News UK moves to ban resale of tickets above original price The move has the backing of a number of prominent artists, but secondary resale platforms say it could make things worse for consumers
News ATC Group raises $11m, appoints James Patterson as COO as it plans new stock market listing the new capital will go towards investing in direct-to-fan services, artist-centric technologies, and developing new partnership
News UMG, Sony and Warner strike licensing deals with new AI music platform KLAY Company is developing an AI music platform that 'reimagines listening with immersive, interactive tools'
News WMG settles Udio lawsuit, strikes licensing deal for ‘next-generation’ AI music platform coming in 2026 Udio to launch a 'next-generation' AI-powered music creation, listening, and discovery platform in 2026
News WMG strikes deal with Stability AI to ‘build the next generation of responsible AI tools for music creation’ Universal Music Group also entered into a strategic alliance with Stability AI last month
News Suno just raised $250m at a $2.45bn valuation – and it’s generating $200m in annual revenue Series C Round Led by Menlo Ventures with Participation from NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed, and Matrix
News EU set to issue ‘warning’ over UMG’s $775m Downtown deal (report) Bloomberg reports that the EC is preparing a 'statement of objections' over the deal
Interviews As SoundCloud overhauls its creator subscription model, CEO Eliah Seton says the platform is building music’s ‘next major revenue format’ Exec talks SoundCloud's strategy, the future of fan monetization
News Ticket resales above face value to be banned by UK government in crackdown on touts The move marks a more aggressive approach after ministers initially considered allowing resales at up to 30% above face value.
News Musixmatch launches Music Lens, an AI agent that ‘transforms’ catalogs into ‘actionable insights’ for publishers, labels, and creators Musixmatch's new AI-powered Music Lens tool is 'built for - not on - the industry'
Interviews Meet BTS label boss Seon Jeong Shin, the exec guiding the superstar K-pop group’s ‘unprecedented’ return MBW’s World Leaders series meets Seon Jeong Shin, President of HYBE's flagship record label BIGHIT MUSIC
News Fresh from Clipse Grammy shortlist triumph, Roc Nation Distribution unveils ‘cutting-edge’ new artist platform The new dashboard 'democratizes access to tools and information historically reserved for the very few established label superstars'
News Paul McCartney adds track to vinyl version of ‘silent’ album protesting UK AI copyright law proposal Profits from sales of the album donated to the charity, Help Musicians
News Live Nation acquired Pukkelpop, one of Belgium’s largest music festivals. Now the market’s competition watchdog is investigating the deal. The Belgian Competition Authority noted that Live Nation already provides artist booking services and organizes three of Belgium’s largest festivals.
News Warner Music Group strikes deal with Feed.fm to supply licensed music clips for apps The partnership promises to “make it easier for developers to integrate high-quality, fully-licensed song clips through a secure, scalable system.”