Music Business News: France News Bolloré urges Universal Music Group to reject Bill Ackman’s $64B takeover bid "We think the price is not there at all," Bolloré told shareholders. News Evan Whikehart named General Manager, North America at IDOL, as Paris-headquartered indie says its annual revenue topped $50m globally last year Whikehart joins from Secretly Distribution News Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business News Believe unveils AZTEC, its first US record label joint venture, with music exec Az Cohen Az Cohen previously held roles at 300 Entertainment News Sacem paid out $1.7bn to composers and publishers in 2025 on 21% YoY revenue jump to $2bn International collections rose 13% while revenue collected within France was largely flat. News Believe partners with Google to offer AI music creation tool Flow Music to its artists Google says that Flow Music can help artists with lyrics, experimenting with melodies or genres, and creating new instruments. Analysis From Wine to Diamonds, Every Major Consumer Industry Protects You From Fakes. Why Doesn’t Music? Music supervisor and Catalog founder Frederic Schindler argues it's time for standardized 'Music Facts' labels – modeled on food nutrition panels – to make the origin of every track in the supply chain visible to consumers. News A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it The law would reverse the burden of proof in copyright disputes involving AI in FrancePrev 1 … 4 5 6 … 87 Next
News Bolloré urges Universal Music Group to reject Bill Ackman’s $64B takeover bid "We think the price is not there at all," Bolloré told shareholders.
News Evan Whikehart named General Manager, North America at IDOL, as Paris-headquartered indie says its annual revenue topped $50m globally last year Whikehart joins from Secretly Distribution
News Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business
News Believe unveils AZTEC, its first US record label joint venture, with music exec Az Cohen Az Cohen previously held roles at 300 Entertainment
News Sacem paid out $1.7bn to composers and publishers in 2025 on 21% YoY revenue jump to $2bn International collections rose 13% while revenue collected within France was largely flat.
News Believe partners with Google to offer AI music creation tool Flow Music to its artists Google says that Flow Music can help artists with lyrics, experimenting with melodies or genres, and creating new instruments.
Analysis From Wine to Diamonds, Every Major Consumer Industry Protects You From Fakes. Why Doesn’t Music? Music supervisor and Catalog founder Frederic Schindler argues it's time for standardized 'Music Facts' labels – modeled on food nutrition panels – to make the origin of every track in the supply chain visible to consumers.
News A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it The law would reverse the burden of proof in copyright disputes involving AI in France