News Richard Stumpf’s Hawkeye Music teams up with Tesseract with $50m in capital to acquire music rights The partnership brings together Stumpf’s expertise in catalog acquisitions with Tesseract’s expertise in the merchandise licensing business
News Suno urges court to throw out record labels’ ‘stream-ripping’ allegations Suno doesn't deny stream-ripping songs from YouTube; the company argues the practice isn't prohibited by the DMCA
News AudioShake raises $14m for AI tech that can turn any audio file into stems The company says it has seen a 400% YoY revenue spike, and counts Universal Music and Warner Music among its tech's clients
News Abba Voyage generated $113m in 2024 as demand for virtual concert series stayed strong in third year Aniara, the UK holding company for ABBA Voyage, says the concert series added £833 million to London's economy in its first three years
Analysis 5 things you might have missed about Donald Trump’s TikTok deal TikTok's US algorithm will be retrained under the new ownership, and China's ByteDance could still walk away with the lion's share of profits
Analysis Why lawsuits over counterfeit merch are on the rise. It's become easier than ever to make and sell counterfeit merchandise, while merch sales have become more important than ever to artists
News Universal and Sony Music partner with new platform to detect AI music copyright theft using ‘groundbreaking neural fingerprinting’ technology Companies to use "groundbreaking neural fingerprinting technologies" to detect copyright infringement in AI-generated music.
News Ticketmaster didn’t use ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis concerts in the UK, will change how it sells tickets in the market, watchdog says Ticketmaster has voluntarily agreed to greater transparency in ticket prices, but has not admitted any wrongdoing, the UK's CMA said
News Suno releases ‘most powerful’ model yet, days after record labels allege illegal ‘stream ripping’ from YouTube The company is also teasing the upcoming launch I-powered audio workstation 'Suno Studio'
News EU recorded music revenues grew 9.1% to reach $6.2bn in 2024, but subscriber adoption lags behind US, UK markets Recorded music revenue growth in the European Union was more than the US, China and Brazil combined, the IFPI says in a new report
Analysis 3 things you might have missed in the major labels’ Suno lawsuit The record companies suing AI music-making platform Suno have turned up the heat on the startup tech company.
News Live Nation and Ticketmaster sued by FTC over alleged ‘illegal ticket resale tactics’ The Federal Trade Commission says Ticketmaster is profiting off of allowing scalpers to breach ticket purchase limits
News 1 in 3 chart-topping hits in Germany last year went viral on TikTok first, platform says TikTok is boasting that “the path to many chart successes begins" on its platform
News Trump administration, China reach ‘framework’ for deal to keep TikTok operating in the US (report) Who's buying TikTok's US operations - or what exactly they'll get for their money - is not yet known
News Armada’s BEAT Music Fund acquires entire master rights catalog of Laidback Luke and Olga Heijns’ Mixmash Records The acquisition gives BEAT Music Fund a catalog that has clocked some 200 million streams worldwide