News Switzerland’s MusicBird strikes music rights deal with estate of prominent grunge producer Rick Parashar Deal comprises Parashar’s producing income from albums by Nickelback, Alice in Chains, Blind Melon and 3 Doors Down
News YouTube’s ‘twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,’ says Lyor Cohen, as platform makes $8bn+ payout to the music industry over the past year The figure was shared by Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami on Wednesday.
News Triller Group faces Nasdaq delisting over missed filings The TikTok rival missed the deadline to submit its annual report for 2024 and quarterly reports for the periods ending March 31 and June 30, 2025.
News Recording Academy to stage Grammy House Giza event in Egypt The Academy has previously held Grammy House events in Los Angeles and New York but hasn't taken the concept outside the US until now.
News Merlin partly dismisses lawsuit against Triller The case continues to threaten the TikTok rival with a possible default judgment just as it fights to stay on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
News AEG’s AXS forms ticketing JV in Japan with Lawson Entertainment The partnership builds on AXS’s existing operation in Japan, which launched in 2018.
News Live music discovery platform Bandsintown reaches 100m registered users The company says it now has a network of over 700,000 registered artists and 65,000 venues and promoters.
News Mariah Carey named as MusiCares 2026 Person of the Year The event will be held on January 30, 2026, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two days before the 2026 Grammy Awards.
News Labels fire back at Suno’s attempt to dismiss YouTube stream-ripping claims They argued that Suno violated federal anti-circumvention laws regardless of any fair use defense.
News Suno and Udio face another lawsuit from indie artists over AI training, echoing major labels’ stream-ripping allegations The AI firms are being accused of maintaining internal libraries of copied audio and lyric files that staff and contractors access for testing and other purposes.
News Dr. Richard James Burgess named Chair at the UK’s PPL as John Smith steps down Burgess succeeds John Smith OBE, who will be stepping down after nearly a decade leading the board.
News Suno is generating more than $100M in annual revenue – and is in talks to raise more money at a $2B valuation The company is currently generating more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue, Bloomberg said, citing sources.
News Roger de Graaf, co-founder of Spinnin’ Records, launches new company Fluent Music Group De Graaf launched the new company with marketing executive Robert Tammens, who previously worked at Spinnin' Records.
News FUGA extends partnership with classical music company Naxos The expanded partnership adds strategic marketing, specialist YouTube services, product development, and more.
News City of Hope honors Warner Records’ Tom Corson with Spirit of Life Award Cher presented the award to the Warner Records executive, while Michael Bublé performed during the evening.