News SM Entertainment’s operating profit soars 261% amid streak of hit K-pop albums, growth at fan platform DearU A sharp jump in concert and merchandise revenue also contributed to the company's blockbuster Q3 earnings
Analysis News Spotify leadership talk price hikes, the company’s ‘ubiquity strategy’ and more on Q3 earnings call Spotify is making a big push into audiobooks and video, and so far, it appears to be paying off
Analysis 3 things you might have missed from Universal’s Q3 earnings call Music fans want to see AI improve their listening experience, not replace human artists, UMG's research found
News YouTube ad revenues reached $10.3B in Q3 2025, up 15% YoY, as Shorts ‘now earn more revenue per watch hour’ than long-form content in the US YouTube Shorts 'now earn more revenue per watch hour' than traditional YouTube videos, the company says
News J. Cole sued by Cam’ron for at least $500K over ‘Ready 24’ Cam'ron says he was never paid for his lyrical and vocal contributions to 'Ready '24'
News Adobe’s new Firefly can create ‘custom, fully-licensed’ AI soundtracks for video Adobe says its AI music tool was 'trained on licensed content... and public domain content where copyright has expired'
News Udio’s bid to dismiss claims of ‘illegal scraping’ from YouTube contains ‘fatal flaws,’ record labels say If Udio gets its way, there will be no controls on copyrighted content made available to the public, record labels say
News Suno, in talks to raise $100m at a $2bn valuation, just released its most advanced free AI music tool yet Suno’s rapid sequence of updates and new products highlights the growing competition among AI music-making platforms
News OpenAI, valued at $500bn, reportedly working on generative AI music tool The move would bring OpenAI into an increasingly crowded field of AI music generation platforms
News Australia rejects proposal that would have exempted AI training from copyright laws The country is instead planning to move forward with a licensing regime for AI developers and rightsholders
News Kakao founder acquitted of stock manipulation charges in bidding war against HYBE A Seoul court said prosecutors didn't prove their case that Kim Beom-su manipulated SM Entertainment's stock price in a bidding war against HYBE
News Lizzo sued for alleged copyright violation in unreleased song snippet referencing Sydney Sweeney jeans ad A rep for Lizzo said they were 'surprised' by a lawsuit over a social media snippet of an unreleased song
News YouTube showcases new AI likeness detection tool For now, the tool will be available to creators on YouTube, but it's widely expected something similar will roll out for the general public as well
News Revenues at India’s Tips Music rose 11% YoY in calendar Q3 amid ‘challenging industry environment’ The prominent Indian label's revenue growth has shrunk rapidly in recent quarters
News NYSE plans to delist classical music streamer Kuke, four years after the company raised $50m for its US IPO Under NYSE regulations, a stock whose value falls below $1 per share for more than 30 trading days can be delisted