The battle over who controls the US Copyright Office now heads to the courts. But can ousted Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter litigate her job back? The answer is of utmost importance to the music industry and billions in IP assets — and the focus of this report.

It looked like a quick solution to a nagging roadblock for AI’s tech bros. But gutting the US Copyright Office and its IP protections is proving trickier than originally planned. Here’s the latest in the fast-moving and quickly-shifting battle over control of IP’s most important government tribunal.

The music industry is battling another flurry of AI-related developments, with few positive developments for IP owners and creators. Here’s a look at the latest whirlwind of AI-related developments and possible next steps.

Last month, DMN Pro revealed that Spotify’s US-based subscriber growth rate was slowing in 2024 and early 2025, citing Spotify’s Q1 2025 disclosures. Now, newly obtained data reveals that Spotify’s US-based subscriber levels are actually declining, at least during the first few months of 2025.

Spotify touted significant year-over-year subscriber gains worldwide during its Q1 2025 earnings call. However, US-based subscribers are growing at the slowest rate compared to other worldwide regions, part of a continuing trend across North America and Europe.

As the music industry plans an extreme superfan makeover, who gets to control this party? The answer might be complicated – and seriously fragmented.

Driven by a monstrous Pophouse Entertainment infusion, music industry funding is now on a breakneck pace in 2025. According to rounds captured and compiled in DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, total core funding has surpassed $1.9 billion, potentially the start of a record-setting year.

For Spotify’s top brass and insiders, it’s been a very lucrative few years. But just how much money is being cashed out?

Vinyl records are the comeback story that nobody saw coming. But are we also missing a pending plateau?

YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora Premium, and other streaming platforms struggled to gain subscribers in 2024, as Spotify and Apple Music notched their collective leads higher.

Data released this week from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sheds new light on a seriously flattening streaming music subscriber picture in the United States. So what’s the music industry’s next move?

A detailed look at the latest bundling rates across major music streaming platforms in the United States, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, LiveOne, and many others.