News Lewis Capaldi signs with PPL for international neighboring rights collection The hitmaking artist was previously signed to Kobalt for worldwide neighboring rights collection
Analysis Suno is a music AI company aiming to generate $120 billion per year. But is it trained on copyrighted recordings? Ed Newton-Rex discovers that Suno produces music with a striking resemblance to classic copyrights
News Changes to Spotify’s royalty model, including the 1,000 annual streams royalty policy, are officially live as of April 1 Changes to the way Spotify calculates recorded royalties go live on the platform as of Monday, April 1
News Venice Music debuts AI-powered music career assistant called ‘Co-Manager’ 'Having a day-to-day manager is finally democratized,' said Troy Carter, Venice Music Co-Founder and CEO
News Billie Eilish, Metro Boomin, and more tell tech platforms: Stop using AI to ‘infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists’ More than 200 artists sign open letter calling on music platforms and tech companies to agree to AI pledge
News Vivendi to sell See Tickets and festival business to live music giant CTS Eventim See Tickets sold about 44 million tickets in 2023, according to Vivendi
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, launches AI-powered music learning app, Padhanisa Record label says that the app uses 'advanced algorithms and machine learning'
News Stephanie Hudacek named President of Concord’s Rounder Records Nashville-headquartered Rounder Records was established in 1970
News BeatStars launches ‘Creator Rights Agency’ platform to assist music creators in deal negotiations The new tool is described as 'an end-to-end service that allows creators to get data-driven recommendations from experts'
News Michele Ballantyne promoted to President and COO at RIAA Ballantyne will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer at RIAA in addition to new role as President
News Dua Lipa’s media and management company Radical22 inks ‘one-of-a-kind’ global admin deal with Warner Chappell Music Company includes publishing and production arms and the Service95 Platform
Analysis News From Universal’s investment in Weverse to Trefuego’s $800,000 copyright infringement fine… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News Only 1 of the Top 20 best-selling albums globally last year WASN’T by a K-Pop act The only non-Korean artist present in the Top 20 was Taylor Swift, with 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
News Tak Young-jun appointed co-CEO of SM Entertainment Decision was ratified during the company's 29th regular shareholders' meeting and board meeting on Wednesday (March 27)
News Brennen Bryant named A&R Director at Avex USA Publishing, signs DJ Smallz 732 DJ Smallz 732 is managed by Neil Jacobson alongside Daniel Jacobson at Hallwood Media
News Virgin Music Group teams up with Jay Sean’s 3AM Entertainment to develop South Asian artists 3AM Entertainment will focus on developing South Asian artists across all genres
News UK music licensing company PPL distributed $24m to performers and rightsholders in Q1 PPL reported a 7% YoY increase in payouts in Q1
Analysis News As Universal’s standoff with TikTok rolls on, UMG inks new deal with Spotify including ‘social tools’, video elements According to the companies, they will collaborate on "new promotional and social tools" for UMG artists on the Spotify platform.