News Pharrell Williams legal battle with ex-Neptunes partner widens, as Chad Hugo challenges credits on Rosalía and Latto tracks The amended filing expanded Chad Hugo’s claims, alleging that he was left off songwriter credits on several tracks he helped create.
News TikTok Radio launches on iHeartRadio, as TikTok ends SiriusXM partnership Segments include a weekly countdown of TikTok's 10 biggest songs, trending topics, new music highlights on Friday, and more.
Analysis Why the UMG/Downtown deal may be the last of its kind The following op/ed comes from Simon Wills, MD of UK-headquartered Absolute Label Services and lead on the new Anthology music OS.
News Travis Scott, SZA and Future’s ‘Telekinesis’ copyright lawsuit trimmed but survives bid for dismissal Judge says defendants came "nowhere near" proving key claims invalid.
News Zebralution folds into Bookwire after acquisition by Insight from GEMA The deal arrives less than two months after GEMA sold Zebralution to New York-based private equity firm Insight Holdings Group.
News BMG acquires publishing and recording catalog of UK new wave band A Flock of Seagulls The deal covers the ownership of US publishing rights and a participation in publishing income of the band’s catalog globally.
Interviews ‘Creating superfans requires emotional thinking, not just analytics.’ Happiness. Marketing's Thom Skarzynski makes the case that superfandom isn’t something you discover — it’s something you intentionally build
News Bad Bunny beats copyright lawsuit over ‘Enséñame a Bailar’ sample Producer's copyright claim over 'Un Verano Sin Ti' track ends in dismissal.
News The MLC and Pandora clash in opposition briefs as mechanical royalties battle nears decisive stage Both filings landed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
News Apple Music lands exclusive TikTok partnership to bring full-song streaming into social app The companies are also rolling out 'Listening Party,’ allowing fans to hear songs from an artist in real time and interact with each other.
News Stromae’s Mosaert label renews global deal with Warner Chappell Music The renewed agreement keeps WCM as the global representative for Stromae's catalog.
News ChatGPT can now Shazam songs, as Apple brings music recognition tool to OpenAI’s chatbot OpenAI has previously integrated Spotify and Apple Music into its app ecosystem.
News GEMA vs. Suno: German court hears landmark AI music copyright case A packed courtroom in Munich today heard oral proceedings in the copyright case brought by Germany's GEMA against AI music generator Suno.
News From Sir Lucian Grainge on AI and Downtown, to Create raising $450M at a $2.2B valuation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Kobalt inks worldwide sub publishing and admin deal with the UK’s Sync Music Global Kobalt will oversee global administration for the independent publisher’s catalogue and roster.