News TikTok is testing an opt-in ‘Likeness Detection’ tool that lets US creators find and report AI deepfakes of themselves It was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, who wrote in a post on X that TikTok was testing the feature with "some US creators."
News Universal Music Group has spent over $500M on its share buyback – with stage one of the process nearly complete In total, UMG has repurchased 26,073,074 of its own shares since the program began in April, at a cost of EUR €487.7 million
News Spotify pushes deeper into music videos with new chart and artist pitching, stepping up its challenge to YouTube Spotify now counts nearly 100,000 artists in a beta that lets them upload full-length videos themselves.
News Canada’s SOCAN names Musical AI as its attribution partner to credit and pay creators whose work shapes AI music SOCAN will recognize Musical AI as an approved tech partner for attribution services, and the two will explore how the technology can be applied in Canada.
News Nick Holmstén and Ash Pournouri officially launch superfan startup Belong – backed by Troy Carter, Chris Zarou and Hans Vestberg Former Spotify Global Head of Music Nick Holmstén and Avicii's former manager Ash Pournouri launched new company
News WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let distro company’s artists track AI use of their music Warner Music Group acquired Sureel in June
News Sony Music sues Udio again, asserting over 30,000 recordings a judge barred the major from adding to its original case The complaint was filed on July 20 in New York
News Live Nation faces prospect of UK competition investigation as watchdog lines up industry meetings (report) The Times reports that the CMA's outreach is understood to be a precursor to a formal probe
News Spotify Premium users can now ‘talk to’ the app to choose music and learn about what they’re playing By typing or speaking, eligible Premium users can talk to Spotify across the app's Home and Now Playing views on mobile.
News After Vermont and Maine, Massachusetts moves to cap ticket resale at 110% of face value, with Noah Kahan’s backing It would also ban speculative tickets in Massachusetts and bar resellers from using deceptive websites or misleading fans about ticket availability.
News Indonesia’s copyright rewrite would ban AI from imitating creators – and Google’s not a fan. It would also make the use of copyrighted works to train AI models subject to fair-use limits or licensing agreements, Reuters reported.
News HYBE names new girl group TUIDE, set to debut under its ABD label this year The group will be produced by Han Sung Soo, the founder of PLEDIS Entertainment, who has produced groups including SEVENTEEN.
News Udio taps content-security BuyDRM to secure its AI music ‘walled garden’ BuyDRM will provide multi-DRM support across Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady through its KeyOS MultiKey Service.
Analysis News From Apple Music’s price hike to Iron Maiden’s Pophouse deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Elon Musk’s X and music publishers end legal war, filing joint stipulations of dismissal The two sides filed joint stipulations of dismissal in two US federal courts on Thursday (July 16).
News After rejecting the DOJ’s Live Nation settlement, states press for discovery into White House talks The states want to examine both whether the settlement does enough to restore competition and how it was negotiated.
Interviews ‘Asia will become one of the primary drivers of global touring rather than simply a destination on international routes.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Tommy Jinho Yoon, founder and CEO of Asia-focused music promoter International Creative Agency (ICA).