News David McIninch appointed General Manager of Soundmouse, the music cue sheet platform acquired by BMI McIninch will oversee Soundmouse's global operations
News English-language share of US audio streams fell in Q1, says Luminate, as Latin music gained ground driven by megastars like Bad Bunny Luminate said Latin music has "fully shattered" its 'niche' status" in the US
Analysis The Ghost in the Machine Wants a Cut The following MBW op/ed comes from Walter De Brouwer, a generative linguist by training and the co-founder, with Michael Ovitz, of SoundPatrol
News Anthropic, fighting lawsuits over alleged copying of song lyrics, accuses Alibaba of copying Claude to train a rival AI Anthropic says Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 28.8 million exchanges with its Claude AI model.
News UAE’s MusicNation joins the Human Artistry Campaign as its first Middle East signatory MusicNation said its participation reflects its role in implementing the UAE's vision for the protection and enforcement of musical copyrights.
News Michele Page appointed General Counsel at SoundExchange Michele Page previously held vice president roles at Peloton Interactive and Nielsen.
News Reservoir strikes joint venture with Latin music company TU Publishing Reservoir will serve as the publisher for all current and future writers signed to TU Publishing
News Ryman Hospitality confirms it is exploring options for Grand Ole Opry owner Opry Entertainment Group The Nashville-based REIT said it had engaged Morgan Stanley to evaluate its options after receiving inbound interest from "a range of organizations."
News Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’ Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work
News PPL India reinstated as a copyright society after a 12-year absence The registration was granted by the Government of India, through the office of the Registrar of Copyrights, on June 11
News HarbourView acquires publisher’s share of select songs from Max Martin and Shellback’s Wolf Cousins collective The compositions include songs recorded by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo, DNCE and Demi Lovato.
News KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director, India & Middle East at The Orchard Kumar was previously Managing Director, India at the company, a remit that also covered its operations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
Analysis News Taylor Swift is fighting a trademark lawsuit over The Life of a Showgirl. Here’s what a new amended complaint argues, and what’s at stake. Swift's lawyers moved to dismiss the lawsuit in May
News Reactional scores $2.8m European Innovation Council grant to scale personalized music as a monetization layer in gaming Firm's patented Reactional Music Engine lets players personalize in-game music and lets developers build soundtracks that react to gameplay in real time
News Influence Media emerges as winning bidder for Anthem’s music assets with $650M+ offer (report) It's the third time in a decade that Anthem has been put up for sale after earlier auctions in 2017 and 2022 failed to draw a high enough bid.
News As Michael Jackson movie nears $1B, Madonna says her biopic has been scrapped The Queen of Pop told Interview magazine that the project collapsed after a falling-out with Universal Pictures over its budget.
News StubHub fined $1.2M by UK market watchdog over hidden fees, ordered to refund more than 50,000 customers The CMA said StubHub UK broke consumer law by adding mandatory charges only at the final stage of checkout, a practice known as drip pricing.
News Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia acquires Sound Pollution Songs catalog of around 5,000 works The acquired catalog includes works performed by acts including Sabaton, Twilight Force, Wormwood, Bonafide, Elaine, Foredoom and Rexoria.