Music Business News: United States

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Tuned Global acquires London-based AI audio search firm Figaro.ai

Figaro’s technology makes music catalogs more searchable through automated tagging and content detection.

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BMG and Spotify ink new US direct publishing licensing deal

Companies said that the deal is "designed to deliver greater value to songwriters and their teams".

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Samantha Saturn exits role as Chief Marketing Officer at SESAC Music Group

Saturn says she's about to start "a new chapter" in the music industry, but hasn't offered details

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Richard Stumpf’s Hawkeye Music teams up with Tesseract with $50m in capital to acquire music rights

The partnership brings together Stumpf’s expertise in catalog acquisitions with Tesseract’s expertise in the merchandise licensing business

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Mark Ronson’s Zelig Music forms publishing joint venture with PULSE Music Group

Swedish artist-producer Thea Gustafsson, known professionally as Becky and the Birds, is their first signing.

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HYBE takes wraps off US-based services arm with a global focus… and it’s working with independent artists and labels

To lead HLS, Los Angeles-based Ryan Hyeong Woo Noh has been promoted to Chief Business Officer (CBO) of HYBE AMERICA

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Anthropic must face music publishers’ copyright claims after Judge denies dismissal motion

A US district judge ruled that UMG, Concord Music and ABKCO can press forward with claims that Anthropic bears responsibility when Claude users generate copyrighted lyrics.

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Spotify brings music recommendations to ChatGPT via new integration

Spotify Free and Premium users can now link their accounts to ChatGPT and receive personalized music and podcast recommendations directly within their ChatGPT conversations via a new integration.