News Music publishers allege Anthropic used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted lyrics Anthropic may face a new allegation from music companies: That it not only downloaded, but distributed lyrics without permission
News Temu sued for alleged knock-offs of MF Doom merch, using late rapper’s name and likeness The owner of MF Doom's IP calls Temu 'one of the most unethical companies operating in today’s global marketplace'
News After raising $500m for music rights deals, GoldState acquires catalog of hitmaker Yung Lan in ‘7-figure deal’ Yung Lan is known for having produced hits for Fetty Wap, Morgan Wallen and Roddy Ricch, among others
News AEG expands global partnership with American Express across festivals, venues, events on four continents American Express Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Rutledge called AEG 'one of most trusted and strategic partners'
News Reservoir reports 8% YoY revenue growth to $37M in fiscal Q1 Reservoir highlighted its entry into immersive entertainment with an investment into London-based Lightroom
News Spotify announces new round of price hikes – and share price jumps Spotify's subscriber growth has continued even amid a series of price hikes over the past two years
Analysis News The 5 most important things to know about HYBE, the music company that just won’t stay out of the headlines HYBE is busy expanding beyond the world of K-pop, but a seemingly endless string of controversies is dragging down the company's public image
News Musixmatch says LyricFind trying to ‘distract from its business failures’ with antitrust lawsuit LyricFind is suing Musixmatch, arguing that an exclusivity deal with Warner Chappell Music violates US antitrust law
News TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature has fuelled ‘billions’ of streams. Now it’s linked up with YouTube Music. YouTube Music joins Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Melon, Anghami and SoundCloud in TikTok's music-saving feature
News Derek Cournoyer promoted to SVP, Global Digital Business at Kobalt Cournoyer will be playing a key role in striking partnerships with platforms like Meta, TikTok and YouTube
News Create Music Group’s digital content studio Flighthouse launches sports-focused Fieldhouse Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Strauss has described Create Music Group as an "audience company"
News Germany’s recorded music sales grew 1.4% in the first half of 2025, marking a significant slowdown The country's recorded music industry trade group is urging the EU to create the conditions needed for an AI licensing marketplace
News Music industry backs reintroduced ‘RAP Act’ that would bar lyrics from being used as evidence in US court trials ‘Freddy Mercury did not confess to having ‘just killed a man’ by putting ‘a gun against his head...'
News Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks up ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ as fictional groups dominate Spotify charts Seven of the top 15 tracks on Spotify's most-streamed tracks in are by virtual artists from a Netflix movie
News Recognition Music Group plans $372m bond sale – as value of catalog once known as Hipgnosis Songs Fund continues to balloon Blackstone-owned Recognition owns the portfolio of music rights built by Merck Mercuriadis at HSF