News After being acquired by HYBE in a $32m deal last year, voice cloning startup Supertone launches AI-powered virtual pop group, SYNDI8 Supertone claims that its software can create 'hyper-realistic and expressive voices that [are not] distinguishable from real humans.'
News Sony Music inks partnership with India’s Maddock Films to produce soundtracks, pop singles The move comes amid remarkable growth in India's music market, and in the popularity of Indian music worldwide
News Scooter Braun retires from artist management after 23 years Braun announced his retirement from artist management in a statement published via Instagram on Monday, June 17.
Interviews Meet Kyogu Lee, President of Supertone – the voice cloning AI company acquired by HYBE for $32m MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kyogu Lee, President of HYBE-owned voice AI company Supertone
Analysis Suno could get sued by the record business. Who’s backing it with $125m? Here, we take a look at Suno’s investors, their philosophies, and the other businesses they’ve put money behind...
Analysis News Robert Kyncl talks Believe, M&A, India, superfans and more on WMG’s latest earnings call WMG says it's the only one of the major to grow market share in India and Sub-Saharan Africa last year
Analysis News A shaman, a management coup, a tearful press conference and a $770m market cap dip: What the heck is going on at HYBE? Disputes between record companies and their executives have happened before, but this one takes the cake for weirdness
News Warner Music Group launches Warner Music South Asia, led by Jay Mehta New entity covers WMG’s recorded music operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Analysis Blog Putting the ‘vinyl revival’ in proper perspective The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist, Eamonn Forde
Interviews ‘No one understands the pressure of being labelled as a ‘hit songwriter’, then somebody puts you in a room with strangers and they’re like, ‘Hey, I need a smash!’’ Grammy-winner Theron Thomas talks about the childhood that inspired him, helping break Lizzo, his billion-stream hits, AI, TikTok, The Power Rangers and Mel Gibson
News Warner Music India makes strategic investment in JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction Warner says the deal makes it the largest player in certain central Indian music markets
Analysis Universal Music Group’s recent batch of international deals highlight 5 global trends to watch in 2024 From Latin Music to a booming Chinese market, these are the trends to watch out for in 2024.
Analysis Could HYBE’s Weverse offer a template for Universal Music Group’s courting of ‘superfans’ in 2024? UMG has been experimenting with HYBE and Weverse since back in 2020. What's it learned?
Interviews Dot Da Genius on Kid Cudi, Kanye, the possibility of a producers’ strike and why he wants to ‘completely overhaul’ the current music industry business model Kid Cudi's key creative collaborator discusses his breakthrough, his biggest records, AI and why he's keeping hold of his catalog - for now
Interviews Meet Sung Soo Han, the music executive behind K-Pop stars SEVENTEEN, and founder of HYBE-owned PLEDIS Entertainment Sung Soo Han founded SEVENTEEN’s label, developed the group, and oversees all creative processes for the HYBE-owned label’s roster.