News Universal, Concord and ABKCO ask court for injunction to stop Anthropic’s AI from using their song lyrics The three publishers sued multi-billion-dollar-backed AI company Anthropic in October
Analysis News Warner Music Group FY revenues top $6bn for first time; company’s recorded music streaming up 8.9% YoY in calendar Q3 Warner Music Group has posted its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q3) and FY financial results ending September 30, 2023
News Welcome to the future: AI-generated vocal clones of superstars now available on YouTube Shorts – thanks to Google’s ‘most advanced music generation model to date’ We all knew it was coming - now, suddenly, it's here.
News Gary Chan appointed Managing Director of Universal Music Hong Kong Exec joins from Media Asia Group Holdings Limited
News KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director of The Orchard in India Exec joined The Orchard in 2021
News Riot Games and BMG strike strategic partnership, extend global publishing admin deal Venture will focus on signing and servicing songwriters to frontline publishing deals with BMG
News How Warner Music France used AI to revive the voice of legendary artist Edith Piaf for an upcoming biopic Warner Music has partnered with the Estate of Edith Piaf on what it calls groundbreaking AI technology to recreate her voice and image
News TikTok strikes partnership with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to music streaming services TikTok has launched a new feature called "Add to Music App" that lets its users save songs they discover via TikTok on the streaming services where they listen to their music
News As YouTube launches new ‘Top Songs on Shorts’ chart, Lyor Cohen says ‘Shorts and music are symbiotic’ Platform's first-ever Shorts chart will showcase the most popular music on the short-form video platform in real time
News BandLab rolls out distribution service in partnership with FUGA BandLab's music-making app, partly built on AI-driven tech, has attracted over 60m registered users to date
News HYBE acquires Latin music label Exile Music, establishes HYBE Latin America Company behind K-pop megastars BTS expands into the booming Latin Music market
News Amazon’s music streaming division hit with round of layoffs Online retail and technology giant Amazon has reportedly started making layoffs in its music unit
News Taylor Swift is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2023 Swift saw 65 songs reach Apple Music’s Global Daily Top 100 in the first 10 months of 2023
News SiriusXM launches $9.99-a-month Spotify challenger SiriusXM unveils new streaming app and 'Streaming All Access Plan' for $9.99 a month
News Private equity firm STG closes acquisition of music tech firm Avid in $1.4bn cash deal Avid is the maker of Pro Tools and operates a DIY music distro service called AvidPlay