Analysis

Amazingly, the Music Industry Might Be Getting Its AI Act Together

Believe it or not, music might be leading the way in reining in AI's worst tendencies. Plus: Dave Marsh's healthy chip on his shoulder

Let's Talk About Suno: Translating the AI Company's Latest Missive

Berklee professor and investor Drew Thurlow breaks down Suno's messaging in the wake of a tough ruling from a Munich judge

The Language Around AI Music Is Becoming Unusable

Plus: Why Substack is becoming less hospitable, and Suno loses in Munich

Two Charts, Two Musical Universes: Billboard vs. YouTube Six Months In

A chart fight produces two competing views of the top of the pops; plus: Mambo off Times Square

Netflix’s Most-Watched Music Shows; Plus: The Reggaeton Lawsuit Lives

Netflix is only interested in a few types of music shows these days; what's working for them in 2026? Also: The muddled world of AI tagging

Let's Pick Apart Some AI Hot Takes on Who's Cooked and Who's Not in the Music Industry

Why you probably shouldn't listen when an LLM tells you your business is cooked. Plus: Author Peter Relic opens the drapes on the life of late producer Matt Dike, of "Paul's Boutique" and Delicious Vinyl fame

The Hot 100’s First AI Doping Controversy is Here

Doubts hang over L.A. rapper Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz.” But until the music industry agrees on standards for AI detection, we may be stuck in a he-said, she-said netherworld.

A Pocket Guide to Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Web

How James Dolan's venues accumulate tens of millions of eventgoer profiles.

Qobuz's Boom Shows the Spotify Backlash Isn't Just a Media Thing

Plus: The best sleeper record of 2026 so far

Welcome to Music's Snapchat Filter Era + Inside the Qobuz Buzz

The Anti-AI Album is Coming; plus: We Get Meta on the NYT Songwriters List

We Are Unconvinced by the Blue Dot Fever Scare of 2026

Is Production Music "Toast"?