News With $50M+ in music rights deals to date, Larrosa’s MusicTraders builds out new M&A team targeting LATAM and emerging market catalogs Invitation-only music rights platform names specialist division as it renovates after six years and $50M+ in deals.
News Timbaland’s AI artist TaTa Taktumi signs with Ne-Yo’s Pacific Music Group The deal names Pacific Music as exclusive Asia manager and worldwide label for the AI project that confirmed its Filipino heritage.
News Apple Music now surfaces concert listings and ticket links via Bandsintown and Ticketmaster deals When a user plays a song, they can pull up the artist, see upcoming dates nearby, and buy a ticket without switching apps.
News Spotify launches SongDNA in beta for Premium subscribers, tracing how songs connect through shared producers, samples and covers SongDNA lets subscribers trace how one song connects to another through shared producers, samples and covers.
News Seeker Music Group closes $267M asset-backed securities transaction to fuel growth, scale catalog The company has closed its first ABS, backed by a catalog of more than 19,000 copyrights and master recordings.
News UMG, Concord, and ABKCO file new motion asking judge to rule that Anthropic infringed their copyrights and reject AI ‘fair use’ argument: ‘The evidence in this case is overwhelming.’ Publishers filed motion for partial summary judgment on Monday (March 23) in the Northern District of California
News Heather Vassar appointed Senior Vice President, Nashville at The Orchard Vassar previously launched EMPIRE's Nashville division, where she is credited for her role in signing Shaboozey.
News FKA Twigs files lawsuit against indie duo in trademark dispute, following seven-figure demand for ‘co-existence’ Grammy-winning artist accuses twin-sister band of 'weaponizing' barred trademark claims after a decade of co-existence.
News Amid rise of AI deepfakes, Spotify to let artists vet releases before they appear on their profiles Artist Profile Protection offers artists a proactive layer of control on top of existing reporting tools.
News Music messaging app Feels, which counts Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg among its investors, launches with licensing deals from all three majors The app, available globally on iOS and Android, lets users send short-form music video clips as messages.
News Sony Music acquires Nordic dance label One Seven Music, taps co-founder Janus Barnewitz as new MD of Sony Music Denmark Janus Barnewitz succeeds Henrik Daldorph, who is leaving the company after serving 20 years leading Sony Music Denmark.
News iHeartMedia and TikTok say they developed ‘a new blueprint for artist launches’ with Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic’ The campaign generated over 3 billion impressions, with the TikTok LIVE drawing 36 million likes within the first hour.
News France’s recorded music revenues hit $1.21B in 2025, up 3.9% YoY; subscription streaming revenues grew 5.9% YoY The figures mark a tenth consecutive year of growth for the world's sixth-largest recorded music market.
News Live Nation invests in Romania’s Emagic and Slovakia’s Vivien as it expands Central and Eastern European footprint Live Nation says it is 'strengthening the foundations' of live music in the region.
Analysis News Mandopop superstar Jay Chou is about to release his new album ‘Children of the Sun’ via UMG, led by a $2.8M music video. The timing couldn’t be more significant. The album is also the first new studio record released since Chou and his label JVR Music signed a strategic global partnership with Universal Music Greater China in December 2023,
News Deezer launches revamped ‘Deezer for Business’ platform, bringing partnerships, advertising, AI detection licensing and more under one roof Move comes days after the French streamer reported its first-ever annual profit.
News Having paid $11M to voice creators to date, ElevenLabs launches Music Marketplace to let its users monetize their AI-generated tracks ElevenLabs says that 14m+ 'studio-grade tracks have been created' since the launch of its Eleven Music AI music generator last year
News Confirmed: Primary Wave Music to acquire Kobalt from Francisco Partners Kobalt to continue standalone operations under current management