YouTube In The News

Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer at Warner Music Group, to exit company

Ruxandra confirmed her decision to leave in a note to WMG staff today

YouTube Shorts sponsors Manager of the Year category at A&R Awards

Short-form video platform backs management showdown at UK industry's elite awards night

US Supreme Court to take up Warner Chappell case around limitations on copyright damages, after appeal over Flo Rida ‘In The Ayer’ lawsuit

The US Supreme Court is set to make a decision on statutes of limitations for copyright lawsuits

Saregama, India’s oldest label, buys majority stake in digital entertainment firm Pocket Aces in $20m deal

Saregama has acquired a 51.8% stake in Pocket Aces

From Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory to Songtradr buying Bandcamp… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl on AI, why labels still exist, and 2 other things we learned from his Q&A at the Code Conference

Kyncl spoke during a Q&A session at the Code Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, this week

With 20bn streams to date and annual revenues of over €25m, Romania’s Global Records sets its sights on expansion in the GSA region

Diana Munteanu, Head of Label at Global Records, and Julian-Dominik Vicari, the company's new market head in Germany on the company's strategy for the GSA region.

Quincy Jones receives first-ever Peace Through Music Award from Recording Academy and US State Department

The Recording Academy has partnered with the US State Department on the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative