News Drake hit with RICO lawsuit over alleged gambling and stream manipulation scheme via Stake.US Drake is being accused of using Stake's "Tipping" feature to obscure payments to bot operators who then generated fake streams of his music.
Interviews ‘You need to leave your safeguards and walk into the fire.’ MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series meets legendary composer A.R. Rahman
News UMG and Roblox strike deal to expand commercial opportunities for artists on the gaming platform – including merch sales via Shopify Deal includes the integration of commercial features designed to 'drive increased engagement and revenue for artists and labels'
Interviews Craig Kallman on signing ‘uncategorizable’ artists, reimagining Big Beat, and his new role as WMG’s Chief Music Officer Veteran A&R executive discusses his new role as Chief Music Officer at Warner Music Group
News Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data. Paid streams will still be weighted more favorably than ad-supported plays on Billboard's chartd, but by a smaller margin than before.
News Live Nation expands in Thailand with Impact Arena deal The deal gives Live Nation control of operations at the 40,000-square-meter venue with a seating capacity of 12,000.
News Realize Music, with Tuned Global as strategic partner, launches ‘Sing’ VR game with 1m+ licensed tracks The platform features licensed tracks from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Beggars Group
News Beggars Group revenue hit $140m in 2024, as operating profit jumped 49% The company saw revenue grow as it celebrated a year of Grammy nominations and Brit Awards wins
News Warner India’s Divo names Sony veteran Ashok Parwani as Head of Music Parwani spent two decades at Sony Music India, where he helped build the company’s southern India operations.
News Sony Music Publishing signs global deal with BigXthaPlug The announcement comes days before the Texas-born rapper embarks on his Take Care tour across the U.S. and Canada.
News Congressman asks FTC to investigate AllTrack and Pro Music Rights Fitzgerald’s letter focuses on claims that both PROs may be misrepresenting the scope of their music rights portfolios.
News Nicole Thomas promoted to Managing Director of Virgin Music Group South Africa Virgin Music South Africa also recently extended its long-term partnership with Gallo Record Company
News ABBA Voyage has had a $2.7bn economic impact in the UK since 2022 opening, says report In 2025 alone, the concert experience added £660 million ($878m) in UK turnover compared with £1.40 billion ($1.86bn) in the first two years combined.
News Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming 'Music’s use has exploded across platforms and devices, which means that traditional frameworks and the supporting infrastructure must evolve...'