News Spotify says 1,000+ artists have featured in its ‘RADAR’ program, and have racked up 338bn+ streams on the platform Artists on the RADAR artist development program have sparked more than 6.5 billion song discoveries on the platform.
News NetEase Cloud Music secures deal with production company Most Contents to stream K-drama soundtracks in China The Chinese music streaming platform will gain access to over 70 Korean drama soundtracks from South Korea-based Most Contents
News Anthropic to pay authors $1.5bn to settle lawsuit over using pirated books to train AI Anthropic agreed to pay $3,000 per work to a settlement fund that is expected to cover roughly 500,000 titles.
News France-based music rights management firm 22D Music buys stake in indie publishing company Velvetica Music Deal marks 'the merger of two highly complementary players in the French music publishing industry.'
News TikTok nabs exclusive livestream of Ed Sheeran performance for superfans in New York The TikTok LIVE campaign will see Sheeran performing in front of an audience of his superfans in New York.
News Anthropic’s value balloons to $183bn after securing $13bn in latest funding round Anthropic’s valuation has grown from $61.5 billion following a $3.5 billion funding round in March.
News JYP Entertainment is hiring for AI and Unreal Engine experts to develop an ‘unprecedented’ virtual K-pop artist JYP is hiring staff with expertise in artificial intelligence, motion graphics and more
News Cutting Edge acquires AMC Studios’ full catalog of TV music rights, including compositions from hit series ‘The Walking Dead’ Under the deal, AMC Networks will continue to use the music within AMC Studios’ series “in perpetuity.”
News Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ breaks Spotify record for most-streamed album in a single day by a female artist in 2025 The record spent 11 weeks on Spotify’s Countdown Page ahead of its release.
News StubHub losses widen despite revenue growth ahead of planned IPO Net loss more than doubled in H1 2025 to $111.8 million, while revenue rose 3% YoY to $827.9 million.
News Arrival Artists and ATC Live merge to create global booking agency ROAM The merger establishes ROAM as the “fifth largest” independent booking agency globally.
News Dynamite Songs acquires catalog of Grammy-winning producer Keith Harris Deal includes songs that Harris co-produced for The Black Eyed Peas, Estelle, Madonna, Usher, Robin Thicke and Chrisette Michele
News Vinyl records and CDs spared from Donald Trump’s new US import tariffs Physical music formats are classified as “information materials” exempt from trade restrictions.
News SM Entertainment teams up with music tech startup Verses on AI-generated rap music project The collaboration centers on Verses' Rappie application, which generates rap lyrics, vocals and accompanying videos using AI.
News Warner Music signs Japanese star Yuki Chiba in partnership with 300 Entertainment Chiba collaborated with Megan Thee Stallion on 'MAMUSHI', which has generated more than 284 million streams on Spotify to date.