News Universal Music adopts newly launched Connex platform for music credit management The Connex platform links music creators and their preferred creator tools with labels, distributors, and publishers
News UK government to offer concessions on controversial AI copyright rules as vote nears (report) Ministers have reportedly drafted amendments to the data bill that include promises to conduct an economic impact assessment of the controversial changes
News NMPA says Spotify’s Q1 growth due to ‘undercutting of songwriters’ via audiobook bundling The NMPA says Spotify’s global subscriber and revenue growth is "being subsidized by US songwriters”
News BeatStars teams up with Sureel to block AI companies from training on creator content Sureel will register BeatStars’ entire marketplace catalog, allowing AI companies to see which content they’re prohibited from using in training AI
News Udio and Audible Magic team up to tackle rights management in AI-generated music A “content control pipeline” will allow streaming services and distributors to identify AI-generated tracks from Udio’s platform
News Jason Feinberg appointed SVP/Head of Kobalt’s music publishing platform KOSIGN Feinberg previously held roles at 138 Strategic, Universal Music Group and Pandora’s AMP platform
News Sony Corp strikes strategic partnership with BandLab Technologies to bring spatial sound and other tools to the company’s millions of users Initial phase of partnership integrates Sony’s Spatial Sound technology; co-branded hub within BandLab to act as gateway for future offerings
News Epidemic Sound acquires AI startup Song Sleuth to tackle music’s ‘black box’ problem The Stockholm-based soundtracking platform is launching a new service called Aentidote aimed at identifying unclaimed and undistributed royalties
News HYBE revenues soared 39% YoY to record $349m in Q1, driven by tours and merch from SEVENTEEN, j-hope, ENHYPEN and other K-Pop stars HYBE surpassed the 500 billion South Korean won quarterly revenue mark for the first time in the first quarter of 2025.
News Henri Lanz appointed Senior International A&R and Creative Advisor of Warner Music Nordics Lanz worked as Chief Creative Advisor at Sony Music Finland over the past year
News StubHub strikes deal to become ATG’s official resale ticket partner for 16 US venues The partnership will enable fans to buy tickets for events at ATG theaters directly through StubHub
News Spotify set to hike prices across Europe, Latin America, following 18% price rise in Netherlands A Spotify individual subscription in the Netherlands now costs EUR 12.99 per month
News IMPALA welcomes EU’s Downtown deal probe; UMG remains ‘confident’ $775M acquisition will close in H2 2025 IMPALA represents 6,000+ independent music companies in Europe
News Splice acquires Spitfire Audio for a reported $50m as it bets on AI music creation Splice was valued at nearly USD $500m in 2021 after securing $55m in funding
News Hannah Thompson-Waitt promoted to SVP, Commercial Strategy, at Virgin Music Group Exec previously served as Vice President of Commercial Strategy