News From Live Nation’s antitrust trial loss to Max Lousada and Julie Greenwald’s 26.2 launch… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Akhila Shankar promoted to Director of Artist Services for India and South Asia at Believe Shankar, who currently leads TuneCore in the region, will expand her remit across Believe’s Artist Services business.
News Universal Music Group launches Everything Jazz, a new global digital platform for jazz music and culture New digital hub combines e-commerce and editorial content focused on jazz repertoire and culture.
News As K-pop concert revenues rise, HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP, and YG plot music festival joint venture News arrives as live music becomes an increasingly important revenue stream for K-pop's biggest companies
Analysis News Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next Live Nation antitrust verdict explained
Analysis News How Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s dominance in Japan is driving a global breakthrough for the UMG-signed band The act's streaming and physical sales in Japan made them the world's 13th biggest-selling act in 2025 — without an international campaign. UMG says their global push is still to come.
News Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used Firm says original sample creators will be compensated when their sounds are used to generate new material
News Warner Chappell Music signs Grammy winner Claudia Brant to global publishing deal Grammy-winning songwriter formalizes expanded partnership with WCM as company deepens ties to Latin repertoire and writer development.
News Live Nation operated as illegal monopoly, jury finds in landmark antitrust trial Landmark verdict could reshape the live entertainment industry.
Analysis News UMG’s Michael Nash takes aim at ‘false narrative of artist replacement’ by AI – and 3 other things we learned from his HumanX panel with Splice’s CEO The pair discussed UMG's approach to AI, including how the company balances protecting artists' rights with leaning into AI innovation
News Spotify strikes deal with National Independent Venue Association to boost indie venues in the US Throughout 2026, Spotify will boost visibility for independent venues through existing features including venue pages and its Live Events Feed.
News Chris Marking appointed Executive Vice President, International Venue Sponsorship at Live Nation Marking joins from AEG as the company expands global naming rights and brand partnership strategy across its international venue network.
News India added nearly 4m paid music streaming subscriptions in 2025, taking its total to 14.4m, according to new report However, the report found that of the 178 million people who streamed music in 2025, only about 8% were paying for it.
News Pirate site Anna’s Archive hit with $322M default judgment over music scraping — but will Spotify and record labels ever see the money? Whether the plaintiffs will ever see the $322 million award remains unclear, as Anna’s Archive’s operators remain anonymous.
News Mark Pitts exits as President of RCA Records, launches new management venture COFVNDERS He will maintain a relationship with RCA and Sony Music in a consultancy capacity