Analysis News HYBE’s CEO delivered some strong fiscal results to investors last week. Except it wasn’t him. It was an AI clone. Jiwon Park's voice on company's earnings call was actually an AI replication via HYBE's Supertone technology
News Australia’s GYROstream and DistroDirect launch GROUP SPEED artist services venture Former Spotify exec Adrian Burke will serve as General Manager of GROUP SPEED
News Personalized music for games company Reactional Music inks deals with Cherry Red and Hopeless Records Reactional is developing technology to enable in-game music purchases and personalized video game soundtracks
News SESAC Music Group strikes global rights management agreement with South Korea’s KOSCAP SESAC has become one of the first PROs to move its repertoire from the long-established Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)
News Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry sells stake in catalog to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group Deal arrives two weeks after the company raised $1bn to buy more music rights
Interviews ‘We’re not trying to do the bare minimum, we’re trying to change hip-hop.’ TM88, Future’s key creative collaborator, who has also worked with legends such as Drake and Travis Scott, on evolving hip-hop and why nobody is on his level
News Christian Birch-Jensen promoted to CEO at digital marketing agency Creed Media Creed has crafted campaigns for Post Malone, Beyoncé, Tiesto, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Ice Spice, U2 and others
News Pathways Into Music launches free program for music educators The will equip participants with an understanding of the career paths available within the music industry, both artistic and business-oriented
News Sinead O’Connor’s estate asks ‘biblical devil’ Donald Trump to cease using ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in campaigns O'Connor's estate and label join a growing list of artists objecting to Trump's use of their music at political events
Analysis Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s assets are now valued at $690 million less than they were before. Blackstone must be licking its lips. JP Morgan analyst says the likelihood of a Blackstone takeover just increased, thanks to Shot Tower's re-valuation of HSF
News Arjun Pulijal exits role as President of Capitol Music Group The news follows the departure of Michelle Jubelirer as Chair & CEO of Capitol Music Group at the beginning of February
News HYBE acquires $78m stake in SM Entertainment from K-pop company’s founder Lee Soo Man SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man sells his remaining shares to HYBE
Analysis News Apple fined nearly $2bn in EU over ‘abusive’ app store rules for music streaming services – and it could potentially be on the hook for more damages Apple plans to appeal the decision
Analysis News A mystery company is mulling a $1.8 billion+ bid for Believe… but may be shut out by Denis Ladegaillerie consortium’s prior dealings Yet Ladegaillerie and co have a trump card up their sleeve
News Sony Music Entertainment Japan shutters virtual talent brand, PRISM Project PRISM Project producer cites 'considerable staff resources required not only to sustain but to further grow the brand'
News Mandy Freebairn named US Label Manager at IDOL as music distributor signs two North American deals The indie distribution and A&L services company has forged new partnerships with Le Plan Recordings and Old Soul Music
News Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s concert films account for ‘literally all’ of AMC’s revenue growth in Q4 2023 All of the increase in AMC's revenue and EBITDA came from these two concert films, CEO Adam Aron said
News Spotify unveils standalone audiobooks tier for free users, priced at $9.99/month Available only in the US for the time being, the new subscription tier is Spotify's latest attempt at converting free users to subscribers