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YouTube Music and Premium surpass 150 million subscribers globally
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai disclosed the milestone on Wednesday (October 28) Source...

Primary Wave’s Larry Mestel receives City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award, raising millions of dollars for cancer research
Stevie Nicks, Melissa Etheridge, and Jackson Browne performed at the event on Tuesday (October 27) at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Source...

Exclusive: Create Music Group now owns a minority stake in DistroKid
Create, supported by private capital backers Flexpoint Ford and Ares, made the investment earlier this year Source...

After ‘AI bots’ swamp Raye’s London show sign-up, Sam Fender delays UK homecoming presale over ‘sophisticated bot attack’
Sam Fender postponed the presale for his two homecoming shows at Newcastle's St James' Park on Wednesday (October 28) Source...

Peermusic acquires Australia’s 120 Publishing, names Karen Hamilton MD of Peermusic Australia
The deal gives Peermusic the publishing rights to 120 Publishing's approximately 5,000 works and 120,000 administered copyrights Source...

Contextual Advertising: What Show-Level CTV Deals Mean for Publishers
Contextual advertising now powers show level CTV deals in DV360 from Cocie AI. See what launched, the signals buyers read and 7 smart moves for publishers....

Identity Resolution: What Apple’s Safari Block Costs Publishers
Identity resolution is now blocked in Safari 27. See what Aditude data shows for eCPMs, why losses could grow and 7 proven steps to protect your yield....

Event tech startup Easol secures $30M in new funding, launches AI agents for festival promoters
The company says the funding allowed it to develop and launch Teammates, a set of AI agents for festival and experience businesses. Source...

The stalled journey of Brazilian funk highlights a music industry failure
You may have heard of Tamborzão – but you don’t hear a lot of it in mainstream channels outside of Brazil. Bill Werde wonders why not... Source...

Appeals court upholds dismissal of patent lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster, MLB, and Phish, after plaintiff failed to oppose bids to throw it out
Amy Weissbrod Gurvey’s legal fight with Live Nation dates back to 2006. The Federal Circuit ruled that she had waived all her arguments. Source...