Analysis News WMG revenues up 12.6% YoY in calendar Q3 driven by Alex Warren and other stars, as ‘artist services’ revenues soar 64.3% thanks to Oasis merch Warner Music Group has issued its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2025 (calendar Q3 – the company’s fiscal Q4).
News UMG, Sony and Warner strike licensing deals with new AI music platform KLAY Company is developing an AI music platform that 'reimagines listening with immersive, interactive tools'
News Suno will be reading Robert Kyncl’s new blog post very closely, as WMG CEO vows to ‘legislate, litigate, license’ in the era of AI music creation Blog post arrived just hours after WMG struck two key AI deals with Udio and Stability AI
News WMG settles Udio lawsuit, strikes licensing deal for ‘next-generation’ AI music platform coming in 2026 Udio to launch a 'next-generation' AI-powered music creation, listening, and discovery platform in 2026
News WMG strikes deal with Stability AI to ‘build the next generation of responsible AI tools for music creation’ Universal Music Group also entered into a strategic alliance with Stability AI last month
News Suno just raised $250m at a $2.45bn valuation – and it’s generating $200m in annual revenue Series C Round Led by Menlo Ventures with Participation from NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix
News Slipknot sell majority stake in catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners The band has sold 30 million albums worldwide
News EU set to issue ‘warning’ over UMG’s $775m Downtown deal (report) Bloomberg reports that the EC is preparing a 'statement of objections' over the deal
News Tracy Maddux appointed Interim CEO at beatBread Exec is a the former CEO of CD Baby and ex-Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Holdings
Interviews As SoundCloud overhauls its creator subscription model, CEO Eliah Seton says the platform is building music’s ‘next major revenue format’ Exec talks SoundCloud's strategy, the future of fan monetization
News Direct-to-fan platform EVEN strikes deal with Symphonic targeting superfans with D2C storefronts for indie artists Deal marks latest distributor partnership for D2C specialist EVEN
Interviews Meet BTS label boss Seon Jeong Shin, the exec guiding the superstar K-pop group’s ‘unprecedented’ return MBW’s World Leaders series meets Seon Jeong Shin, President of HYBE's flagship record label BIGHIT MUSIC
Interviews ‘I see an explosion of hybrid sounds coming from Africa. The next big global hits will come from these cultural crossovers.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Nuno Rocha, Head of Business Development for MENA, Lusophone, and Francophone markets at ONErpm
News Kabiru Bello, Head of A&R, EMEA at Warner Music, is leaving the company Exec has worked at Warner Music Group since 2017
News From 50,000 AI tracks flooding Deezer daily, to Spotify’s Premium Platinum pilot The biggest headlines from the past few days...