News Live Nation acquires Lytham Festival owner Cuffe & Taylor Deal represents aggressive live giant's FOURTH buy in January 2017
News Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.
News Suno muscles into vinyl market, plans to let users press their AI songs onto 12-inch records Company has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical records
News Ticketmaster acquires ticketing platform RED UTS in Uruguay entry The acquisition folds RED UTS into a network the company says spans more than 35 markets.
News HYBE winds down AI voice company Supertone after investing nearly $35M HYBE is reportedly in talks to transfer Supertone's voice-conversion and noise-removal tools, Shift, Clear and Air, to an outside buyer.
Interviews ‘Asia will become one of the primary drivers of global touring rather than simply a destination on international routes.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Tommy Jinho Yoon, founder and CEO of Asia-focused music promoter International Creative Agency (ICA).
News The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour has grossed more than $440M in 2026 alone – on over 3M tickets sold The stadium tour has sold over 3 million tickets this year alone, making it the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist, according to Live Nation
Analysis Will this BTS tide finally lift all K-Pop boats? The following op/ed comes from author and music economist Will Page, and Jeongbeom ‘JB’ Kim, Chief Data Officer at the Korean-based KreatorsNetwork
News Netflix, AEG Presents team up to launch ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ global concert tour Amy Reinhard, Netflix’s president of ad sales, said the tour is planned for next year.
Interviews ‘Many still view Thailand as a domestic-only market. In truth, there are many talented Thai songwriters with strong potential for global success.’ MBW's World Leaders series speaks to Tatchara Longprasert, General Manager of Sony Music Publishing Thailand
Analysis News BTS-nomics, overseas investment strategy, and the future of K-pop: 5 things we learned on HYBE’s Q1 earnings call HYBE's Q1 2026 earnings call was dominated by the return of BTS. Here's what stood out…
Interviews ‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon
News Secretly Distribution acquires music data and analytics firms Entertainment Intelligence and Babel Ops Babel Ops was founded in 2020 by Erik Gilbert and Greg Delaney, who previously co-founded Entertainment Intelligence in 2014.
News Min Hee-jin proposes to forgo $18M court win in exchange for HYBE dropping all lawsuits against her, NewJeans, ex-employees and fans Min tells HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk to "meet in the realm of creation, not in the courtroom.”