News AI music firm Udio is hiring for a Head of Artist Partnerships to lead negotiations with the music industry Successful candidate will 'define and lead how artists engage with Udio at a pivotal moment in the company’s growth'
News AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify The AI artist behind the track has gained over 935,800 monthly listeners on Spotify.
News Sony Music buys Munich label F.A.M.E. Recordings The deal includes debut albums from bands Schandmaul and Pam Pam Ida, along with recordings by Feuerschwanz, Werner Schmidbauer, and more.
News Bruno Mars breaks Ticketmaster single-day sales record, with 2.1m tickets sold for ‘The Romantic Tour’ The artist recently added 32 new dates for the Live Nation-produced 2026 tour, expanding to a total of 70 shows.
News Kobalt strikes global publishing partnership with India’s Madverse Music The deal gives Madverse's network of over 150,000 independent artists and labels access to Kobalt's global publishing infrastructure globally.
News HYBE cashes out $3.5m worth of shares, riding on BTS comeback The company is cashing out from a recent stock rally driven by the highly anticipated return of their biggest acts, BTS.
News Bandcamp bans AI-generated music: ‘We want musicians to keep making music’ Users will be able to report suspected AI-generated content through Bandcamp’s reporting tools.
News Atlantic Screen Group secures $30m from Corrum Capital for film, TV score and music catalog acquisitions The London-based music and media company will use the capital to acquire film and TV scores, and music catalogs.
News In landmark termination rights ruling, Appeals Court says songwriters can reclaim global copyrights under US law A Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision allowing songwriter Cyril Vetter to take back full global control of a 1963 rock song from publisher Resnik Music.
News TikTok splits US workforce as ByteDance retains control of key operations (report) Some US staff received notices last week that they won't join the new joint venture led by Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, Business Insider reported.
News Rostrum Pacific inks direct deals with Spotify, TikTok; appoints Samantha Moore to lead new distro platform SpaceHeater SpaceHeater will operate through direct relationships with Amazon and Tidal, along with other major digital storefronts.
News Musical AI raises $4.5m to scale AI attribution tech The startup’s technology identifies what percentage of a generated output came from which source.
News Cutting Edge acquires music catalog of composer John Paesano, including scores from ‘Maze Runner’ and ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ The deal includes music from franchises that have generated over $1.8 billion at the global box office.
News BMG to move global HQ to renovated Lumina building in Berlin in 2027 The move puts BMG in the former Galeries Lafayette building just two blocks from its current Berlin offices.
News Managers and agents of Ed Sheeran, Oasis, Olivia Dean, Radiohead, Fontaines D.C. and more urge EU action on ‘predatory ticket resale’ The signatories want the Digital Fairness Act expanded to tackle ticket resale abuse.