News Lou Al-Chamaa named EVP of A&R at Spirit Music Group Al-Chamaa comes to Spirit after stints at Sony Music Publishing and AVEX USA
News Splice users can now use their own sound loops with AI-powered ‘Create’ engine “Splice AI delivers human-made sounds that are compatible with the creator's original idea, which remains at the center of the creative process"
Analysis How the major labels plan to cost Suno and Udio billions (and why it all rests on Michael Bublé) The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings"
News Create Music Group, at $1 billion valuation, raises $165 million investment round Create says money will help fuel growth in scale and its global acquisition strategy
News Suno CEO accuses major labels of ‘reverting to their old lawyer-led playbook’ following lawsuit for copyright infringement The RIAA has fired back, saying Suno "continues to dodge the question" of which recordings they "illegally copied"
News Over 50 music companies join Roland and Universal in campaign to promote musicians amid generative AI growth BandLab, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Splice are among the organizations that have signed on
News Denis Ladegaillerie’s consortium now owns 94.99% of Believe, as ex-Shazam boss joins company board Four months after Ladegaillerie launched bid with EQT and TCV, we're nearly at the finish line
News Virgin Music Group, Island sign agreement with Carín León’s Socios Music to release new material The first release under the new partnership has already resulted in León’s best first-week album debut to date
News Major record companies sue AI music generators Suno, Udio for ‘mass infringement’ of copyright Universal, Sony, Warner come together to sue AI music generators in new lawsuit
News Rimas Entertainment hires Rodrigo Prichard as GM, Kristen Quintero-Garriga as RIT.MO VP of Brand Partnerships The new RIT.MO division will as a creative consultancy and sales unit for Rimas' companies and external clients
News Copyright lawsuit over Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Savage’ dismissed A federal court judge has ruled that the plaintiff didn't show a connection between Megan's 'Savage' and the 1999 track 'It's About To Be On'
News Spotify launches new Basic plan in the US, audiobooks excluded The new music-only tier comes amid controversy over Spotify's bundling of audiobooks and music streaming
News IMPALA and A2IM take aim at indie music’s carbon footprint with US pilot program The pilot project is meant to adapt IMPALA's carbon calculator for US companies, with an eye to further global expansion
Analysis News From TikTok’s music investment team to Sony’s reported Queen catalog acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News KKR acquires live music giant Superstruct in $1.4bn deal (UPDATE) KKR is making the investment in Superstruct through its $8bn European Fund VI
Analysis Blog The Music Business Has A Stealing Problem. Again. The following op/ed comes from tech entrepreneur and music veteran Shara Senderoff Shara Senderoff, Co-Founder & CEO of Jen
News Warner makes yet another move in South East Europe; acquires minority stake in Croatian label Dancing Bear Croatia's Dancing Bear is known for having signed of the region's most prominent talent
News $125m-backed Suno is being used to make racist and antisemitic music Suno users are making music with hateful messages, according to report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)