Music Business News: North America

‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’

MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon

Chord Music-linked ABS vehicle plans $500M deal, backed by $830M catalog led by Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder rights

Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works

UMG sues $10B-valued fashion brand Quince for ‘rampant and brazen infringement’ in TikTok posts

The company raised a $500 million Series E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation

From Live Nation’s antitrust trial loss to Max Lousada and Julie Greenwald’s 26.2 launch… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next

Live Nation antitrust verdict explained

Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used

Firm says original sample creators will be compensated when their sounds are used to generate new material

Live Nation operated as illegal monopoly, jury finds in landmark antitrust trial

Landmark verdict could reshape the live entertainment industry.

UMG’s Michael Nash takes aim at ‘false narrative of artist replacement’ by AI – and 3 other things we learned from his HumanX panel with Splice’s CEO

The pair discussed UMG's approach to AI, including how the company balances protecting artists' rights with leaning into AI innovation