News Jeff Roberto joins Splice as SVP Marketing Roberto's background includes chief marketing officer roles at Nodle and DistroKid
News HYBE’s ADOR label files lawsuit over NewJeans deal dispute, says K-Pop group’s exclusive contract ‘cannot be unilaterally terminated’ 'With a heavy heart, we believe it is important to clarify any misunderstanding that the exclusive contract with the artist has been lawfully terminated'
News Taylor Swift claims title of Spotify’s most-streamed artist for second straight year, with more than 26.6bn streams in 2024 Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish have topped Spotify's most-streamed artists list for 2024
News Musical AI and Beatoven.ai to jointly launch what they claim to be the ‘first fully licensed’ AI music generator The new tool will be trained on a catalog of over 3 million songs, loops, samples, and sounds, all cleared and licensed by Musical AI
News BMG parent Bertelsmann partners with ElevenLabs, plans AI-generated music features "These tools don’t replace creators — they save time for the creative work that matters most," ElevenLabs says
News Fortnite’s ‘Remix: The Finale’ concert draws over 14M players, breaking records Fortnite has set a new milestone, drawing 14.3 million concurrent players for its 'Remix: The Finale' virtual concert on November 30
News Lunar Client partners with STYNGR to bring licensed music to Minecraft Through the Lunar Client Launcher, players will be able to stream music from major labels directly within Minecraft
News Azi Eftekhari named Chief Operating Officer at Sony Music UK Eftekhari joins Sony Music after serving two years as Co-President of Universal Music’s Catalogue Division
News GoldState Music buys catalogs from CatchPoint Rights, AMR Songs for $200m (report) GoldState has strategically targeted music publishing and royalty income streams that offer steady returns
News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News Twitch co-founder Justin Kan and artist manager Nicholas Parasram launch Thin Ice Entertainment Both Kan and Parasram are known for their track record of launching startups
News PlayAI snags $21m in funding to launch AI voice-cloning platform A news report suggests PlayAI's tech raises ethical concerns about the its ability to clone real people's voices
News Deezer becomes latest streaming service to integrate TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature Feature allows TikTok users to save songs discovered on the platform to their preferred music streaming service
News Nvidia unveils AI audio generator ‘Fugatto’ that can produce ‘sounds never heard before’ Nvidia describes its new artificial intelligence technology as “a Swiss Army knife for sound”
News US Supreme Court seeks federal insight into major labels’ $1bn copyright case against Cox The request will likely be handled by President-elect Donald Trump's designated Solicitor General, John Sauer