Sony Music Group In The News

From Warner Music’s leadership shake-up to Suno’s courtroom defiance… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Sony Music Group becomes first music company to join AI policy coalition ARIAM – alongside Disney, the BBC, and The New York Times

It is the first music company to join the group, which launched in June 2026 with members drawn from film, TV, journalism and more.

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From Universal suing DistroKid (for the first time) to UMG and Sony suing Suno (again)… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

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Believe and TuneCore won’t feed music to Suno without giving artists choice to opt in: ‘The artist must consent first, period.’

Denis Ladegaillerie details two-stage opt-in process for artists who want (and don't want) to have their music provided to Suno

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5 things You Need to Know About ElevenLabs, the UMG AI partner with an $11B valuation – and big ambitions in music.

UMG and ElevenLabs announced a licensing agreement, which will see the latter build a fan platform for remixes, mashups, and "new track interpretations."

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DistroKid, distributing ‘roughly 40%’ of all new music, hasn’t yet signed IFPI’s new anti-fraud standards… unlike CD Baby.

DistroKid has not yet signed up, despite its claim to distribute "roughly 40%" of "all new music in the world" for over 4 million artists.

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ElevenLabs’ $11B valuation is more than twice the size of Suno’s. It just struck a global AI music deal with UMG.

ElevenLabs will launch an AI-powered music platform for fans under the deal, with the two companies also jointly developing AI audio products for artists and songwriters

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Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def drops $18m royalty lawsuit against Sony Music after parties ‘resolved the matter’

The dismissal was without prejudice, leaving Dupri and his companies free to bring the claims again.