Music Business News: Switzerland

John Legend joins Universal Music, Udio, Stability AI, Splice and NVIDIA to discuss AI and music at the UN’s AI for Good Summit

The panel examined how AI is changing music from discovery to fan engagement

Björn Ulvaeus on AI at United Nations summit: ‘Our works went in. We should be paid for what went in.’

The following was originally delivered as a speech at the United Nations' AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on Wednesday (July 8) by ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus

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SoundExchange and IFPI introduce automatic ISRC assignment for individual recordings

The new system is designed to reduce administrative steps for small labels and self-releasing artists that do not own and manage large catalogs.

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Meet the Swiss distro company banking on agentic AI to power the ‘next generation’ of indie labels.

Dennis Hausammann was a rising rapper before setting out to build AI-powered tools for indie label founders.

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Switzerland’s MusicBird acquires catalog of Supertramp bassist Dougie Thomson

British rock band Supertramp sold more than 60 million albums since they were formed in 1970.

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Switzerland’s MusicBird acquires publishing catalog of R&B duo and Drake collaborators Majid Jordan

Majid Jordan have co-written and co-produced tracks for artists including Drake, Beyoncé, DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.

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GoDigital Music acquires DIY distributor Octiive, forms European HQ in Zurich

Octiive has served more than 20,000 artists and over 3,000 labels since its launch

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Spotify raises UK and Switzerland Premium prices again as analysts see US hike by early 2026

The 8.3% increase to Premium Individual in the UK marks the second time in 18 months that the Swedish streaming giant has raised prices by £1 in the market.