News Suno seeks to dismiss key claims in artist lawsuit, wants court focus on AI fair use The company argued that removing certain claims would let courts focus on whether training AI models on copyrighted music qualifies as fair use.
Analysis News One of Suno’s latest investors will be of particular interest to the music industry… Hallwood Media has invested into Suno after signing ‘artists’ whose music was created on the generative AI platform
News Armada strikes catalog deal with UK dance music artist Sonique The deal includes worldwide rights to Sonique's UK No. 1 hit 'It Feels So Good.'
News Pacific Music Group, a new Hong Kong-based entertainment company, launched by NE-YO, Sonu Nigam, MC Jin, and former WMG exec Jonathan Serbin Company to focus on breaking international artists in Asia, and artists from Asia globally
Interviews Spinefarm’s Jonas Nachsin on 30 years in rock & metal and working with acts from Slipknot to Sleep Token MBW's World Leaders series meets Jonas Nachsin, General Manager (Worldwide) of Spinefarm Music Group.
News Primary Wave and D2C platform Game My Fan team up on Reactional Music-powered album games Revenue will be split equally between the platform and artists, while Primary Wave maintains control over release dates, timing, marketing, and pricing.
News UMG receives Statement of Objections from EU regulator over $775m Downtown deal Statement of Objections issued by the EC represents a formal escalation in the investigation into the transaction
News Spotify rolls out feature that lets users transfer playlists from rival music services The integration with TuneMyMusic will let users copy their playlists from outside platforms directly into their Spotify libraries.
News TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation hits $480bn after share sale (report) Seven bidders participated in an auction that pushed TikTok's valuation up by 45% from the initial price of up to $360 billion.
News Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2026: Sienna Spiro, Alessi Rose, aron!, Bay Swag MBW kicks of a series of features showcasing this year’s Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch
News Austin Daboh OBE, EVP of Warner’s Atlantic Records UK, exits Daboh was hired by Atlantic in the EVP position in June 2020
News From Suno’s $2.45bn valuation to Live Nation’s DOJ fight… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
News UK’s Dune hires Chief Operating Officer and Head of Artist Services amid $2.6m Series A round Thom Brunner Named Chief Operating Officer and Max Crowther Appointed Head of Artist Services
News TikTok is testing limiting AI-generated content in user feeds Users can adjust a slider to increase or decrease the amount of AI content they see.
News Tyler, The Creator named Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2025 Award follows a landmark 12 months of global streaming growth, two albums, and a major world tour.
News Reservoir acquires Bertie Higgins catalog The deal includes publishing and master recording rights to works that include the 1981 hit "Key Largo".
News Live Nation files motion to end US’s antitrust lawsuit Live Nation says the DoJ’s case against the company is based on 'gerrymandered' evidence that doesn’t meet the criteria for monopoly power
News UK moves to ban resale of tickets above original price The move has the backing of a number of prominent artists, but secondary resale platforms say it could make things worse for consumers