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.
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News Celine Joshua promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Marketing & Streaming at BMG Joshua joined BMG in 2024 as EVP, Global Marketing
News Lexi Todd promoted to Deputy Chief Operating Officer At Primary Wave Todd celebrates 10 years at Primary Wave, initially joining the company as a legal intern in 2016
News Kevin Weaver promoted to President, Atlantic Music Group He will oversee 'high-impact opportunities' across the AMG roster
News Drake appeals dismissal of ‘Not Like Us’ case against UMG, says court created a ‘dangerous’ rule for rap diss tracks Lawsuit was dismissed in October 2025
News Too Lost projects nine-figure annual revenue haul for 2026, after adding 100k new artists and labels last year Company forecasts a nine-figure annual revenue haul for the second consecutive year.
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News Concord makes strategic investment in The Azoff Company’s indie label, Giant Music Giant has also entered into a global distribution partnership with Concord-owned Stem
News Splice acquires AI-powered voice production platform Kits AI Kits AI was backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Palm Tree Crew, 3LAU, Louis Bell, Steve Aoki, Wyclef Jean, Electric Feel Ventures, WndrCo Ventures, and 1Confirmation.
News Record labels, Spotify sue pirate group Anna’s Archive over scraping and ‘brazen theft’ of millions of tracks Pirate group accused of 'brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world's commercial sound recordings.'
News DistroKid investor buys indie distributor Zebralution from GEMA GEMA confirmed that it is selling "its 100% shareholding in Zebralution GmbH"
News Hannah Karp appointed EVP & Chief Communications Officer for Warner Music Group She joins the company’s executive leadership team following a decade at Billboard, where she was most recently Editor-in-Chief
News UMG ‘set to win EU nod’ to buy Downtown Music, Reuters reports The European Commission opened an in-depth Phase II investigation into the proposed acquisition in July 2025