Concord In The News

TikTok strikes new long-term partnership with ICE

The new deal will give TikTok continued access to ICE's vast catalog of more than 54 million musical works from over 330,000 rightsholders

OpenAI just won a copyright battle brought by two news outlets. What could this mean for the music industry’s lawsuits against AI firms?

Some observers say the ruling weakens music companies' claims against AI developers, but the OpenAI case is very different from the music cases

Blackstone’s Hipgnosis closes $1.47bn asset-backed securities transaction

ABS deal is backed by royalties from the 45,000-song portfolio acquired in July from Hipgnosis Songs Fund‘s then-public shareholders

From Ed Sheeran’s speech to UMG vs. TuneCore… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’

The lawsuit, filed on Monday (November 4) alleges that Believe has built its business through industrial-scale copyright infringement'

‘Artist development is the lifeblood of the new Concord Records.’

MBW meets Concord Records Co-Presidents Margi Cheske and Mark Williams

UMG sues Believe and TuneCore for $500 million, alleging ‘industrial-scale copyright infringement’

Lawsuit focuses on so-called 'manipulated' audio remixes of copyrighted tracks

From Ed Sheeran’s copyright appeal win to the asset-backed securities boom… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…