{"id":5129,"date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:27:19","slug":"vol-77-i-think-the-newsroom-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/vol-77-i-think-the-newsroom-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Industry Reports on First Quarter Finances and Forthcoming Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New Releases<\/h2>\n<p>Recent releases include new albums and EPs from Car\u00edn Le\u00f3n, Lykke Li, MUNA, Stephen Sanchez, Chris Brown, Trap Dickey, Basement, hey, nothing, Ashley McBryde, and Deb Never.<\/p>\n<p>New singles have been released by Charli xcx, After, The Rolling Stones, Boards of Canada, Cash Cobain, Russell Dickerson &amp; Fetty Wap, and Paul McCartney &amp; Ringo Starr.<\/p>\n<p>Charli xcx\u2019s \u2018Rock Music\u2019 precedes an upcoming album that will feature increased use of guitar and diminished vocal processing. After\u2019s single, \u2018Promise (When You Go)\u2019 is set to be released this Wednesday. The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u2018In The Stars\u2019 was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is a preview of their forthcoming 25th studio album, <em>Foreign Tongues<\/em>. Boards of Canada released two new songs, including \u2018Prophecy At 1420 MHz\u2019. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr collaborated on \u2018Home To Us\u2019 in advance of McCartney\u2019s album <em>The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/em>. Russell Dickerson and Fetty Wap\u2019s collaboration, \u2018Boots\u2019, was also released. Cash Cobain\u2019s new track \u2018I Wanna Rock\u2019 features production by Mike Dean. 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Warner\u2019s revenue increased by 17% year-over-year, and Sony Music\u2019s revenue rose 21% year-over-year. <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/spotify-pays-a-record-11-billion-to-the-music-industry-in-2025\/\">Spotify Pays a Record $11 Billion+ to the Music Industry in 2025<\/a>, demonstrating the overall financial health of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Independent Business Week was observed with the involvement of IEBA, A2IM, NIVA and NITO.<\/p>\n<p>Udio has stated that its AI models were trained using audio data sourced from YouTube. <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/sonys-blueprint-for-ai-music-detection-signals-a-structural-industry-response\/\">Sony\u2019s Blueprint for AI Music Detection<\/a> highlights the growing importance of AI in the music industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First quarter financial reports indicate growth for major industry players, alongside a wave of new and announced music projects from a diverse range of artists.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[516],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture-lifestyle","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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