News Japan’s Teichiku Entertainment, with global ambitions for J-Pop, strikes ‘comprehensive’ deal with Believe to distribute its music worldwide Believe will distribute Teichiku’s entire catalog locally and globally
News Sony Music forms record label joint venture with film production company Tiger Baby in latest move in India “With Tiger Baby Records, we aim to delve into the diverse soundscapes of the subcontinent and represent them globally"
News AI music remixing platform Hook raises $3m from Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew, The Raine Group and more Hook’s unique selling proposition is that it offers a remedy to the proliferation of unlicensed content on social media
News Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro’s Amusement Records to operate as ‘central label venture’ within Universal as part of expanded partnership with UMG Amusement to operate as a "central label venture" within UMG
News Leland strikes strategic partnership with Warp Publishing London-headquartered Warp will 'champion' Leland's composers under the new partnership
News Music publishers ‘remain very confident’ of winning Anthropic case and will ‘vigorously pursue’ monetary damages 'This case remains vital to protecting creators from the wholesale theft of their copyrighted works by Anthropic and other AI companies.'
News UK collection org PPL’s 2024 revenue jumps 6% to record $384M In 2024, PPL distributed payments to over 172,000 performers and recording rightsholders, with 19,300 receiving royalties for the first time
Analysis News UMG’s AI training injunction request shot down by judge in Anthropic lawsuit – but music publishers can now gather more evidence from platform Licensing deals between OpenAI and news publishers suggest damages could be measured if Universal wins, says judge
News Music Nation Partners with SoundExchange to collect and distribute Neighboring Rights in the UAE SoundExchange will provide UAE-based Music Nation with technology, data and industry experience in royalty management
News Vivian Xu named Chief Operating Officer at Universal Music Greater China Vivian Xu was previously Managing Director of Columbia China
News ASCAP warns US creative economy ‘will be undermined’ if copyright laws loosened for AI developers "The US can win the AI race without abandoning the strong copyright laws that have fueled creativity and entrepreneurship across the country for decades”
News Ticketmaster told to change labeling practices following Oasis ticket investigation in the UK Watchdog's demands come after a formal investigation into Ticketmaster's handling of Oasis ticket sales last year
News What the RIAA, NMPA and other music organizations want from Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan Key suggestions from a joint AI Action Plan submission from 10 music industry bodies
News Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst take case against UMG to California state court A federal court tossed out most of the allegations the band made against UMG, on the grounds that they belong in a state court
Interviews ‘Stem is now the most well-funded, well-supported independent player in the distribution space.’ Concord's Tom Becci and Stem's Milana Lewis discuss the strategic thinking behind Concord's acquisition of the Los Angeles-based distribution platform
Analysis KATSEYE, concerts, and BTS’s comeback: What we learned from HYBE’s latest earnings call Revelations and predictions from Korean firm's all-important Q4 chat with fiscal analysts
News Armada’s BEAT Music Fund buys stake in catalog of DJ and producer Tiga The deal includes rights to “a large portion” of masters from Tiga including hits that have collectively amassed over 33 million Spotify streams
News Brandon Silverstein named CEO of Avex Music Group as Japanese entertainment giant acquires S10 Music Publishing and increases stake in S10 Management Tokyo-headquartered Avex is making a big push in the United States