Merlin In The News

Deezer posts first-ever annual profit – despite total subscriber base declining in 2025

Company recently disclosed that it was receiving approximately 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks per day — around 39% of all daily deliveries

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The Problem with AI Companies ‘Starting Fresh’.

The following MBW op/ed was written by prominent Entertainment and IP lawyer Krystle Delgado, Owner of Delgado Entertainment Law PLLC and host of the popular Top Music Attorney YouTube Podcast

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GEMA vs. Suno: German court hears landmark AI music copyright case

A packed courtroom in Munich today heard oral proceedings in the copyright case brought by Germany's GEMA against AI music generator Suno.

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Matt Spetzler’s $200m-backed Pipeline acquires music valuation firm Clarty

Clarty was founded in 2023 by former BMG senior executives Stéphane Hubert and Pierre Suignard.

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An open letter to Suno’s Mikey Shulman.

MBW founder, Tim Ingham, on Suno, streaming fraud statistics, Fortnite, funerals, red lights, and sad eyes.

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Rise of the Music-Making Machines

Darius Van Arman explores the threat of AI to the music-making community and how independents can best position themselves against the inevitable and rising tide of AI…

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Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’

Open letter slams AI music generator

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Suno hires ex-Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota as Chief Commercial Officer

Sirota will report directly to CEO Mikey Shulman.