News – Music Business Worldwide

Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’

Murray Stassen — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:01:15 +0000

Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work

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PPL India reinstated as a copyright society after a 12-year absence

Rafaela Fornitani — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:47:32 +0000

The registration was granted by the Government of India, through the office of the Registrar of Copyrights, on June 11

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HarbourView acquires publisher’s share of select songs from Max Martin and Shellback’s Wolf Cousins collective

Rafaela Fornitani — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:29:19 +0000

The compositions include songs recorded by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo, DNCE and Demi Lovato.

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KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director, India & Middle East at The Orchard

Mandy Dalugdug — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:46:14 +0000

Kumar was previously Managing Director, India at the company, a remit that also covered its operations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

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Taylor Swift is fighting a trademark lawsuit over The Life of a Showgirl. Here’s what a new amended complaint argues, and what’s at stake.

Murray Stassen — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:42:05 +0000

Swift's lawyers moved to dismiss the lawsuit in May

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Reactional scores $2.8m European Innovation Council grant to scale personalized music as a monetization layer in gaming

Murray Stassen — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:47:59 +0000

Firm's patented Reactional Music Engine lets players personalize in-game music and lets developers build soundtracks that react to gameplay in real time

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Influence Media emerges as winning bidder for Anthem’s music assets with $650M+ offer (report)

Mandy Dalugdug — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:43:06 +0000

It's the third time in a decade that Anthem has been put up for sale after earlier auctions in 2017 and 2022 failed to draw a high enough bid.

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As Michael Jackson movie nears $1B, Madonna says her biopic has been scrapped

Mandy Dalugdug — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:02:15 +0000

The Queen of Pop told Interview magazine that the project collapsed after a falling-out with Universal Pictures over its budget.

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StubHub fined $1.2M by UK market watchdog over hidden fees, ordered to refund more than 50,000 customers

Mandy Dalugdug — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:28:12 +0000

The CMA said StubHub UK broke consumer law by adding mandatory charges only at the final stage of checkout, a practice known as drip pricing.

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Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia acquires Sound Pollution Songs catalog of around 5,000 works

Mandy Dalugdug — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:10:35 +0000

The acquired catalog includes works performed by acts including Sabaton, Twilight Force, Wormwood, Bonafide, Elaine, Foredoom and Rexoria.

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