News YG Plus renews domestic distribution deal with HYBE, extending eight-year partnership YG Plus will continue to handle the domestic distribution of albums and digital music content for HYBE artists including BTS and SEVENTEEN.
News Saregama MD calls for DSPs to assign ‘no value’ to AI-generated music Vikram Mehra acknowledged that AI-generated music is present across streaming services – but argued it is failing to find an audience.
News FUGA renews global distribution partnership with Insomniac Music Group Downtown Music-owned FUGA first struck its partnership with Insomniac Music Group in November 2022.
News Japan’s Avex sees music segment revenues grow 6.8% YoY to $810M in latest fiscal year, as firm’s overall revenues rise 11.3% YoY to $971M Live entertainment was the primary growth driver, supported by arena-scale touring activity and expanding international fan engagement.
News Sony Music Publishing UK signs songwriter and producer MNEK to global deal The deal covers future works written by the London and LA-based hitmaker
News Splice partners with ElevenLabs to power AI music creation tools Splice said it 'will leverage ElevenLabs' foundational music models to build next generation AI-powered creative tools, set to be released later this year'.
News Suno sued by Poseidon Wave Media, an entity behind indie duo The American Dollar, claiming it ‘nearly eliminated’ their licensing revenue The duo alleges that Suno has reduced their licensing revenue by nearly 80% since the AI company launched its service.
News As ABS deals reshape the music rights landscape, KBRA says it’s rated $12.9B in music royalty-backed bonds since 2020 – but expects issuance to fall 25% in 2026 The music ABS market has more than tripled in size in just three years, says new KBRA report
News Primary Wave acquires interests in album art collection from Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, co-founder of British design studio Hipgnosis Design studio founded by Powell and the late Storm Thorgerson in the 1960's
News Vietnam’s DAO Music Entertainment strikes strategic partnership with The Orchard Deal gives DAO Music Entertainment access to The Orchard's global distribution network
News Warner Music forms cross-border artist development platform GLIIDE with Thailand’s GMM Music The platform's first signing is SVRN, a performance-driven artist whose music video for his debut single "WHY" was released on Thursday.
News Barry Weiss’s RECORDS promotes Andrew Saltman to SVP of Artist Development, Sara Gil to General Manager The pair will lead label operations across RECORDS and its country imprint RECORDS Nashville
News Russ honored with NMPA Gold & Platinum Recognition celebrating 26 certified songs The plaque was presented by NMPA President & CEO David Israelite alongside Omar Grant, Senior Director of Creative at Sony Music Publishing
News Primary Wave strikes partnership with Pete Townshend for ‘future creative endeavors’ including use of his name, image, and likeness rights Primary Wave Music partners with the co-founder and principal songwriter of legendary British rock band The Who
News Sony Music Publishing wins Pop Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI Awards… as Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ takes Song of the Year SMP landed the title for representing 24 of the previous year's most-performed songs.