Music Business News: United States

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

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.

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UMG asks court to dismiss US musicians’ union lawsuit over Udio AI deal

Universal Music has asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit brought against it by the American Federation of Musicians

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Court declines to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio – but moves the case from Illinois to New York

A federal judge has declined to dismiss the copyright class action brought against AI music generator Udio

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Reservoir generated $41.5M in calendar Q2, up 12% YoY, with recorded music revenues up 35%

Reservoir Media has published its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2026 – the company's fiscal Q1 2027 (calendar Q2 2026).