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Spotify’s playlist editors now explain their picks to listeners, and get their own public profiles
Playlist Notes lets editors attach written context to individual tracks on playlists including Today's Top Hits and RapCaviar. Source...

UMG strikes global deal for The Beatles’ merch, licensing, and e-commerce
The deal builds on the record company's existing stewardship of The Beatles' recorded catalog. Source...

Meme Coins in Australia: How to Buy Shiba Inu, Pepe & Others Safely
Meme coins have quickly become one of the fastest-growing categories in the entire cryptocurrency market. What started as simple internet jokes has now turned into a massive digital industry. Australi...

Why Gen Z’s most culturally powerful rappers aren’t its biggest stars
Cultural relevance in hip-hop has decoupled from mainstream scale. The artists proving it are reshaping where the industry should be looking, says Diana Umana… Source...

Julie Swidler on 18 years at Sony Music, Clive Davis, and what comes next
MBW speaks with Swidler about her education under the late Clive Davis, how she handles the screamers and the dreamers, the fight to drag the Grammys into the present Source...

Johnny McDaid to receive BMI President’s Award at 2026 BMI London Awards
McDaid has written songs recorded by Ed Sheeran, BTS, P!nk, Robbie Williams, Alicia Keys, Lewis Capaldi, Jung Kook, Weezer, Shawn Mendes, David Guetta and Kelly Clarkson. Source...

Milk & Honey’s Lucas Keller and THE•TEAM’s Marty Diamond to receive MUSEXPO 2027 awards
Both honors will be handed over in Burbank, California, during the 27th global edition of MUSEXPO, which runs March 21–24, 2027 Source...

Warner Music Group to open tech hub in Bengaluru, led by Mahesh Rao
Warner Music Group CTO Leho Nigul said Bengaluru is central to the company's global engineering strategy. Source...

Alibaba launches AI song generator HappyShrimp 1.0 in beta, with China’s Taihe Music signed up for artist co-creation
Prompts can specify instrumentation, vocal style and the way a track's energy shifts across its running time, Alibaba said. Source...

Ellie Goulding sues former managers over Live Nation ownership of TaP company
The claim names TaP Management co-founders Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, alongside TaP's parent company, HNOE Limited. Source...