News Joe Jaeger elevated to VP, Integrated Marketing & Strategy at AEG Presents Joe Jaeger's expanded role includes strategic development across the company’s live music properties portfolio
News Salt-N-Pepa sue Universal over ownership of master recordings – UMG says it remains ‘committed to working towards an amicable resolution’ The hip-hop group is accusing UMG of engaging in “self-interested and heavy-handed tactics” to block them from exercising their termination rights
News Music streaming service ROXi, backed by U2’s Adam Clayton, secures management buyout (report) The assets of MagicWorks, ROXi’s parent company, transferred to a newly formed entity called FastStream Interactive, Sky News reports
News TikTok launches album campaigns for Jin of BTS, Avicii and Måneskin’s Damiano David TikTok has unveiled three new artist campaigns
News Live Nation and AEG face probe over pandemic refund policies (report) Prosecutors are weighing bringing charges against Live Nation and CEO Michael Rapino, Bloomberg reported
News Reservoir subsidiary PopIndia strikes its first catalog deal with Musicraft Entertainment acquisition Deal arrives a month after the launch of Reservoir Media's newly established Mumbai subsidiary
News Producer Poo Bear launches TTIKR content monetization platform The mobile-first app allows musicians, filmmakers and multimedia artists to set their own prices for content and deal directly with their fans
News Universal Music expands iconic Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon jazz and classical labels into China Labels launch in China as part of strategic expansion
News Did Anthropic’s own AI generate a ‘hallucination’ in legal defense against song lyrics copyright case? Anthropic ordered to respond to claims that a data scientist it employed relied on a fictitious academic article
News Spotify expands AI DJ feature with voice-based music requests for Premium users Premium subscribers will be able to verbally customize their listening sessions
News Universal partners with Apple Music to launch Sound Therapy wellness music collection Sound Therapy divides its offerings into three categories targeting focus, relaxation, and sleep
News Candice Watkins named President of Capitol Records Nashville and EVP of Capitol Christian Music Group Capitol Music Group is reorganizing its Nashville divisions by bringing its country and Christian music operations under a unified banner
News Sacem’s payouts to composers and publishers rose 12% to nearly $1.5bn in 2024 Sacem’s international revenues jumped 15% YoY, while domestic collections inched up 2% YoY
News UK government faces second House of Lords defeat over AI copyright rules The latest vote came shortly after more than 400 artists, creative industries workers and executives called on the UK to mandate transparency in AI training
News SoundCloud addresses AI clause in terms of service, says it ‘has never used artist content to train AI models’ Fairly Trained founder Ed Newton-Rex spotted the update, which went largely unnoticed since it was rolled out in February 2024