Takhar will report to Val Blavatnik, who was confirmed last week in his new position as Managing Director of Warner Music North America, UK & Corporate Development
Max Ciociola turned Musixmatch into the world’s largest lyrics company. Now, with backing from TPG – and having struck a deal with Suno for a copyright-detection tool called Sentinel – it’s on a path to becoming something much bigger…
UMG's lawsuit accuses the DIY distributor of "deceptive trade practices and blatant copyright infringement", and of flooding streaming services with AI-generated "slop.
Monotone founder Ian Montone – manager of Jack White, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, and more – on the flattening of culture, the catalog gold rush, the impact of AI, and what humankind is actually searching for...
US copyright law sets damages for willful infringement at up to USD $150,000 per work. At that ceiling, the 60,202 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum of just over $9 billion.
Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have acquired what Apollo describes as a "noncontrolling interest" in a subsidiary of BMG that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities, backed by a catalog of over 1 million songs