News HYBE posts $20M court deposit to delay Min Hee-Jin payment as ex-ADOR CEO offers settlement (report) HYBE posted the deposit as part of its request for a stay of enforcement to delay payment until the ruling is finalized, Korea JoongAng Daily reported.
News High-res music service Qobuz joins France’s Deezer in flagging AI-generated tracks on its platform AI-generated tracks that appear to have been uploaded fraudulently will be removed from Qobuz.
News The Circuit Group launches indie artist and label services arm, Beat Switch Beat Switch Music Services has been operating quietly for the past 24 months, and now supports more than 20 independent labels.
News Miley Cyrus asks court to dismiss ‘Flowers’ copyright case, calling similarities to Bruno Mars hit ‘commonplace’ and unprotectable Cyrus’ lawyers pushed back on Tempo's claims including allegations of similar pitch sequences, and similarities in the lyrics' characters and plots.
News Sony Music Publishing launches in the Philippines, appoints Stephanie Ortiz as General Manager for the market Ortiz reports to Sony Music Publishing’s newly appointed President for Asia, Roslyn Pineda.
News Min Hee-jin proposes to forgo $18M court win in exchange for HYBE dropping all lawsuits against her, NewJeans, ex-employees and fans Min tells HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk to "meet in the realm of creation, not in the courtroom.”
News Greg Prata promoted to Chief Financial Officer at Sony Music Publishing, as Tom Kelly retires after 35-year career Prata will remain based in New York and report to SMP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Platt.
News AI sample generator Just 4 Noise raises $1M from BADideas.fund, Sound Hub Denmark and more Just 4 Noise lets producers describe the sound they want and get “individual, unique, royalty-free sounds” that they can drop directly into their DAW.
News Apple revives the Apple Music Connect name — this time as a B2B promo platform for labels and distributors The relaunched Apple Music Connect gives label and distributor teams a single dashboard to manage the parts of a release cycle.
News Sony Music France acquires Paris-based indie label and publishing company Spookland Spookland will transition into Bleu Revolver, which will continue operating as an independent label in partnership with Sony Music Group France.
News Live Nation loses bid to dismiss DoJ antitrust lawsuit, trial set for March US District Judge Arun Subramanian granted Live Nation's motion for summary judgment on some claims while allowing others to proceed.
News AWAL strikes global distribution deal with Italy’s Artist First Artist First will offer local marketing and promotional services to AWAL artists looking to break into the Italian market.
News AI remix startup Hook secures $10m in Series A led by Khosla Ventures The startup promoted Simmi Singh to Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer.
News US state attorneys general ready to take Live Nation to trial, with or without DoJ (report) State attorneys general plan to meet later this week to discuss the case without federal government participation, Bloomberg reported.
News Deezer launches ‘Flow Tuner’ to give users more control over algorithmic playlists Flow Tuner adjusts recommendations in real time instead of relying on likes, dislikes or skips.