News Primary Wave makes strategic investment in Vietnam’s POPS Music – with plans to ramp up catalog deals in Southeast Asia POPS claims to be 'home to the largest catalog of Vietnamese and Indonesian music'
News Australia’s GYRO Group expands into Latin America with new office in Brazil The global music company has opened a new HQ in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
News Musixmatch launches ‘Sentinel’ service to detect when copyrighted music and lyrics are used in AI and user-generated content The new service, called Sentinel, draws on the company's lyrics database.
News BTS comeback concert drew 18.4M global viewers says Netflix The group's first live performance since 2022 was streamed from Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square.
News Seeker Music Group closes $267M asset-backed securities transaction to fuel growth, scale catalog The company has closed its first ABS, backed by a catalog of more than 19,000 copyrights and master recordings.
News Heather Vassar appointed Senior Vice President, Nashville at The Orchard Vassar previously launched EMPIRE's Nashville division, where she is credited for her role in signing Shaboozey.
News FKA Twigs files lawsuit against indie duo in trademark dispute, following seven-figure demand for ‘co-existence’ Grammy-winning artist accuses twin-sister band of 'weaponizing' barred trademark claims after a decade of co-existence.
News Amid rise of AI deepfakes, Spotify to let artists vet releases before they appear on their profiles Artist Profile Protection offers artists a proactive layer of control on top of existing reporting tools.
News France’s recorded music revenues hit $1.21B in 2025, up 3.9% YoY; subscription streaming revenues grew 5.9% YoY The figures mark a tenth consecutive year of growth for the world's sixth-largest recorded music market.
News Live Nation invests in Romania’s Emagic and Slovakia’s Vivien as it expands Central and Eastern European footprint Live Nation says it is 'strengthening the foundations' of live music in the region.
News Deezer launches revamped ‘Deezer for Business’ platform, bringing partnerships, advertising, AI detection licensing and more under one roof Move comes days after the French streamer reported its first-ever annual profit.
News Having paid $11M to voice creators to date, ElevenLabs launches Music Marketplace to let its users monetize their AI-generated tracks ElevenLabs says that 14m+ 'studio-grade tracks have been created' since the launch of its Eleven Music AI music generator last year
News From WMG’s Netflix deal to BMG’s Anthropic lawsuit… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Warner Music Group inks exclusive Netflix deal to make artist and songwriter documentaries The streamer will develop "documentary series and films exploring the lives, music and legacies" of WMG's roster.
News Live Nation antitrust trial resumes as 30+ states push on despite DOJ settlement States accuse Live Nation of stifling competition and driving up prices for fans as trial continues without the DOJ.