Music Business News: United States

Sony Music sues retail giant DSW over ‘massive’ infringement of recordings in social media ads

Lawsuit marks the latest against DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, after Warner Music sued the company in May

‘When I’m deciding whether to work with someone, I think about how I’d feel if it was 3am and I saw their name calling on my phone.’

Gabz Landman, manager of multi-Grammy winning, chart-dominating songwriter Amy Allen, talks success, motivation, strategies, relationships and building 'The Avengers of songwriters'

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After raising $500m for music rights deals, GoldState acquires catalog of hitmaker Yung Lan in ‘7-figure deal’

Yung Lan is known for having produced hits for Fetty Wap, Morgan Wallen and Roddy Ricch, among others

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Drake wins court approval to serve key witness in UMG defamation case

The rapper’s attorneys claimed they have spent $75,000 trying to track down Kojo Menne Asamoah

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SoundExchange slams judge’s ruling in SiriusXM case as ‘entirely wrong on the law’

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed SoundExchange's $150 million lawsuit against SiriusXM

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Founder of music streaming service BlueBeat indicted over alleged $3.1m fraud scheme

A federal grand jury has indicted Hank Risan, the 70-year-old founder of music streaming service BlueBeat, on four counts of wire fraud

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From Live Nation’s record Q2 concerts revenue to Kobalt’s new AI deal… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past seven days... all in one place

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ONErpm signs string of North American artists – including a Grammy winner

Nashville-headquartered company announces quartet of newly-signed artists in line with cross-genre growth strategy