News WMG’s Paul Robinson honored with Recording Academy’s ELI Service Award: He ‘stands for everything that is honest, diligent, fair.’ Robinson has served as WMG's top lawyer since 2006
Analysis UMG buying a stake in superfan app Stationhead is a bigger deal than you might realize. Here are 3 reasons why. Superfan monetization and D2C expansion continue to be strategic priorities for Universal Music Group.
News DistroKid, repped by Goldman Sachs and Raine, exploring a sale New York-based company claims that it handles 30% to 40% of new music releases globally
News BMG in talks to acquire Concord (report) Bertelsmann's BMG in talks to buy Concord, Bloomberg reports
News 60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025
News Universal Music acquires stake in superfan app Stationhead UMG's minority investment in the company follows Stationhead's merger with online music event platform Mellomanic
News Sony launches $2B music rights acquisition JV with Singapore’s GIC Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte.
News UMG sues Anthropic for $3bn over ‘brazen’ copyright infringement of 20,000+ songs Music publishers file second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic
News Primary Wave makes strategic investment in music financing platform RUN RUN says it has already deployed 'tens of millions of dollars in capital to hundreds of artists across five continents'
News GoldState hires ex-HarbourView exec Rabih Aouad as Principal to lead investments in tech, services and other music-related businesses Aouad will support GoldState's 'growth equity strategy within the global music ecosystem'
News Ex-BMG boss Hartwig Masuch named Chairman of music remix platform Hyph Masuch has joined Hyph in an advisory capacity with immediate effect and will transition to Chairman in April 2026.
News Miranda Lambert catalog acquired by Sony Music Publishing in partnership with Domain Capital The deal encompasses her complete back catalog of songs.
Interviews ‘Physical music is powerful and under-leveraged. In 2026, it won’t be a sideshow – it’ll be a core strategic revenue and brand channel.’ Happiness. Marketing founder Thom Skarzynski talks physical music, D2C, superfans and more
News Catalog of Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil acquired by Primary Wave in partnership with Nas Nuvens Music Group Gilberto Gil is described as one 'of the most important and influential figures in not just music but Brazilian culture'
News Matt Spetzler’s $200m-backed Pipeline to fund indie advances via new Merlin pact Pipeline was launched by Matt Spetzler’s investment firm Jamen Capital.