News Study suggests ‘noticeable decline’ in artists heading out on tour Chartmetric study points to increasing costs, low ticket sales for some artists and a massive spike in the cost of US visa applications for musicians
News Warner Music Brazil brings back voice of samba legend Cleber Augusto through AI Augusto lost his voice following throat cancer surgery more than two decades ago
News Epic Games prevails in patent infringement case over Travis Scott, Ariana Grande concerts in Fortnite A jury found that neither the Ariana Grande show nor the Travis Scott concert in 'Fortnite' a patent held by Utherverse
News Ed Sheeran urges US Supreme Court to reject appeal of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright case Overruling a lower court’s decision could lead to “rampant” speculative copyright lawsuits, Sheeran’s lawyers argue
News Live Nation begins operating its first venue in Colombia, in partnership with Grupo Páramo The concert giant's strategy of building high-quality venues in underserved markets has taken another step forward
Analysis News From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Anthropic lawyers apologize to court over AI ‘hallucination’ in copyright battle with music publishers Anthropic's lawyers say the Claude chatbot didn't invent a research paper out of thin air, but it did mis-name the paper and its authors
Analysis News Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019 Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold talks about pricing, facing a potential economic slowdown, and fixing the company's public relations headaches
News Court should reject Drake’s ‘dangerous’ assumption that rap lyrics are factual in case against UMG, scholars argue Diss tracks 'are understood by audiences not to represent factual assertions about the opposing artist,' the scholars argue
News UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier Spotify says the total royalty haul from UK artists has more than doubled since 2018
News Music publishers file amended lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, which they say ‘bolsters the case’ over company’s ‘unauthorized use of song lyrics’ Music publishers have refiled their legal complaint against Anthropic, and the AI company has once again moved to have the case dismissed
News Tencent Music’s ‘Super VIP’ tier drives quarterly revenues to $1bn mark as income from streaming subscriptions jumps 16.6% Company saw an 8.3% YoY increase in number of paying users, reaching 122.9 million in Q1
News Elton John, Paul McCartney among artists urging UK government to ‘protect copyright in the age of AI’ Letter to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer comes as the House of Lords prepares to vote on a contentious data bill
Analysis News From Create buying Monstercat to WMG earnings… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Yamaha launches $50m fund to power music and media startups The fund is meant to cement Yamaha's “leadership position as an innovator in the fields of sound and music”