News Taylor Swift shares details about upcoming album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ on New Heights podcast ahead of October release Swift reveals details about new album on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast
News Lorena Cabral, Daniela Gutiérrez promoted at Downtown Artist & Label Services, as firm expands presence in Música Mexicana DA&LS recently expanded its collaboration with Genesis Records to include the catalog of Mexican singer-songwriter Edgardo Nuñez
Interviews ‘We’re building the market-making infrastructure for the music business’ SourceAudio co-founder, Andrew Harding, talks sync, AI licensing, and the future of the business
Analysis News JYP Entertainment profit soars in Q2, helped by Stray Kids tour, Kpop Demon Hunters The Korean music company's blockbuster earnings even got a little help from ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’
News Emerging markets and M&A exec Alfonso Perez Soto departs Warner after 20 years Widely respected exec leaves his latest post as EVP, Corporate Development
News Austen Adams appointed President of Warner Chappell Music Nashville Respected executive joins the company from Big Loud
News Kobalt inks direct licensing deal with Spotify in the US The agreement marks Spotify's latest direct deal with a prominent music publisher and moves its agreement with Kobalt beyond the traditional CRB model in the US
News Drake demands to see Kendrick Lamar contract details in discovery battle with Universal Music Group Drake is seeking to compel UMG to produce Sir Lucian Grainge's custodial files and an unredacted version of Kendrick Lamar's recording contract
News Waymo integrates Spotify into robotaxis across three US cities Waymo riders can either link their account before booking through the Waymo app, or scanning a QR code from the car’s screen during transit.
News StubHub updates IPO filing showing growing losses despite revenue gain The company incurred a wider net loss of $35.9 million in Q1, versus $29.7 million last year.
News Music publishers allege Anthropic used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted lyrics Anthropic may face a new allegation from music companies: That it not only downloaded, but distributed lyrics without permission
News MBW10: New publication celebrates the 10th anniversary of Music Business Worldwide Commemorative publication will be launched in association with headline supporter, Chorus TM
News Temu sued for alleged knock-offs of MF Doom merch, using late rapper’s name and likeness The owner of MF Doom's IP calls Temu 'one of the most unethical companies operating in today’s global marketplace'
News Nebula17 hires Rob Inadomi to head US label, lead global A&R for Japanese talent Nebula 17 was founded earlier this year with multi-million-dollar backing from US and Japanese investors
Interviews ‘You cannot sell what you don’t understand or don’t believe in.’ Ronami Ogulu, co-manager (and sister) of Burna Boy talks about breaking artists, defying expectations and working with family
News Benny Brown acquires Wide Open Music, launches new publishing firm North Chapel Music The deal transfers Wide Open's entire catalog to Brown's new venture, including hits by Brett Young, George Birge and Matt Stell.
News Anthropic faces setback in authors’ lawsuit ahead of UMG copyright battle: ‘If Anthropic loses big it will be because what it did was also big.’ A judge's rejection of stay request in Anthropic’s book piracy case sets precedent as the company faces a similar lawsuit against record labels.
News WME’s Kirk Sommer to receive ‘International Music Person of the Year’ award at MUSEXPO 2026 Sommer has worked with artists from Adele and The Killers to Artic Monkeys, Benson Boone, Billie Eilish and more