News WMG strikes deal with Stability AI to ‘build the next generation of responsible AI tools for music creation’ Universal Music Group also entered into a strategic alliance with Stability AI last month
Interviews ‘There is little more important to me than giving children the music they deserve that will stay with them for life.’ From raving in Ibiza with Ministry of Sound to heading up Universal Music UK’s youth strategy – via The Powerpuff Girls and Amy Winehouse – Sarah Boorman discusses her life in music and a job that’s also a vocation…
News Suno just raised $250m at a $2.45bn valuation – and it’s generating $200m in annual revenue Series C Round Led by Menlo Ventures with Participation from NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix
News Slipknot sell majority stake in catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners The band has sold 30 million albums worldwide
News EU set to issue ‘warning’ over UMG’s $775m Downtown deal (report) Bloomberg reports that the EC is preparing a 'statement of objections' over the deal
News Tracy Maddux appointed Interim CEO at beatBread Exec is a the former CEO of CD Baby and ex-Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Holdings
News Baby Shark creator Pinkfong’s shares soar, fall back to earth in stock market debut The company that made a fortune in preschooler content now aims for an audience of older kids and teens
Analysis On… influence, music’s ‘Big Three’, and a foreseeable brain drain As a marquee executive leaves Warner Music Group, the firm's industry positioning warrants pause for thought
Interviews As SoundCloud overhauls its creator subscription model, CEO Eliah Seton says the platform is building music’s ‘next major revenue format’ Exec talks SoundCloud's strategy, the future of fan monetization
News Direct-to-fan platform EVEN strikes deal with Symphonic targeting superfans with D2C storefronts for indie artists Deal marks latest distributor partnership for D2C specialist EVEN
News Primary Wave strikes partnership for catalog, name and likeness rights, of late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck The publisher will handle marketing, branding and licensing opportunities for Brubeck’s catalog, including sync deals for film and TV projects.
News The Circuit Group launches $500m+ music investment fund backed by Create Music Group The new fund aims to bring together Circuit Group’s expertise in electronic music with CMG’s financial resources, technology and infrastructure
News Dynamite Songs acquires 150 tracks via deals with Eric Turner, John ‘$K’ McGee, TIEKS and Dan Harkna The catalogs include Tinie Tempah's "Written in the Stars," Avicii's "Broken Arrows," and Trey Songz's "Neighbors Know My Name."
News Aisha Salem-Howey named General Counsel at UAE’s Music Nation She will lead legal, regulatory and governance strategy for the company while also handling international engagement.
News Ticket resales above face value to be banned by UK government in crackdown on touts The move marks a more aggressive approach after ministers initially considered allowing resales at up to 30% above face value.
News Musixmatch launches Music Lens, an AI agent that ‘transforms’ catalogs into ‘actionable insights’ for publishers, labels, and creators Musixmatch's new AI-powered Music Lens tool is 'built for - not on - the industry'
News Mushroom Music inks sub-publishing deal with peermusic for Americas peermusic will handle copyright registration, royalty collection, sync licensing and creative opportunities for Mushroom's roster of songwriters.
Interviews Meet BTS label boss Seon Jeong Shin, the exec guiding the superstar K-pop group’s ‘unprecedented’ return MBW’s World Leaders series meets Seon Jeong Shin, President of HYBE's flagship record label BIGHIT MUSIC