Music Business News: Europe
News Germany-headquartered company reported its Q4 and FY annual results on Thursday (March 26)
News The German collection society described the results as "excellent," but total revenues grew less than 1%
News UMG's plan to repurchase EUR €500M (USD $575m) worth of its own shares marks the company's first-ever share buyback program
News CMO becomes first in Hungary to deploy Deezer's AI detection tech.
News The new service, called Sentinel, draws on the company's lyrics database.
News BMG says that its underlying recorded music streaming subscription revenue grew by double digits in 2025
News The program helped facilitate 15 billion track discoveries, with 515,000 independent artists currently enrolled. That’s up from 450,000 reported a year ago.
News SongDNA lets subscribers trace how one song connects to another through shared producers, samples and covers.