News Scooter Braun steps down as CEO of HYBE America Isaac Lee to assume role of Chairman and CEO of HYBE Americas
News David Joseph CBE joins The Royal Society of Arts as Chief Executive Officer Former Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK will formally take up the post at the RSA in September
News Mystery buyer for TikTok named by Trump is the same Oracle-Blackstone group whose bid stalled (report) The previous talks broke down after Beijing withheld approval in the wake of Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods
News BTS confirm Spring 2026 return, with new album and ‘massive’ world tour News revealed during Weverse live stream
News Warner Music Group and Bain launch $1.2 billion fund to buy rights; each party owns 50% of venture WMG CEO Robert Kyncl said: 'Augmenting our deep expertise and global infrastructure with Bain Capital’s financial prowess and belief in music will make us the destination of choice for preeminent catalogs.'
News The Beatles’ Apple Corps appoints Tom Greene as new CEO Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to oversee the band’s own creative and business interests.
Analysis The AI music problem on Spotify (and other streaming platforms) is worse than you think MBW has found 13 AI artists with over 4.1 million cumulative monthly listeners on Spotify
News As AI deepfakes spread, Denmark plans to give individual citizens copyright ownership of their own face and voice The proposed law is believed to be the first of its kind in Europe, but US legislators are working on similar initiatives
News Supreme Court agrees to hear record labels’ piracy case against Cox Communications, in pivotal moment for music industry If the top court sides with Cox, it could mean internet providers will be shielded from lawsuits over piracy by their subscribers
News UK’s PPL distributed $133M to 139,000 performers and rightsholders in Q2 2025 The distributions, which mainly cover UK collections from public performance and broadcast licensing throughout 2024, was up 7% from last year.
News NewJeans loses final appeal in contract dispute with HYBE’s ADOR The group did not file an appeal to South Korea's Supreme Court by the June 24 deadline.
News Trump says TikTok buyer found, won’t name group for two weeks Trump told Fox News’ 'Sunday Morning with Maria Bartiromo' that the potential acquirer is "a group of very wealthy people."
News Gallery: Out West, presented by Milk & Honey with LaPolt Law, Music Business Worldwide and other friends Hosted by Milk & Honey CEO, Lucas Keller, Out West was a 'Social Sunday' for LGBTQ+ creatives and executives in the music industry.
News From double DAW deals to AI lawsuit results for Meta and Anthropic… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music industry headlines from the past few days
News Court shoots down Sarah Silverman’s case against Meta’s AI – but declares using copyrighted works for training is NOT ‘fair use’ The latest ruling contradicts another ruling on AI and fair use, issued by a different judge in the same court just two days earlier
News Rumblefish inks ByteDance deal to provide music licensing services to TikTok, CapCut Rumblefish is part of SESAC's 'Music Services' division alongside operations such as AudioSalad, Audiam, HAAWK, HFA, Mint, and SESAC Digital Licensing
News AI music platform Suno acquires WavTool, moving into DAW market WavTool's browser-based DAW technology will be integrated into Suno's existing AI music generation platform.
News TikTok launches LIVE Fan Club feature as platform hits 130M daily livestreamers Fan Club members receive perks like access to exclusive chat rooms, special badges, and entrance spotlights when joining livestreams.