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BTS and Big Hit (HYBE) sued for copyright infringement over K-Pop reality TV show I-Land

Big Hit also named in lawsuit claiming that the idea for the show was "stolen"

Warner Chappell Music signs Ari Lennox to global publishing administration deal

Lennox has collaborated with Doja Cat, Chance the Rapper, Wale, Ty Dolla $ign, Kiana Ledé

We told you Warner Music Group was becoming a media company – now it’s launched an advertising division.

New digital advertising and creative content department will bring together the company's 'digital advertising firepower under one unit'

From UMG’s $1m an hour, to Paul McCartney’s music streaming crusade: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place

Songtradr acquires Pretzel, which provides DMCA-proof music for Twitch and YouTube livestreamers

It's Songtradr's third acquisition in the past six months alone

TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide

Leaked pitch deck reveals a slew of the Bytedance app's key numbers in 2021

‘Popularity is by far the biggest determinant of success in streaming, just as it has been for every recorded format before it.’

The BPI's Geoff Taylor puts across his point of view on the UK's current streaming inquiry

Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom

Streaming surges ahead in Germany, as CD continues to slide