Downtown Music Holdings In The News

Elon Musk’s legal attack on the music industry: 3 things you might have missed

MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business

Elon Musk’s X sues major music publishers – plus BMG, Kobalt, NMPA and more – alleging industrywide ‘collusion’ to force licensing deal

X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’.

Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI music, superfans in 2026 memo, taking swipe at firms ‘validating business models that fail to respect artists’ work’

Read Sir Lucian Grainge's 2026 memo to UMG staff

‘I’ve worked at all the majors, I’ve seen how they operate, and I genuinely don’t know what they could do that we can’t do.’

Nick Burgess looks back at his career so far – and to the future of his new venture, Artist Theory

On… Parrots and predictions.

Three predictions for 2026 from MBW founder, Tim Ingham

From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Exclusive: UMG proposes selling Curve to secure EU approval for $775m Downtown deal

UMG submitted formal commitments to the EC on December 11

From UMG’s ‘robust remedy’ to address Downtown deal concern, to GoDigital Music’s Marc Anthony catalog buy… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...