YouTube Music in 2026 is combining human editorial curation with refined algorithmic personalization to improve music discovery, placing emphasis on listener engagement metrics like completion rates ...

YouTube is the world’s largest music discovery platform, but its music recommendation system operates differently from its main video feed. For independent artists, learning these differences is ...

Paxton has launched an investigation into Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and YouTube over alleged payola schemes.

Apple Music VP Oliver Schusser says that while AI-generated music now makes up a large share of submissions to Apple Music, ...

At Josey Records in Farmers Branch, Texas, that magical time warp happens to music lovers every single day, surrounded by ...

What we encounter online is often down to algorithms and algorithms can be manipulated. Is this the future of music?

Rough Trade NYC in Brooklyn is that place for anyone who’s ever believed that music sounds better when it comes from ...

By December 2025, “Lie Down,” the last track on the album, had become my favorite off of the record. Gray calls to color ...

Effective partnerships with artists can create lasting emotional bonds and require careful consideration of creative control and alignment with brand values.

Today on Commotion, music journalists Steven Hyden and Matthew Ismael Ruiz break down the agency’s controversial approach to ...

Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1% and 3% of the total streams, and ...

Screen fatigue and a desire for deep connection are driving teens in the Bay Area to go old school, swapping phones and streaming platforms like Spotify for CDs, vinyl records, and books as a way of ...