News Stability AI’s Julian Parker, a key researcher behind Stable Audio, joins Spotify’s ‘artist-first AI’ team – days after streamer’s landmark UMG remix deal Parker's announcement of the move arrived less than 24 hours after Spotify and Universal Music Group unveiled landmark licensing agreements for AI-powered covers and remixes
Analysis Has Warner Turned A Corner? The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham
News Live Nation faces calls for another competition investigation as UK lawmakers flag live music market dominance MPs concluded that Live Nation meets the threshold for market dominance across multiple areas of the UK live music supply chain.
News Ed Sheeran leaves Warner Music Group after 15 years – and 170 million albums sold The singer-songwriter revealed in a newsletter to fans that he parted ways with Atlantic Records and Asylum Records last month.
News Spotify and major music DSPs on alert as Canada triples streaming tax to 15% The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission tripled the levy on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video to 15%.
News Udio’s licensed AI music app will be called Starstruck, with four creation modes for fans (Report) Starstruck will offer four modes for users to interact with music from opted-in artists and songwriters: Cover, Reimagine, Remix and Create.
News Warner Music partners with GZ Media to show unsold vinyl records can be recycled without compromising sound The pilot processed approximately 10,000 unsold records sourced across multiple artists, titles, and pressing plants.
News Drake ties Taylor Swift for most Billboard 200 No. 1 albums among solo acts and sets new ARIA chart record with triple drop "Iceman" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on May 30, giving the rapper his 15th chart-topper and matching Taylor Swift's tally among solo acts.
News From Spotify and UMG’s landmark AI deal to Shamrock’s $813M raise… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Activist Artists Management promotes Anna Kolander to Partner Kolander has spent 13 years at the company, having joined as an assistant in 2013
News P!NK, Julian Bunetta, and Harvey Mason jr. among honorees at NMPA’s 2026 Annual Meeting P!NK will receive this year's NMPA Songwriter Icon Award.
News Paul McCartney to host global TikTok LIVE Q&A ahead of new album release The event will kick off TikTok LIVE Premiere – the platform's new flagship LIVE series
News Universal Music Group and TikTok strike new multi-year licensing deal — with expanded AI protections for artists and songwriters Global deal will also see TikTok and UMG work together to remove unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform
News The latest Music Business Worldwide Magazine is out now. Read it here. As ever, the latest issue is packed with insight about the past, present, and future of the music business... plus impressive people.
News Spotify backs US bill to outlaw AI deepfakes, joining UMG, Sony, Warner, Google, and OpenAI in growing coalition The bill has attracted support from Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, the RIAA, the Recording Academy, and more.
News Owner of Peanuts music catalog files four copyright lawsuits targeting video game publisher, social media posts, and the US government Lee Mendelson Film Productions says the lawsuits are intended to halt a pattern of unauthorized commercial use of Vince Guaraldi's compositions.
News Stability AI launches new audio models that can generate 6-minute music tracks Three of the four models are open-weight, meaning they are free to download and build upon.
News OpenAI preparing to file for IPO within days (Report) The company could file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as Friday (May 22), according to the WSJ and Reuters.