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Udio CEO Andrew Sanchez on ‘walled gardens’ in AI music, Warner-Suno, and why he’s skeptical of attribution engines

Sanchez spoke at a MBW x Raine breakfast networking event in London this morning

Suno sued by Poseidon Wave Media, an entity behind indie duo The American Dollar, claiming it ‘nearly eliminated’ their licensing revenue

The duo alleges that Suno has reduced their licensing revenue by nearly 80% since the AI company launched its service.

Warner Music Korea strikes strategic global partnership with indie label and management firm FeelGHood Music to represent Korean star BIBI

BIBI has surpassed one billion streams in the past 12 months and has over 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Spotify scraps new ‘Premium Lite’ tier in India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and South Africa – while slashing standard Premium prices

The Premium Standard plan has been reduced in multiple markets

Spotify raises Premium prices in Canada by up to CAD $3 per month

The Student plan remains unchanged at CAD $6.39 per month, while other tiers saw changes of CAD $1.30 to CAD $3.00 per month.

Warner Music forms cross-border artist development platform GLIIDE with Thailand’s GMM Music

The platform's first signing is SVRN, a performance-driven artist whose music video for his debut single "WHY" was released on Thursday.

Meet 2026’s first breakout band, according to Luminate – a masked math rock duo called Angine de Poitrine, with weekly global on-demand streams up from under 2k to 11.2m in a single year

Band went viral after a KEXP performance that has since accumulated more than 14m YouTube views.

Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets

The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business