Music Business News: United States

It follows VMG's $775 million acquisition of Downtown, which completed in February.

Ares has also taken a minority stake in Firebird

Jamendo accuses Suno of the unauthorized use of musical content and associated data in the development and operation of its AI technologies.

US District Judge Mark C. Scarsi granted Parkwood's motion to dismiss and threw out the entire action "for want of standing."

The tech giant has published a new policy paper outlining the company's preferred approach to AI regulation

TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app

Former EVP Nicholas Rumanes alleged he was fired in May 2025 in retaliation for flagging what his complaint called "serious corporate misconduct."

The application, made with the US Patent and Trademark Office, covers the group saying: “Hi, we’re the Backstreet Boys.”