News Benny Brown acquires Wide Open Music, launches new publishing firm North Chapel Music The deal transfers Wide Open's entire catalog to Brown's new venture, including hits by Brett Young, George Birge and Matt Stell.
News Anthropic faces setback in authors’ lawsuit ahead of UMG copyright battle: ‘If Anthropic loses big it will be because what it did was also big.’ A judge's rejection of stay request in Anthropic’s book piracy case sets precedent as the company faces a similar lawsuit against record labels.
News WME’s Kirk Sommer to receive ‘International Music Person of the Year’ award at MUSEXPO 2026 Sommer has worked with artists from Adele and The Killers to Artic Monkeys, Benson Boone, Billie Eilish and more
News HYBE Chair Bang Si-hyuk returns to South Korea to face investigation over alleged IPO fraud HYBE said it plans to cooperate with the police investigation "as much as possible."
News Attorneys general from 14 states question FireAid’s $100M fund distribution The inquiry, led by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, centers on growing complaints that fire victims have received no direct assistance.
News Drake wins court approval to serve key witness in UMG defamation case The rapper’s attorneys claimed they have spent $75,000 trying to track down Kojo Menne Asamoah
News SoundExchange slams judge’s ruling in SiriusXM case as ‘entirely wrong on the law’ Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed SoundExchange's $150 million lawsuit against SiriusXM
News SM Entertainment’s Q2 2025 revenue up 19% to $218M; CEO hints at China expansion after Tencent deal CEO Cheol-hyuk Jang said SM aims to create "a comprehensive idol success model" in partnership with Tencent Music.
News HYBE Chair Bang Si-hyuk tells staff he’ll return to Seoul to face IPO fraud investigation Bang told staff in an email that he will return to Korea "to fully and transparently work with investigators and put these allegations to rest.”
News After KATSEYE success, HYBE-Geffen launches talent search for second girl group – starting in Japan The selection process involves document review, three rounds of Tokyo-based screenings, and final judging in the US.
News Warner Music’s legal battle over K-pop group poaching allegations by Attrakt set for September court date Attrakt sued Warner Music Korea in October 2024, accusing it of “tampering” with members of the girl group Fifty Fifty.
News HYBE revenues topped $500M in Q2, up 10.2% YoY – as country music starred for its US labels Group revenue climbed 10.2% YoY in Q2 to 705.6 billion South Korean won, while operating profit jumped 29% YoY to 65.9 billion won.
News Amid legal battle, Salt-N-Pepa claims UMG ‘keeps us from re-releasing our music’ Cheryl James and Sandra Denton told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts that UMG removed their music from streaming platforms.
News TikTok sets new livestreaming record with 74M Tomorrowland viewers The latest figure marks a 362.5% jump from the 16 million viewers who watched the same festival on TikTok in 2023, according to TikTok data.
News Sony Music sues Napster over $9.2M in alleged unpaid royalties, up to $37.5M in copyright claims Sony Music claims Napster has been delinquent on payments for over a year while collecting subscription fees from “millions of paying users.”