News Universal Music applauds Cloudflare move to block ‘AI crawlers’ from accessing content without permission or compensation Cloudflare's move could create a new licensing marketplace for content owners and AI companies
News Netflix in talks with Spotify on projects like music awards, live concert series (report) The Wall Street Journal reports that the platforms are discussing potential partnerships
News European Composer & Songwriter Alliance urges EU to block UMG’s acquisition of Downtown The ECSA is an umbrella group of around 55 composer and songwriter associations in more than 25 European countries
News US Senate rejects 10-year ban on state AI regulation in win for creative sector The ban would have prevented states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.
News Apple Music to establish new studio space in Los Angeles The move comes over three years after Spotify launched its own creative hub in Los Angeles.
News Sony Music Group acquires record label Lusafrica and publisher Africa Nostra Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres
News BandLab now allows artists and rightsholders to signal interest in AI licensing The expanded BandLab Licensing platform lets artists, labels, and publishers mark tracks as 'Open to AI licensing'
News Warner Music Group to reduce annual cost by another $300M, with $170M saved via ‘headcount rightsizing’ Combined with previously announced restructuring, Warner should achieve more than half a billion dollars in annual cost-savings
News HYBE confirms ‘strategic expansion’ into India – in second half of 2025 The expansion represents the next stage of what HYBE calls its “multi-home, multi-genre strategy."
News That AI artist with over 1M listeners on Spotify? His music was created with Suno, says expert report The creators behind Aventhis and other AI 'artists' might not actually own the rights to the music they upload to streaming platforms
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