University of Miami names Matt Serletic dean of Frost School of Music

AEG Presents invests in Greenhouse TalentAEG takes a stake in the Benelux promoter; terms were undisclosed. BIGHIT MUSIC audition — born in or after 2008In‑person auditions run Oct 3–Dec 5 across 15 cities; online entries run Sep 14–Dec 5. ElevenLabs Music v2.5: availability, download limits, licensingMusic v2.5 ships inside ElevenMusic and ElevenCreative; UMG deal is separate and launch statements publish no numeric royalty rates. IFPI Streaming Integrity Initiative wins distributor pledgesDistributors commit to vet uploads, share intelligence and act on fraud; some major DIY platforms are absent. We tried to find out what this industry charges. Almost nobody will say.Money · The transparency problem Yoto 4th‑Gen Green Button: what creators need to knowYoto’s new Green Button and digital‑card push change discovery — the company has published prices and features, but not creator payment terms. beatBread hires Andreea Gleeson; Notes·fm adds Stripe payoutsA CEO appointment at beatBread and Notes·fm’s Stripe-powered payout product change how advances and platform payouts sit side by side. UMG–ElevenLabs deal leaves splits unconfirmedUniversal calls the agreement licensing plus 'product development'; Kobalt and Merlin previously committed to a 50/50 recording/publishing split for ElevenMusic (checked 11 Sep 2026). Deki Alem — Forget In Mass: Bandcamp price and published termsBandcamp shows a sale price, Amuse publishes campaign metrics and a vinyl date, but neither primary page publishes artist payout or revenue‑split details. YouTube view-count change and creator paymentsPublic ‘views’ now count from the first frame; Agentio flags large gaps between public views and engaged attention. Sonido Distrito Sur: UMG and Warner Chappell launch in EcuadorNew joint venture led by Juan Fernando Velasco aims to export Ecuadorian artists across the Andean region; ownership and funding terms were not published. What a year of entering things actually costsAwards & entry The annual fee is the advertisement. The clauses are the business.Distribution Ticketmaster joins Meta’s Muse as a live‑event connectorThe connector surfaces shows, seats and prices inside Muse, then hands buyers off to Ticketmaster; neither firm has published any change to ticketing fees or payout terms. Superstruct Artistic Code: what it changes for festival termsA public rulebook that fixes two red lines — safety and illegal speech — across Superstruct’s global festival portfolio. Three people, four people, one studio day: what crews actually look likeProduction