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.
News The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes first song to hit 5bn streams on Spotify The latest achievement coincides with the track topping Billboard's Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart
News Cox tells Supreme Court that ISP liability in music piracy case could lead to ‘mass evictions’ from internet The ISP said only about 1% of its home and business clients are accused of copyright infringement in the case.
News Nordic collecting societies shutter Polaris licensing hub over changing market demands Koda, Teosto, and Tono established the Polaris hub in 2019
News Three former KATSEYE contestants confirmed for HYBE, Geffen’s second global girl group Three contestants from 2023 Dream Academy competition to form new four-member global group, with fourth member to emerge from auditions in Japan
News Apple Music Radio expands beyond iOS with new TuneIn partnership TuneIn's 75 million monthly users will gain access to Apple Music's commercial-free radio stations.
News YouTube expands creator promotion tool ‘Hype’ to 39 markets The feature allows viewers to promote videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers.
News Amid plans to sue Nvidia and Suno, music platform Jamendo launches AI-powered search The new search feature allows users to find music by typing sync briefs, scene outlines, pop culture references, or by describing the vibe, genre and mood.
News Anthropic settles authors’ lawsuit over pirated books… and it could be a gift for Universal Music Group’s lawyers US District Judge William Alsup ordered the parties to seek preliminary approval of their settlement by September 5.
News Apple expands tool allowing users to transfer playlists from Spotify and other services to US, UK and more The tool, initially available in Australia and New Zealand, now works in the US, UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and Mexico.