News Nelly awarded over $67K to be paid by lawyer who filed ex-bandmate’s Country Grammar copyright suit The ruling ordered the fees to be paid not by the plaintiff – but by the plaintiff's attorney, Precious Felder.
News Chrysalis co-founder Chris Wright launches new label and publishing company Right Tracks The new company marks a return to the recorded music business for Wright
News M.I.A. sues Kid Cudi for $2.8M after being fired from Rebel Ragers Tour The lawsuit alleges that Kid Cudi "instructed Live Nation to breach the Agreement to generate publicity and ticket sales for the Tour."
News Melvin Koh named General Manager, Ticketing Asia at TEG’s Ticketek Koh brings more than 18 years of experience across sports, entertainment, venue management, commercial strategy and ticketing.
News Andrew Jenkins to depart Universal Music Publishing Group after nearly two decades Jenkins announced his exit on Monday (June 1)
News Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding, valuing the AI giant at $965B The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital.
News Official: UMG rejects Bill Ackman’s $64B takeover bid Universal Music Group has rejected Bill Ackman's takeover offer.
News From Bolloré urging UMG to reject Ackman’s $64B bid to Gamma’s lawsuit to unmask the creators of two smear sites… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Downtown Music Publishing strikes deal to represent Biz Markie catalog and name, image & likeness rights Deal covers publishing administration and sync licensing, alongside representation of the late artist's NIL rights.
Analysis News Reservoir deployed $120m on acquisitions and advances in latest fiscal year, as its annual revenues grew 11% YoY to $175.7m Reservoir Media has published its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q1) and full-year financial results for its fiscal 2026, ended March 31, 2026.
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on AI, Spotify, and why he’s not in the ‘functional music’ industry Three things you might have missed from Grainge's fireside chat at the GREATER Together LA summit last week
News Jay Moore appointed Chief Investment Officer at Too Lost Moore will lead the indie distribution and services platform's investment strategy
News Vermont caps ticket resale prices at 110% of face value in law backed by Noah Kahan The law also bans speculative ticket sales, where a reseller lists tickets they do not yet own.
Interviews ‘The future of the industry belongs to executives who can bridge the creative, commercial, and technological divides.’ EMIC founder Daniel Findikian talks music industry education, emerging markets, and more
News Taylor Swift moves to dismiss ‘Showgirl’ trademark lawsuit, calling it a bid to ‘generate publicity’ The artist's legal team argued that the complaint should be thrown out for failing to state a viable claim.
News Grupo Frontera launch indie label BorderTown Records in partnership with The Orchard Texas-formed regional Mexican band's viral 2022 norteño cover of Morat’s No Se Va propelled the group to mainstream prominence.
News George Clinton must face late bandmate’s estate copyright suit, appeals court rules A district court judge in Michigan had previously thrown out the lawsuit after determining that the statute of limitations had long expired.
News Spotify launches 650+ narrated magazine articles from Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, and more Each narrated article is under two hours long and has been produced in-house by Spotify's Audiobooks team.