Music Distribution Music Headlines & Industry News
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DistroKid delivered nearly 12 million tracks to a single major streaming service in six months, accounting for more than half of everything delivered to that platform during the period, according to allegations contained in Universal Music Group’s new copyright lawsuit against the DIY distributor. The streaming service is not identified.…
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LANDR says artificial streams flagged by Spotify across music it distributes fell 95% between the first quarter of 2025 and the second quarter of 2026, as the company adds more fraud screening before releases reach streaming services. The Montreal-based music-creation and distribution platform disclosed the figure in a September 22nd…
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Notes.fm has raised $5 million as the music-fintech startup expands from finding missing artist royalties into distributing new releases itself. The move puts Notes earlier in the life of a song, before incomplete credits, registrations or ownership information have a chance to turn into missing money. Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco…
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My Block Records, the independent label founded by producer Warryn Campbell and associated with gospel singer Erica Campbell, has sued former distributor SRG/ILS Group over royalty accounting tied to more than 113 million streams. The breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed September 17th in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
