Music Business News: North America

Warner Music expects AI music deals to boost subscription streaming revenue from late 2026

Robert Kyncl said WMG expected its "licensing deals to contribute materially to our subscription streaming revenue growth starting in fiscal '27."

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Sony Music Group and Universal Music Group take legal action against ‘parasitic’ streaming app Musi in Canada

The action is coordinated by IFPI, which represents the recorded music industry worldwide

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Suno muscles into vinyl market, plans to let users press their AI songs onto 12-inch records

Company has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical records

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WMG calendar Q2: Total revenue up 9.3% YoY to $1.86B; subscription streaming revenues rose 11% YoY

Warner Music Group has issued its full financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2026

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Suno becomes first customer of Musixmatch’s Sentinel, which screens AI prompts and outputs for copyrighted material

Suno has integrated the technology to identify when copyrighted compositions, lyrics, and music may be present, Musixmatch said on Thursday (August 6).

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TikTok closes Nashville office on Music Row and lays off staff – two years after signing the lease

TikTok confirmed the closure to Nashville television station FOX 17 News on Wednesday (August 5), two years after it signed the lease.

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Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him

The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs.

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Symphonic partners with ArtyShield to give artists tools that protect their music and voices from unauthorized AI use

The collaboration makes ArtyShield's technology available inside the Client Offerings section of SymphonicMS, the distribution company's management platform.