News After Universal and Merlin deals, Spotify inks agreement with Kobalt for AI-powered ‘fan-made’ covers and remixes It is the first deal for the tool with a music publisher outside Universal Music Group.
News Weeks after Beyoncé’s ‘Alien Superstar’ sample suit was dismissed, a second one is filed – this time Beyoncé is a defendant The other defendants are Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, W Chappell Music Corp. and John Holiday.
News Anghami co-founder Eddy Maroun launches Arabic music IP platform IPNation, targeting $100m with backing from Influence Media Partners IPNation describes itself as the first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs and entertainment IP.
News JYP Entertainment’s Q2 revenues fell 15.1% YoY, net profit down 40.3%, in the gap between Stray Kids’ world tours That high base was the same quarter of 2025, when Stray Kids' dominATE world tour was still on the road.
News Global Music Rights and Music Choice settle 95-song copyright case GMR filed the complaint on June 8, alleging that Music Choice continued performing songs from its catalog after the companies' license agreement lapsed.
News New YouTube creators will need 8,000 watch hours to start earning from ads – double the current bar From February 1, 2027, new applicants to the YouTube Partner Program will need about 20 million qualified Shorts views over the previous 90 days.
News Suno brings its voice clone tool to iOS and Android, opens a limited version to free users Voices lets a user record or upload audio of themselves singing, which Suno then uses to generate new songs in that person's voice.
News Veeps lays off staff at BrooklynVegan, Revolver and other music publications (report) Veeps is the ticketed livestream service in which Live Nation owns a majority stake.
News Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.
News Live Nation acquires majority stake in three Prague venues as it expands across Central and Eastern Europe The agreement, struck with Czech investment group PPF, also covers the 5,000-capacity O2 Universum and the 4,000-capacity Forum Karlín.
News J-pop powerhouse ASOBISYSTEM opens first US headquarters in California ASOBISYSTEM calls the launch its biggest spending yet in North America, and a permanent base for J-pop acts it has been sending on tour across the US.
News TikTok closes Nashville office on Music Row and lays off staff – two years after signing the lease TikTok confirmed the closure to Nashville television station FOX 17 News on Wednesday (August 5), two years after it signed the lease.
News Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs.
News South Korea’s KOMCA ends ban on AI-assisted songs – false filings now risk royalty holds and contract termination The amended rules took effect on Monday (August 3), replacing a ban that KOMCA had applied since March 24, 2025.
News Ticketmaster acquires ticketing platform RED UTS in Uruguay entry The acquisition folds RED UTS into a network the company says spans more than 35 markets.