News Monica Jordan elevated to Vice President, Creative A&R, at Sony Music Publishing Latin Jordan has spent 15 years at the company
News TikTok developing a separate US app as divest-or-ban deadline nears (report) US version of TikTok app reportedly scheduled to launch in US app stores on September 5
News UMG strikes partnership with Mandopop star David Tao and his company Great Entertainment Deal coincides with the release of Tao’s eighth studio album
News Hipgnosis is back: Merck Mercuriadis launching new company with ‘hundreds of millions’ in investment secured (report) Merck Mercuriadis aims to buy back the music rights he sold to the private equity firm while building a new investment company
News UK competition watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over Oasis ticket sales The UK's Competition and Markets Authority indicated that it would continue to engage with Ticketmaster “in an effort to secure a voluntary resolution.”
News Netflix in talks with Spotify on projects like music awards, live concert series (report) The Wall Street Journal reports that the platforms are discussing potential partnerships
News US Senate rejects 10-year ban on state AI regulation in win for creative sector The ban would have prevented states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.
News Apple Music to establish new studio space in Los Angeles The move comes over three years after Spotify launched its own creative hub in Los Angeles.
News BandLab now allows artists and rightsholders to signal interest in AI licensing The expanded BandLab Licensing platform lets artists, labels, and publishers mark tracks as 'Open to AI licensing'
News HYBE confirms ‘strategic expansion’ into India – in second half of 2025 The expansion represents the next stage of what HYBE calls its “multi-home, multi-genre strategy."
News Mystery buyer for TikTok named by Trump is the same Oracle-Blackstone group whose bid stalled (report) The previous talks broke down after Beijing withheld approval in the wake of Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods
News UK’s PPL distributed $133M to 139,000 performers and rightsholders in Q2 2025 The distributions, which mainly cover UK collections from public performance and broadcast licensing throughout 2024, was up 7% from last year.
News NewJeans loses final appeal in contract dispute with HYBE’s ADOR The group did not file an appeal to South Korea's Supreme Court by the June 24 deadline.
News Trump says TikTok buyer found, won’t name group for two weeks Trump told Fox News’ 'Sunday Morning with Maria Bartiromo' that the potential acquirer is "a group of very wealthy people."
News AI music platform Suno acquires WavTool, moving into DAW market WavTool's browser-based DAW technology will be integrated into Suno's existing AI music generation platform.