News Cindy Gu appointed General Manager of Southeast Asia for Virgin Music Group Gu comes to Virgin from Fabled Records and has a long portfolio of hits counting billions of streams
News A concert took place every 137 seconds across the UK in 2024, as live music spend in the market jumped 9.5% to $7.2bn, according to new report Music fans shifted some spending from festivals to one-off concerts, industry group LIVE noted
News Anthropic’s value balloons to $183bn after securing $13bn in latest funding round Anthropic’s valuation has grown from $61.5 billion following a $3.5 billion funding round in March.
Analysis When rebellion becomes risk: Negotiating morality in music catalog deals The following op/ed comes from Claire Hoffman, an associate at Michelman & Robinson, LLP
News JYP Entertainment is hiring for AI and Unreal Engine experts to develop an ‘unprecedented’ virtual K-pop artist JYP is hiring staff with expertise in artificial intelligence, motion graphics and more
News Cutting Edge acquires AMC Studios’ full catalog of TV music rights, including compositions from hit series ‘The Walking Dead’ Under the deal, AMC Networks will continue to use the music within AMC Studios’ series “in perpetuity.”
News Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ breaks Spotify record for most-streamed album in a single day by a female artist in 2025 The record spent 11 weeks on Spotify’s Countdown Page ahead of its release.
News StubHub losses widen despite revenue growth ahead of planned IPO Net loss more than doubled in H1 2025 to $111.8 million, while revenue rose 3% YoY to $827.9 million.
News Arrival Artists and ATC Live merge to create global booking agency ROAM The merger establishes ROAM as the “fifth largest” independent booking agency globally.
News Downtown Music boss speaks out on UMG deal: ‘The debate must be honest. It must be about facts, not agendas.’ UMG’s Virgin Music Group revealed in December that it had agreed to buy Downtown LLC in a $775m deal, which is currently under Phase II investigation by the European Commission.
News WMG promises ‘more firepower’ for British artists as Atlantic and Warner Records UK labels align with US leadership Simon Robson to lead UK operations following Tony Harlow’s departure as CEO of WMUK
News Sony Music Publishing named Publisher of the Year at BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Ceremony was hosted by BMI’s EVP and Chief Revenue & Creative Officer Mike Steinberg and BMI’s Vice President, Creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton
News Warner’s Divo Music makes play for independent artists in India via new label Loopd Warner acquired a majority stake in Divo in 2023
News Dynamite Songs acquires catalog of Grammy-winning producer Keith Harris Deal includes songs that Harris co-produced for The Black Eyed Peas, Estelle, Madonna, Usher, Robin Thicke and Chrisette Michele
News Bandcamp launches human-curated ‘Bandcamp Clubs’ at $13 a month The new clubs will have no algorithms involved and will be curated by music tastemakers like Tina Edwards and Jamz Supernova