Music Business News: Europe

Suno sued again, as Danish CMO Koda accuses company of stealing its members’ music to train AI model

Suno accused of "the biggest theft in music history"

Warner Music Italy boss Pico Cibelli talks A&R, M&A, Italian-language music growth – and the company’s new frontline label structure

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Pico Cibelli, President of Warner Music Italy.

Downtown Artist & Label Services renews partnerships with ‘Brazilian phonk’ labels Polaris and Enarma

The genre continues to generate viral traction across TikTok and streaming platforms

Karma Artists plans UK writing camp for K-pop collaborations

The move builds on Karma Artists' work with K-pop acts including BTS, Twice, Aespa, EXO, NCT, Riize and Shinee.

TikTok joins roster of big name partners for the Music Business UK Awards

Less than 100 hours to go - and TikTok joins the party as sponsor of Manager of the Year award

UMG has struck a new YouTube deal that includes ‘guardrails’ around AI… and 3 other things Sir Lucian Grainge said on Universal’s Q3 earnings call

Deal covers both recorded music and music publishing

Universal Music Group generated $3.53bn in Q3, up 10.2% YoY – driven by the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter

UMG's fresh set of quarterly results were published today (October 30)

Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’

Berlin-based entertainment company umn (pronounced ˈhjuːmən) was founded in 2024 by ex-BMG senior execs, Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder