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The artist's legal team argued that the complaint should be thrown out for failing to state a viable claim.

Each narrated article is under two hours long and has been produced in-house by Spotify's Audiobooks team.

Swidler has held the role of EVP, Business Affairs and General Counsel at Sony Music, since 2008

"We think the price is not there at all," Bolloré told shareholders.

The parties said they had "reached an agreement in principle to resolve the remaining claims" in the case.

Yang most recently served as CEO of AXZ, the Kakao-spun-off company that operates South Korea's Daum portal.

The parties said they expect to resolve their dispute on or before June 15, 2026.

The labels say they are asserting "only a small fraction" of those recordings – 61,026 works – in the proposed second amended complaint.