News Suno limits Pro subscribers to 20 song downloads per month, while promising new models ‘developed in partnership with the music industry’ Suno stated in a blog post on Monday (August 10) that the download restrictions "will make it harder for bad actors to mass-export music"
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News Suno becomes first customer of Musixmatch’s Sentinel, which screens AI prompts and outputs for copyrighted material Suno has integrated the technology to identify when copyrighted compositions, lyrics, and music may be present, Musixmatch said on Thursday (August 6).
News Universal has sold a chunk of Spotify stock for around $467M. Artists will likely be paid over $100M of it. Per MBW's calculations, UMG artists could be in line for approximately $131 million of the money.
News Tom Corson promoted to new role as COO of Warner Music Group Corson succeeds outgoing Armin Zerza, who WMG announced earlier is leaving his dual CFO/COO role at the company
Analysis News Sony generated $3.12B from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2 2026, up 12.7% YoY Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Sony's biggest-selling artist project around the world in calendar Q2 2026, boosted by the Michael biopic movie
News Providence set to fully acquire Casey Wasserman’s THE•TEAM, valuing agency at $3.4B (report) The private-equity firm already owns around 60% of the business and is set to buy out founder Casey Wasserman's remaining stake.
Analysis They’re Not ‘Major Labels.’ The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham
News Done deal: Sony Music Publishing completes acquisition of Recognition Music Group’s catalog Sony Music Publishing already administered the Recognition catalog before completing the acquisition.
News Done deal: Primary Wave’s acquisition of Kobalt has closed MBW sources close to the deal have confirmed that the acquisition closed on Tuesday (July 7) after passing all relevant regulatory scrutiny.
News CVC Capital Partners to acquire majority stake in DistroKid The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed.
News Bella Figura founder Alexi Cory-Smith dies, aged 58 Cory-Smith's colleagues at Bella Figura confirm tragic news on social media
News Spotify slashes streams of hit song after suspicious activity on prediction market Kalshi Kalshi said in April that trading on the its music 'contracts' had already topped USD $400 million in 2026
News Primary Wave pumps $100M+ into Atticus Works, a new literary and theatrical catalog acquisition company Allen & Company LLC acted as financial advisor to Primary Wave Music in connection with the transaction
News Music industry leaders, megastars pay tribute to Clive Davis Rob Stringer, Patti Smith, Alicia Keys, the Lipmans, Merck Mercuriadis, and more pay tribute to legendary record exec