News J. Cole sued by Cam’ron for at least $500K over ‘Ready 24’ Cam'ron says he was never paid for his lyrical and vocal contributions to 'Ready '24'
News Adobe’s new Firefly can create ‘custom, fully-licensed’ AI soundtracks for video Adobe says its AI music tool was 'trained on licensed content... and public domain content where copyright has expired'
News Drake files to appeal dismissal of UMG lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Drake has filed a Notice of Appeal to challenge the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group.
News After hitting 100m registered users, Bandsintown launches Marketplace to connect 700K artists with distribution, data, and merch tools The company recently reached 100 million users and seeks to help musicians navigate what it describes as “unpredictable algorithms."
News BTS’ RM becomes first K-pop artist to deliver keynote at APEC CEO Summit, urges investment in creative industries The APEC CEO Summit brings together business leaders and government officials from across the Asia-Pacific region
News Udio’s bid to dismiss claims of ‘illegal scraping’ from YouTube contains ‘fatal flaws,’ record labels say If Udio gets its way, there will be no controls on copyrighted content made available to the public, record labels say
News Suno, in talks to raise $100m at a $2bn valuation, just released its most advanced free AI music tool yet Suno’s rapid sequence of updates and new products highlights the growing competition among AI music-making platforms
News ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN will now accept registrations of ‘partially’ AI-generated musical works Compositions that are 'entirely created' using AI tools are not eligible for registration with any of the individual societies
News EU restarts probe into UMG’s Downtown deal, sets new deadline to make decision Competition authority sets provisional deadline of February 6, 2026 to decide on the deal
News Pythagoras Music Fund acquires catalogs of lyricist Peter Sinfield and songwriter Joe Janiak Janiak has co-produced tracks for Ellie Goulding, Britney Spears, Tove Lo and Lewis Capaldi, while Sinfield's catalog includes Celine Dion's 'Think Twice.'
News Peter Kurczaba upped to VP of Sync, Cleome Barber promoted to Director, Creative A&R at Primary Wave Peter Kurczaba promoted to VP, Creative Sync; Cleome Barber named Director, Creative A&R
News Idris Elba extends exclusive, global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group 'People might think Idris is an actor who sometimes makes music, but in reality, he’s a songwriter who sometimes acts,' said UMPG's Pete Simmons
News un:hurd closes seven-figure funding round, with participation from Willard Ahdritz, Hazel Savage, and more un:hurd also attracted new investors including Mindset Ventures Music Tech
News Vevo sponsors Major Label category at Music Business UK Awards It's not long now until the big night - and Vevo is the latest big-name sponsor to join the party
News OpenAI, valued at $500bn, reportedly working on generative AI music tool The move would bring OpenAI into an increasingly crowded field of AI music generation platforms