News Frank Rogers elevated to CEO of Spirit Music Frank Rogers previously served as Chief Creative Officer of Spirit Music, a role he has held since 2022.
News UMG and Sony seek to add over 61k recordings to Suno lawsuit after discovery reveals AI trained on ‘millions’ of their copyrighted tracks The labels say they are asserting "only a small fraction" of those recordings – 61,026 works – in the proposed second amended complaint.
News Sony Music moves to add more than 30,000 copyrighted recordings to its lawsuit against Udio Sony Music now alleges that Udio "copied and ingested" 30,442 copyrighted works into its generative AI models.
News Kakao’s Melon, Tencent Music, and Line Music to launch unified K-pop chart that pools streaming data from South Korea, China, and Japan Melon will upload congratulatory video messages from artists including NCT Taeyong, Le Sserafim, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, and AND2BLE ahead of the launch.
News Ticketmaster expands into the Philippines through SM Prime partnership SM Ticketmaster will partner with third-party venues, promoters and other ticketed experiences across concerts, sports and live events.
News Live Nation faces calls for another competition investigation as UK lawmakers flag live music market dominance MPs concluded that Live Nation meets the threshold for market dominance across multiple areas of the UK live music supply chain.
News Ed Sheeran leaves Warner Music Group after 15 years – and 170 million albums sold The singer-songwriter revealed in a newsletter to fans that he parted ways with Atlantic Records and Asylum Records last month.
News Spotify and major music DSPs on alert as Canada triples streaming tax to 15% The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission tripled the levy on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video to 15%.
News Udio’s licensed AI music app will be called Starstruck, with four creation modes for fans (Report) Starstruck will offer four modes for users to interact with music from opted-in artists and songwriters: Cover, Reimagine, Remix and Create.
News Warner Music partners with GZ Media to show unsold vinyl records can be recycled without compromising sound The pilot processed approximately 10,000 unsold records sourced across multiple artists, titles, and pressing plants.
News Drake ties Taylor Swift for most Billboard 200 No. 1 albums among solo acts and sets new ARIA chart record with triple drop "Iceman" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on May 30, giving the rapper his 15th chart-topper and matching Taylor Swift's tally among solo acts.
News Spotify backs US bill to outlaw AI deepfakes, joining UMG, Sony, Warner, Google, and OpenAI in growing coalition The bill has attracted support from Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, the RIAA, the Recording Academy, and more.
News Owner of Peanuts music catalog files four copyright lawsuits targeting video game publisher, social media posts, and the US government Lee Mendelson Film Productions says the lawsuits are intended to halt a pattern of unauthorized commercial use of Vince Guaraldi's compositions.
News Stability AI launches new audio models that can generate 6-minute music tracks Three of the four models are open-weight, meaning they are free to download and build upon.
News OpenAI preparing to file for IPO within days (Report) The company could file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as Friday (May 22), according to the WSJ and Reuters.