News Martin Lorentzon just cashed out $666m worth of Spotify stock in less than a week ...across two transactions from Lorentzon and his holding company, Rosello Co. Ltd
News Spotify says iOS payment rule change boosted Premium subscriptions Spotify said iOS conversion rates jumped substantially within two weeks of the update’s launch
News NewJeans bolsters legal team with former judges as ADOR contract battle continues HYBE-owned label ADOR has also bolstered its legal team, ahead of a legal wrangle over NewJeans' contract
News Udio’s mobile app launches on iOS, priced at up to $30 per month The app brings Udio's text-to-music generation features to mobile devices.
News Amazon Music launches AI-powered search tool in US beta The tool generates curated music collections and allows users to create AI-generated playlists tailored to specific artists
News Dua Lipa was the most played artist across radio, TV and public places in the UK last year Taylor Swift maintained her spot at No. 2 for the second straight year, while Sheeran fell to third place
News Joe Jaeger elevated to VP, Integrated Marketing & Strategy at AEG Presents Joe Jaeger's expanded role includes strategic development across the company’s live music properties portfolio
News Salt-N-Pepa sue Universal over ownership of master recordings – UMG says it remains ‘committed to working towards an amicable resolution’ The hip-hop group is accusing UMG of engaging in “self-interested and heavy-handed tactics” to block them from exercising their termination rights
News Music streaming service ROXi, backed by U2’s Adam Clayton, secures management buyout (report) The assets of MagicWorks, ROXi’s parent company, transferred to a newly formed entity called FastStream Interactive, Sky News reports
News TikTok launches album campaigns for Jin of BTS, Avicii and Måneskin’s Damiano David TikTok has unveiled three new artist campaigns
News Live Nation and AEG face probe over pandemic refund policies (report) Prosecutors are weighing bringing charges against Live Nation and CEO Michael Rapino, Bloomberg reported
News Reservoir subsidiary PopIndia strikes its first catalog deal with Musicraft Entertainment acquisition Deal arrives a month after the launch of Reservoir Media's newly established Mumbai subsidiary
News Producer Poo Bear launches TTIKR content monetization platform The mobile-first app allows musicians, filmmakers and multimedia artists to set their own prices for content and deal directly with their fans
News Universal Music expands iconic Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon jazz and classical labels into China Labels launch in China as part of strategic expansion
News Did Anthropic’s own AI generate a ‘hallucination’ in legal defense against song lyrics copyright case? Anthropic ordered to respond to claims that a data scientist it employed relied on a fictitious academic article