Music Business News

An arbitration panel has ordered Utopia to pay $1.86 million to Lyric Financial's former owners

News comes after Apollo teamed with Concord in failed $1.5 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Lawsuit was filed in Texas on July 3 by musicians Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar

The two companies are seeking to identify the individuals behind a popular site that pirates Japanese music

Coesfeld will be responsible on the Board for Bertelsmann’s music business, which he has headed as CEO since July 2023

MBW has unearthed a recent patent application from Universal that could have a significant impact on the wellness space

The video platform is working to mitigate the worst impacts of AI content, even as it works to develop AI tools

European Union rules require copyright holders to expressly opt out of having their IP used in data mining.

iOS users in the US will now be able to create songs in seconds on their mobile device

QC was acquired by HYBE America in February 2023

Exec to head up catalog division of Universal Music UK

Vault Music's platform enables artists to sell limited-edition tracks that can be sold on its secondary market, with artists taking a cut on resales

Record companies left bemused by YouGov findings, as MBW reveals their internal data in key market

Filing suggests that ByteDance may have considered the market power of an iPod-like device

Queen's royalty earnings have slipped since last year, but that doesn't seem to be a sign the band's popularity is fading