News Patreon lays off 20% of its staff in biggest round of cuts in its history CEO Jack Conte said Patreon's core business was "healthy and strong", but that the platform was restructuring to adapt faster to a shifting market.
Interviews Move Concerts CEO Phil Rodriguez: ‘I’m bullish about our business. Music and sports are the last tribal experiences.’ MBW's World Leaders series meets Phil Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Latin America-focused Move Concerts
News Judge refuses to dismiss Reach Records’ case against UMG’s Capitol CMG over abandoned deal Reach alleges that Capitol CMG agreed to buy the label during 2025, then pulled out months later by telling Reach the agreed price was too high.
News SoundCloud acquires Nina Protocol, the independent music platform winding down after five years The deal opens a migration process for Nina's artists to move their music, content, and followers to SoundCloud.
Interviews Why Soundcharts is betting on music’s ‘other AI revolution’ Soundcharts founder David Weiszfeld on 'tokenmaxxing', the AI reckoning he expects in 2027, and why the jobs at the heart of the music business will outlast the tools built to serve them.
News TikTok is testing an opt-in ‘Likeness Detection’ tool that lets US creators find and report AI deepfakes of themselves It was first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra, who wrote in a post on X that TikTok was testing the feature with "some US creators."
News Sony Music sues Udio again, asserting over 30,000 recordings a judge barred the major from adding to its original case The complaint was filed on July 20 in New York
Analysis They’re Not ‘Major Labels.’ The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham
News Udio taps content-security BuyDRM to secure its AI music ‘walled garden’ BuyDRM will provide multi-DRM support across Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady through its KeyOS MultiKey Service.
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 Suno scraped YouTube, Deezer to train AI, hacked code reveals – potentially strengthening UMG and Sony’s legal case The code was obtained by a hacker who breached Suno and shared it with 404 Media.
News Andi Arya Dwi Putra promoted to Head of TuneCore, Indonesia He will lead the Believe-owned distributor’s growth strategy, artist roster and partnerships in the market.
News One of Suno’s biggest investors just led a $700M round in Daniel Ek’s health startup Lightspeed was the lead investor in AI music generator Suno's $125 million Series B round in 2024.
News BandLab Technologies buys Aiode, an AI music studio built on ‘fully-licensed’ audio The deal gives Singapore-based BandLab a third music-making platform alongside BandLab and Cakewalk.