News Tina Turner music interests acquired by Pophouse in ‘strategic transaction’ with BMG Deal with BMG also covers the late superstar's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights.
News BMG sues Anthropic for infringement, alleging AI firm’s $380B valuation was built on ‘stolen copyrighted works’ BMG Rights Management has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI giant behind the Claude AI chatbot.
Analysis News A new WMG deal, an Ed Sheeran collaboration and 10M AI music production users… 3 things we learned from Tencent Music’s Q4 earnings call Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) published its Q4 and full-year 2025 results on Tuesday (March 17). Here are three things that stood out.
Analysis News 10 quick (and crucial) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2026 10 quick takeaways from this year's report
Analysis Sir Lucian Grainge just became the first music exec at NVIDIA’s ‘Super Bowl of AI’. Here’s what he said. Universal Music Group's Chairman & CEO just became the first music industry leader to take the stage at NVIDIA's GTC conference
News Global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 837M IFPI has published its new 'Global Music Report 2026' showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY in 2025
Analysis News Tencent Music now has 20M+ ‘Super VIP’ subscribers. Here’s what that means for China’s largest music streamer. Tencent Music Entertainment's (TME) 'Super VIP' tier has just hit a major new milestone.
News In latest move in India, Universal Music forms exclusive partnership with Albuquerque Records, the new label from singer and composer Anirudh Ravichander Universal Music India has entered into an exclusive partnership with Albuquerque Records
News Matt Young named CEO of UMG’s Bravado, as Dan Goldberg and Eric Mackay join Amy Zaglauer & Rachel Redfearn on leadership team Young, based in New York, continues to report to Boyd Muir, Chief Operating Officer of UMG
News Lyor Cohen letter addresses AI integration at YouTube, the ‘power of visual storytelling’ and the ‘tidal wave of choice’ facing music fans Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music, has published his first letter to music industry partners of 2026
News US wholesale recorded music revenue reached $11.5B in 2025, as paid streaming subscriptions hit 106.5M — adding 6.5M accounts YoY The US recorded music industry generated USD $11.535 billion in wholesale revenue in 2025, up 3.1% YoY.
News Universal Music acquires stake in What the Duck, a prominent indie label based in Thailand Founder Moy Samkwan Tonsompong will join Universal Music Thailand as Managing Director
Analysis Chance the Rapper vs. Pat the Manager trial: Seven revelations from the courtroom so far The civil trial between Chancelor Bennett (Chance the Rapper) and his former manager Patrick Corcoran is underway
News Warner Music Group signs new $1.645bn credit agreement with JPMorgan, refinancing existing debt Agreement comprises a $1.295B term loan, the proceeds of which will be used to pay off WMG's existing term loan debt and related fees, and a $350M revolving credit facility
Interviews ‘Creating superfans requires emotional thinking, not just analytics.’ Happiness. Marketing's Thom Skarzynski makes the case that superfandom isn’t something you discover — it’s something you intentionally build