News Yes, Pinkfong’s ‘Baby Shark’ is irritating. But it doesn’t infringe copyright, rules South Korea’s Supreme Court Pinkfong version is YouTube's most-viewed video of all time with over 16 billion plays, and has racked up a further 1 billion+ streams on Spotify
Interviews ‘We’re building the market-making infrastructure for the music business’ SourceAudio co-founder, Andrew Harding, talks sync, AI licensing, and the future of the business
News Emerging markets and M&A exec Alfonso Perez Soto departs Warner after 20 years Widely respected exec leaves his latest post as EVP, Corporate Development
Analysis News Tencent Music now has 15 million ‘Super VIP’ subscribers. They helped drive music subs revenue up 17.1% YoY in Q2. TME's overall music operation, including ads, subscription, and merch sales, brushed USD $1 billion in revenues in the quarter
News Warner Music Group just wrote down the value of EMP by $70m. Is a sale on the cards? Write-downs can be triggered by market offers or independent valuations
Analysis News How Live Nation just grew Concerts revenue by 19.0% YoY… despite putting on fewer shows Analysis of company's latest numbers show how international expansion is driving its strategy
News Warner Music Group regains momentum: underlying recorded music revenues up 8.3% YoY in calendar Q2, subscription revenues up 8.5% Warner, led by Robert Kyncl, saw a reacceleration of growth in key metrics
Analysis News Sony generated $2.77bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2 2025, up 8.8% YoY Bad Bunny's latest album was Sony's biggest revenue-generating project in the three months around the world
News $16 billion-valued Duolingo ramps up music move, acquiring team behind hit video game Beatstar Twenty-three employees of London-based Nextbeat will move to DuoLingo
News Exclusive: Kobalt’s AI deal with Suno rival ElevenLabs guarantees publishing ‘parity’ with recorded music MBW has confirmed details of this potentially precedent-setting deal, which could reshape the music industry's approach to generative AI licensing.
News Eleven Music, new AI rival to Suno, launches with Kobalt, Merlin deals – and warnings for users who want to infringe copyrights A list of 'prohibited inputs' spells out ElevenLabs' determination to not allow users to infringe copyright
Interviews Rafael Ricardo Jiménez-Dan on building Rimas, staying independent, and why he’s all in on music publishing The founder of one of the world's most important independent labels speaks out on its foundations, and the future of the business
News Why Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ might teach your average viewer about songwriting – and even get them thinking about ‘fair pay’ JHart discusses his appearance on new music-themed show from the makers of Selling Sunset
News Universal Music Group generated $3.38bn in Q2, up 4.5% YoY – driven by Morgan Wallen, timelesz, Lady Gaga Universal's overall Recorded Music revenue for the second quarter of 2025 was €2.224 billion ($2.52bn), up 3.9% YoY at constant currency.
News Live Nation strikes $646 million deal to increase stake in Mexico’s OCESA The deal is expected to close by the end of August, following approval at the upcoming CIE shareholder vote