News Sir Lucian Grainge likens ‘responsible AI’ to the arrival of sampling as he accepts Northeastern University’s inaugural Global Entrepreneur Award The award was presented at Northeastern's seventh annual Global Leadership Summit on June 4
News Universal Music Greater China acquires Carrier Creative catalog, home to ‘golden-era’ Mandopop recordings by Little Tigers and Johnny Chiang The deal was announced on Monday (June 8) at UMGC's inaugural China Summit in Beijing.
News 220+ rights orgs worldwide urge France’s National Assembly to adopt bill that would force AI firms to prove copyrighted content wasn’t used to train their tech The Darcos bill would reverse the burden of proof in AI copyright disputes in France
News Universal Music eyes €1 billion bond sale, Bloomberg reports News follows UMG's recent rejection of a $64 billion takeover bid from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
News Concord invests in and strikes strategic partnership with Lito Music, the company founded by Latin hip-hop & reggaeton artist Lito MC Cassidy The deal expands Concord’s presence in Latin music
Analysis News A bill moving through Congress could change who controls the US Copyright Office. Here’s why it matters for the music business. Who controls the machinery of copyright in the United States, and what happens to music if that control shifts?
News Julian Franzoni appointed General Manager for Argentina and Uruguay at Warner Chappell Music Franzoni joined WCM in 2016 and rose through the ranks in the A&R team
Interviews ‘People don’t just want hits. They want honesty.’ Tunde Balogun, CEO of LVRN (Love Renaissance), maps out how the company he cofounded in Atlanta with Sean Famoso McNichol, Justice Baiden, Junia Abaidoo, and Carlon Ramong went from college parties to over 30B streams and a $100m+ valuation.
News Universal Music makes minority investment in Thai distribution and publishing company Solution One S1 was founded in 2001 by CEO Karlcharn Kongkatong and co-founder Apsornsopha Sariman.
News US Register of Copyrights continues The MLC’s designation as the statutory Mechanical Licensing Collective – as total royalties distributed to songwriters and publishers near $4B The Register originally designated The MLC in July 2019
News Suno raises over $400 million, pushing valuation to $5.4 billion The round was led by Bond Capital, alongside IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, and Quiet
News 2 Live Crew can’t take back their recorded music copyrights after all, appeals court rules A US federal appeals court has overturned 2 Live Crew's high-profile victory in their long-running copyright fight
News Havas, led by Yannick Bolloré, launches label via UMG’s Virgin Music Group Virgin Music Group will handle VOLYUM's global distribution.
News Sunita Kaur named President, Asia, for Universal Music Publishing Group Kaur will oversee the company’s operations across the continent
News TikTok trumpets Temper City’s viral ‘Self Aware’ as SoundOn expands services for US indie artists and labels The track has surpassed 150m streams on Spotify and has been used to soundtrack more than 6.4m videos on TikTok