Sony Music Entertainment In The News

Cox Communications takes copyright infringement battle with record labels to US Supreme Court

A long-running legal battle between Cox and record companies could end up being decided at the US's top court

Sony Music strikes deal with Duolingo to bring tracks from stars like Hozier and Meghan Trainor to music courses

Sony will be bringing its music to a new platform that promotes learning and cultural exchange"

Roblox strikes deal with DistroKid – but indie artists won’t be paid any money from it

Roblox revenues are forecast to hit $3.5bn across the course of this year

Sony Music Masterworks acquires majority stake in immersive and live entertainment company, Black Sky Creative

Black Sky’s recent projects include Stranger Things: The Official Store and AC/DC Official Dive Bar Takeover at the Power Trip Festival

Charlotte Stahl promoted to Head of Artist & Label Partnerships EMEA at TikTok

The exec joined TikTok in 2020

As HYBE raises $80m for its gaming business, could it try to emulate Sony Corp’s cross-media strategy?

New 'HYBE 2.0' global strategy could look to borrow elements of Sony's longstanding multi-divisional structure

Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2, up 11.4% YoY; recorded music streaming revenues up 5.0% YoY

Recorded music up 10.8% YoY; music publishing up 13.3% YoY

As Suno and Udio admit training AI with unlicensed music, record industry says: ‘There’s nothing fair about stealing an artist’s life’s work.’

Suno and Udio suggest that the record companies may have themselves violated music publishing copyrights