News English-language share of US audio streams fell in Q1, says Luminate, as Latin music gained ground driven by megastars like Bad Bunny Luminate said Latin music has "fully shattered" its 'niche' status" in the US
News Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’ Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work
Analysis News Taylor Swift is fighting a trademark lawsuit over The Life of a Showgirl. Here’s what a new amended complaint argues, and what’s at stake. Swift's lawyers moved to dismiss the lawsuit in May
News Reactional scores $2.8m European Innovation Council grant to scale personalized music as a monetization layer in gaming Firm's patented Reactional Music Engine lets players personalize in-game music and lets developers build soundtracks that react to gameplay in real time
News UMG’s Bravado targets A$AP Rocky merch bootleggers on ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ tour with trademark suit, seizure order A trademark infringement complaint was filed on Thursday June 11
News Ex-Blackstone exec Vlado Spasov launches $1.5B alternative asset manager Trimontium – music rights among target assets Trimontium says its target areas also include "uncorrelated" asset classes such as IP rights and royalties.
News Clive Davis, legendary record executive, dies at 94 'We will miss him greatly, cherish him always, and carry his love with us for the rest of our lives,' the Davis Family said in a statement on June 22
News MF Doom estate and Temu reach settlement in lawsuit over alleged knock-off merch The plaintiff, Gas Drawls, LLC, owns the rights to MF Doom's music and intellectual property
News Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition among 31 groups warning against ‘misuse’ of artist and songwriter rights in AI deals Orgs representing artists, songwriters and music managers issue open letter over AI deals
News Elon Musk’s X moves to dismiss music publishers’ $250M+ copyright lawsuit, arguing Supreme Court’s Cox ruling ‘forecloses’ the case The motion is the latest development in a copyright battle that dates back to June 2023
News NO FAKES: Senate panel backs bill that could cost platforms $750k per AI deepfake The US Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced the NO FAKES Act
News Spotify opens direct uploads for music videos and live performances in beta The move steps up Spotify's challenge to YouTube, which dominates music video streaming globally.
News BMG/Concord merger approved by competition authorities in United States and Germany (report) Deal cleared in US, Reuters reports, after official approval in Germany
News Copyright lawsuit against Meta over Eminem songs to proceed on direct infringement claim – with up to $109M at stake A federal judge has narrowed the copyright lawsuit that Eight Mile Style filed against Meta Platforms
News Months after its AI virtual singer Wu AI-Hua went viral, Warner Music China doubles down on digital artists via strategic deal with Dream Maker Dream Maker says it has developed more than 3,000 virtual singers