Analysis News Sony Music sends letters to 700 AI, music streaming companies declaring it’s ‘opting out’ of AI training The letter also states that these companies may have already violated Sony's copyrights
News Google unveils ‘Music AI Sandbox’ with the help of Wyclef Jean, Justin Tranter and Marc Rebillet With these tools, "you’re able to move at light speed with your creativity," says Wyclef
News Ralph W. Peer appointed to role of Managing Director, UK at peermusic Peer will also continue in his leading roles in Australasia, Africa and the Middle East
Analysis News Will HYBE’s inclusion on South Korea’s ‘antitrust watch list’ be a problem for the world’s largest K-pop company? A regulatory rule in South Korea means HYBE faces disclosure requirements that other K-pop companies don't
News Appeals court upholds Childish Gambino victory in ‘This Is America’ copyright infringement case Rapper Kidd Wes had copyrighted the sound recording, but not the composition, of his 2016 track 'Made In America'
Analysis News With another CEO set to exit, more layoffs and shuttered offices, what’s going on at Proper, the company formerly known as Utopia Music? Proper Group says it's poised for growth and expansion, but less than a month ago, it was asking shareholders for a cash infusion
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes licensing deal with South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment in latest move to expand K-pop library NetEase has already signed licensing deals with K-pop companies like JYP
Analysis News From Downtown’s $500m credit agreement to Concord’s Hipgnosis bidding war exit… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Robert Kyncl talks Believe, M&A, India, superfans and more on WMG’s latest earnings call WMG says it's the only one of the major to grow market share in India and Sub-Saharan Africa last year
News Will Bloomfield joins TaP Music as Co-President and Head of Global Artist Management Bloomfield was named one of Billboard's 40 Under 40, and is part of the team leading the Richard Antwi Scholarship
News After raising $250m for acquisitions, Cinq Music buys catalog of producer Flow La Movie The acquisition comes more than three years after Flow La Movie died in an airplane crash
Analysis News Tencent Music’s AI-powered tech can ‘predict the next hit song,’ and 5 other things we learned from its latest annual report TME is also facing 695 copyright infringement lawsuits, and it's negotiating a 10% stake in an 'overseas entertainment company'
News Streams of Música Mexicana soared by 440% in five years on Spotify, platform says The trend is most pronounced in Latin America, the music streaming service says in a new report
News TikTok sues US government over ‘unconstitutional’ divest-or-ban law, says sale by ByteDance is ‘impossible’ The Chinese government 'would not permit' the sale of TikTok's code to a non-Chinese company, the complaint alleges
Analysis News Live Nation says forcing it to sell Ticketmaster would not be ‘legally permissible,’ and 3 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Live Nation's businesses would do very well as standalone companies, CEO Michael Rapino says, but that's not the strategy