Portfolio

Investigations

• How Did Two Unknown Latin Music Operators Make $23 Million From YouTube? The IRS Says They Stole It

  • Optioned by film production company

• Salty Management Disbands: ‘Boys’ Club’ Indie Rock Firm Folds Following Sexual Harassment Claim

Business Features

• Metro Boomin’s ‘BBL Drizzy’ Is More Than A Joke: It Could Be the Future of Sampling

• Hits by Ariana Grande, Beyonce And More Remain on TikTok Despite UMG’s Ban – And Songwriters Feel It Most

• Taylor Swift Is Back on TikTok. Can Other Artists Do the Same?

• Don’t Believe the Internet: Inside the Digital Agency Creating ‘Fan Fiction’ Pages for Shaboozey

• Music Creators Want Consent in the AI Age, But Developers Find Safe Havens Abroad

• How AI Brought Biggie Back from the Dead

• TikTok Teasing Is Testing Ground for Artists – Why Labels Love It (And Artists and Songwriters Don’t)

Calculations

• Spotify to Pay Songwriters and Publishers $150M Less Next Year With Premium Tier Changes

• Split Decisions: Olivia Rodrigo Has Given Up Millions in Publishing Royalties

Artist Profiles

• Brat Unfiltered: Charli XCX On How She Stole the Summer (cover story)

• Ghostwriter, The Mastermind Behind the Viral AI Drake Song, Speaks for the First Time (cover story)

• In The Studio With Synth God Mike Dean

• ‘Not Like Us’ Producer DJ Mustard On Whether Grammy’s Matter (cover story)

• Welcome to Laufey Land, Where Gen-Z Meets Jazz (cover story)

Scoops

• Major Labels Weigh Lawsuit Against AI Music Companies Suno and Udio for Alleged Unlicensed Training

• Boomy CEO Listed As Co-Writer on Hundreds of Songs from Accused $10M Streaming Fraudster

• Drake, Sexyy Red’s “U My Everything” Sets New Legal Precedent for AI Sample Clearance

• TikTok ‘Walked Away’ From Talks With Merlin. Now Phoebe Bridgers, Nirvana and More Could Leave the App

• Juice WRLD Catalog Quietly Sold to Opus Music Group in Nine-Figure Deal

• Metro Boomin Sells Portion of Publishing Catalog to Shamrock for Close to $70 Million

Video Interviews