News HarbourView leads $30m investment in Oscar-winning animation studio Lion Forge Entertainment Investment arrives three months after HarbourView secured $500m in additional debt financing from investment giant KKR
News Spotify is finally launching lossless – but it’s not part of a ‘super premium’ tier Lossless listening is rolling out to Spotify Premium subscribers
News The Orchard launches physical distribution network, OPEN, following merger between Germany’s SPV Distribution and Membran It's understood that The Orchard and Napalm will now co-own OPEN
News Over 1 million artists have registered with TikTok’s SoundOn. Now it’s expanding into Germany. The launch comes as TikTok reported reaching 25.7 million users in Germany.
Analysis News US streaming subscriptions hit 105.3m in H1 2025, but recorded music revenue was up by less than 1% YoY Premium paid subscription revenues grew 6.3% YoY in the US in H1 2025 to $2.89 billion
News France’s recorded music revenues grow 3.4% YoY, as income from streaming video plummets The shift from music videos to online clips is causing a decline in video revenues, France's recorded music industry body says.
News Lisa Yang is leaving Goldman Sachs. We’re told she’s joining Warner Music Group. If Yang does end up at Warner, she will join another music-affiliated ex-Goldman exec in Michael Ryan-Southern
News Spotify says 1,000+ artists have featured in its ‘RADAR’ program, and have racked up 338bn+ streams on the platform Artists on the RADAR artist development program have sparked more than 6.5 billion song discoveries on the platform.
News Reservoir acquires Miles Davis publishing catalog Reservoir acquires Miles Davis’ music publishing catalog, as well as rights to his recorded music; will partner with estate on name and likeness opportunities
News NetEase Cloud Music secures deal with production company Most Contents to stream K-drama soundtracks in China The Chinese music streaming platform will gain access to over 70 Korean drama soundtracks from South Korea-based Most Contents
News SoundExchange launches appeal of ruling in SiriusXM lawsuit, says satellite radio firm has underpaid royalties by $400M SoundExchange is challenging a judge's ruling that the PRO doesn't have authority under the law to sue on behalf of rightsholders
News TikTok tops 200 million monthly users in Europe Roughly one in three citizens in Europe use the app monthly, according to TikTok
News HYBE Latin America launches Regional Mexican music label S1ENTO Records The label's launch and operations will be led by Los Angeles-based General Manager, Myrna Pérez
News StubHub targets $9bn valuation as it launches IPO roadshow Founder and CEO Eric Baker will remain firmly in control of the company following the IPO, with nearly 88% of voting power
News Anthropic to pay authors $1.5bn to settle lawsuit over using pirated books to train AI Anthropic agreed to pay $3,000 per work to a settlement fund that is expected to cover roughly 500,000 titles.
News Paul Haagenson named President of Bruce Allen Talent, as company’s Founder transitions to Chairman Haagenson is a former President of Live Nation Canada
News France-based music rights management firm 22D Music buys stake in indie publishing company Velvetica Music Deal marks 'the merger of two highly complementary players in the French music publishing industry.'
News Germany’s Bamboo Artists expands into the US, launches in-house brand partnerships unit Bamboo is expanding into the US under the leadership of Nils Gums as General Manager USA