inMusic will acquire Native Instruments, as NI joins brands from Akai to Moog

inMusic Brands, the US-based owner of Akai, Moog, Denon, Numark, Rane, and M-Audio, announced today that it will acquire Native Instruments. That puts NI tools like Traktor and Kontakt under the inMusic umbrella along with Plugin Alliance, iZotope, and Brainworx.

LANDR acquires Reason Studios; takeaways from that announcement

LANDR, the AI-powered music platform, has acquired Reason Studios. That pairs Reason with the Montreal-based platform for mastering and distribution, and LANDR subsidiary SynchroArts (makers of VocAlign and Revoice Pro).

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2026

Bandcamp union describes workers locked out of systems, coming layoffs

Bandcamp United, the staff union recently organized and Bandcamp, is sending out a petition to see that the union is recognized by the company’s new owners, Songtradr. They also describe some alarming conditions at outgoing owner Epic, with a threat of job losses looming and workers locked out of systems – just as October’s Bandcamp Friday is about to arrive.

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2023

Bandcamp never seemed to fit Epic; now Epic is selling it to Songtradr

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2023

Avid, makers of Pro Tools, Media Composer, Sibelius, will go to private equity

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2023

AlphaTheta, parent of Pioneer DJ, acquires Serato

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2023

Lemur lives: iOS/Android app acquired by MIDI Kinetics

Peter Kirn - January 13, 2023

Audacity finds home along open-source MuseScore in new acquisition by growing Muse Group

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2021

The VJ play: InMusic buys ArKaos, live visual developer

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2020