News Major music publishers ink AI licensing deals with lyrics and music data company Musixmatch Musixmatch says it will use the publishers' catalogs to build 'non-generative' AI tools
News Australia and New Zealand have seen a 31% collapse in streams of local music, APRA AMCOS says Rights management org APRA AMCOS blames the problem on algorithms that 'favor scale and international repertoire'
News Too Lost makes ‘seven-figure’ investment in catalog acquisition startup AntiFragile Equity Partners The deal combines Too Lost's distribution infrastructure with AntiFragile's catalog acquisition model.
News Netflix inks Spotify deal to stream video podcasts starting 2026 Netflix subscribers will gain access to sports, culture, lifestyle and true crime video podcasts that currently stream on Spotify's platform.
News Sony Music Publishing inks admin deal with Domain Capital for Sea Gayle Music catalog Sony Music Publishing's Nashville division will provide global administration services to Sea Gayle's songwriter roster and song catalog
News Live Nation strikes deal with Trip.com to offer concert travel packages cross five markets in Asia The two parties will combine ticket presales with flights, hotels and local experiences through a multi-year agreement.
News Spotify clocked 36% increase in audiobook listeners over the past year (report) Book publishers say Spotify is bringing a new and younger audience to audiobooks
News Louis Brown and Raju Watts join The Other Songs as General Manager and Financial Director Company expands team with key music industry hires
News Saumil Mehta joins Ticketmaster as Global President to lead ‘AI transformation’ at the Live Nation-owned company Mehta will report directly to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino.
News UK’s Jukebox launches $15m fund to invest in music, culture, tech startups The fund aims to invest in startups at 'the convergence of music, technology, and culture'
News Sacred Bones Records joins Secretly’s All Flowers Group portfolio of labels The partnership builds on an existing relationship as Sacred Bones has relied on Secretly Distribution to get its releases to market.
News IFPI shuts down Y2mate.com and 11 other ‘stream-ripping’ sites in Vietnam Most domains, including Y2mate.com, now in IFPI’s possession as part of wider anti-piracy campaign
News Frank Sinatra name, image and likeness rights acquired by Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group Azoff said at Bloomberg's Screentime conference last week that the company 'recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra estate.'
News Warner Music merges Benelux-GSA businesses; Niels Walboomers named President, as Central Europe bosses Doreen Schimk & Fabian Drebes exit Company combines recorded music businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with those in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria under the Warner Music Central Europe banner
News Facing ‘stream-ripping’ allegations from labels, Suno & Udio weigh in on separate case to challenge ruling that makes YouTube downloading illegal Now that the majors have accused Suno and Udio of stream-ripping, the AI companies are pushing to have the practice declared legal
News Disney lands Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ content with 6-episode docuseries and concert film Both will premiere on December 12, with the docuseries featuring appearances from Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch.
News Sir Lucian Grainge on UMG’s AI policy: ‘We will NOT license AI models that use an artist’s voice without their consent.’ Universal Music Group boss says company is 'actively engaged' with nearly a dozen AI companies on new products
Analysis Bootleg vinyl from Russia & China… and 3 other things you might have missed from the RIAA’s latest piracy revelations US recorded music revenues are still around $9 billion per year lower than they were before the age of digital piracy arrived, the RIAA says