News Confirmed: Providence Equity taking full control of THE•TEAM, buying out founder Casey Wasserman The private equity firm, already THE•TEAM's majority investor, will make an additional investment to fund the buyout.
News K-pop’s ‘Big Four’ and South Korean government reveal plans for Fanomenon festival in Seoul and Los Angeles The inaugural edition will run for 11 days across Seoul Arena in the city's Chang-dong district and the KINTEX exhibition center in nearby Goyang.
News Jenni Pfaff promoted to Chief People and Transformation Officer at HYBE in new global role She will report to HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee and remain based in Los Angeles.
News HYBE winds down AI voice company Supertone after investing nearly $35M HYBE is reportedly in talks to transfer Supertone's voice-conversion and noise-removal tools, Shift, Clear and Air, to an outside buyer.
News Ariana Grande sues unnamed hackers over theft of unreleased music sold on the dark web The complaint does not name any defendants, instead identifying them as "John Doe" parties.
News States cite new appeals-court ruling to defend Live Nation monopoly verdict – Live Nation says it backs throwing the verdict out Live Nation argued that a tying claim requires proof of harm to competition in the tied market, and that its rivals had not been shown to suffer such harm.
News Bad Bunny grossed $467.5M on Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour (report) The total fell 2.5% short of the highest-grossing Latin tour ever regardless of gender: Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour.
News BTS powers HYBE to record Q2 as ARIRANG world tour drives concert revenue boom for K-pop giant Recorded music revenue grew 43.0% YoY to KRW 326.8 billion ($218m), also led by ARIRANG.
News Too Lost partners with Roblox to bring catalog of independent music to games and virtual spaces Tracks from The All-American Rejects, A$AP Ferg, Teddy Swims, and Alex Warren will be available to Roblox creators to use in games and virtual spaces.
News Patreon lays off 20% of its staff in biggest round of cuts in its history CEO Jack Conte said Patreon's core business was "healthy and strong", but that the platform was restructuring to adapt faster to a shifting market.
News UK recorded music exports hit record $1.05B in 2025, up just 0.8% YoY 2025 was the first time the annual total had surpassed £800M, which converts to USD $1.05B
News Indonesia scraps song and music copyright registration fee to build a national music database The change applies only to songs and music, while registration fees for other categories of creative work are unchanged.
News Qobuz rolls out real-time synced lyrics to all subscribers Qobuz's redesigned player carries visuals that shift with a track's album artwork and keeps a mini-player on screen while users navigate the app.
News Live Nation launches Roblox game that lets players build their own festivals, with CORTIS as the first featured artist The game has already drawn more than 3.5m visits and generated more than 23m in-game performances.
News Andy Burnham, the UK’s new Prime Minister, cuts business rates by 20% for live music venues, pubs and clubs in England The cut will apply to nearly 32,000 businesses, with the typical pub estimated to save £1,100 (around USD $1,475) in the next financial year.