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
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