News Publishers acquire stake in rock song at center of landmark termination rights case as they plan to pursue Supreme Court challenge The publishers said they acquired Robert Resnik's stake as they seek to ask the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's January ruling.
Analysis News UMG fires back at Drake appeal over ‘Not Like Us’ case dismissal: 3 takeaways from response brief UMG says Drake used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur “to goad Lamar into responding to his diss tracks.
Interviews Russ talks ownership, fan engagement and ‘making music every day’ at SXSW About two months ago, Russ became the second-highest RIAA-certified independent rapper in history.
News Symphonic acquires music distribution and YouTube monetization platform Distro Nation Jon Baltz, CEO and Co-Founder of Distro Nation, will join Symphonic’s executive team as Head of UGC & Rights Management, along with his team.
News Watch out Epidemic Sound: Google launches Lyria 3 Pro AI model that can generate 3-minute tracks The tech giant is likely positioning the technology as a direct competitor to royalty-free production music services like Epidemic Sound.
News South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment appoints JungHee Ko as Co-CEO alongside Joseph Chang in leadership restructure Ko takes on an additional role as Chief Platform Officer, overseeing a newly created unit responsible for Kakao Entertainment's platform services
News TuneCore says that tracks within its ‘Accelerator’ platform have generated 50B streams since 2023 The program helped facilitate 15 billion track discoveries, with 515,000 independent artists currently enrolled. That’s up from 450,000 reported a year ago.
News Timbaland’s AI artist TaTa Taktumi signs with Ne-Yo’s Pacific Music Group The deal names Pacific Music as exclusive Asia manager and worldwide label for the AI project that confirmed its Filipino heritage.
News Apple Music now surfaces concert listings and ticket links via Bandsintown and Ticketmaster deals When a user plays a song, they can pull up the artist, see upcoming dates nearby, and buy a ticket without switching apps.
News Spotify launches SongDNA in beta for Premium subscribers, tracing how songs connect through shared producers, samples and covers SongDNA lets subscribers trace how one song connects to another through shared producers, samples and covers.
News Music messaging app Feels, which counts Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg among its investors, launches with licensing deals from all three majors The app, available globally on iOS and Android, lets users send short-form music video clips as messages.
News Sony Music acquires Nordic dance label One Seven Music, taps co-founder Janus Barnewitz as new MD of Sony Music Denmark Janus Barnewitz succeeds Henrik Daldorph, who is leaving the company after serving 20 years leading Sony Music Denmark.
News iHeartMedia and TikTok say they developed ‘a new blueprint for artist launches’ with Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic’ The campaign generated over 3 billion impressions, with the TikTok LIVE drawing 36 million likes within the first hour.
News BTS smash K-Pop records with new album Arirang – but HYBE shares drop after comeback concert draws smaller crowd than expected All 14 tracks from the album also occupied spots on the Spotify Global Top 50, with the lead single SWIM, debuting at No. 1.
News Chance the Rapper beats Pat the Manager’s $3.8M lawsuit — but wins just $35 in countersuit The verdict capped a legal fight that began in 2020 when Pat Corcoran sued Chance the Rapper alleging unpaid commissions.