Analysis News Here’s exactly what Amazon, Spotify, Apple and other streaming services want to pay songwriters for 2028–2032 Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google have filed their rate proposals in Phonorecords V
News Jim Roppo named Vice Chairman of Warner Records Group Roppo joins from Universal Music Group, where he most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Republic Records.
News YouTube Music starts labeling AI-generated songs, using partner disclosures and its own detection tools 'Our listeners have told us they want transparency when they're hearing an AI-generated track,' said YouTube
News Taylor Swift expands voice trademark filings to the UK, EU, and Australia The filings follow three applications submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in April
News Raye says ticket scalpers used AI bots to create ‘hundreds of thousands of fake registrations’ as 1.8M sign up for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats Presale registration for the show ran through a sign-up page hosted by fan marketing platform co:brand.
News Live Nation moves to acquire majority stake in concert promoter Bizarro Chile, months after buying into Bizarro Peru The deal comes less than nine months after Live Nation agreed to take a majority stake in Bizarro Peru
News Deezer to let users block AI-generated music from search results Deezer is introducing an on/off toggle that will let users exclude fully AI-generated music from their search results
Interviews ‘Independent artists in India deserve the same infrastructure access, royalty transparency, and global reach that Western artists have been exposed to.’ Madverse boss Rohan Nesho Jain on the platform's positioning in the independent space, his predictions for the India's music market, and more…
News Rebecca Allen to exit UMG UK Chief Artist and Strategy Officer role after 27 years at Universal Allen was promoted to the newly formed role of Chief Artist and Strategy Officer at UMG UK in December 2025
News Music streaming fraud inquiry launched by US Copyright Office Notice of inquiry arrives a day after Michael Smith sentenced to 18 months in prison
Analysis With a new CFO, three licensing deals, and $775M+ raised, what’s stopping $5.4B-valued Suno from an IPO? The signals pointing to the firm's potential stock market ambitions and the barriers it faces in getting there.
News Tencent Music integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service. Now parent company Tencent is among the biggest backers of the AI company’s $12B+ funding round (report) DeepSeek has been built into TME's AI songwriting tool, AI assistant, comment sections, and more
News Majors and BMG tell US Supreme Court not to let appeals court decision ‘radically disrupt copyright worldwide’ in songwriter termination rights case January 12 ruling held that termination under US law returns an author's rights across the world, and not only in the US
News Google picks Base for Music for its Gemini Startup Forum – as $1.7M-backed French company says it uses AI to predict music marketing ROI More than 100 startups taking part, from 17 countries, were selected from over 2,000 applications, according to Google
News Adriana Sein joins Believe as President, Americas Exec most recently served as SVP & Global Head of Artist & Market Development at WMG's ADA