubHub CEO Eric Baker, now targeting his role at ticket reseller Andro Capital
Robert Garcia’s new letter, sent on October 22, addresses Eric Baker as Andro Capital’s Managing Director rather than as StubHub’s CEO. Source...

Chris Brown producer sues Sony Music for $1.25M, claiming it stalled the sale of his ‘Party’ royalties and paid him half the agreed rate
Ishmael Sadiq Montague claims Sony made false statements to delay redirecting his royalties on the track to a company that had agreed to buy them. Source...

Latin America is catching North America as Spotify’s second-biggest subscriber market – and over 1 in 10 people there now pay for it.
Spotify's Q3 2026 shareholder deck shows that Latin America accounted for 24% of the company's 306 million Premium subscribers at the end of September. Source...

Phoebe Bridgers and Sombr producer, Tony Berg, launches new JV label with Warner Records
The new label, Crime & Punishment Records, has signed singer-songwriter Elle Bramhall as its first artist. Source...

Paywall Strategy for the AI Era: Stay Cited, Still Get Paid
Paywalled publishers got 0% of AI citations in one 2026 test. See what the data shows and a 7-step paywall strategy to stay visible and still earn....

Programmatic Ad Fees: How Much Reaches Publishers in 2026
Programmatic ad fees took 27.2% of spend in Q2 2026 and only 45.1% reached quality impressions. See the data and 7 ways publishers keep more of each dollar....