Analysis News The EU AI Act’s rules on AI content labeling and training are now law and enforceable. Here’s what they mean for the music business. The European Union's rules requiring AI-generated content to be labeled took effect on Sunday (August 2).
News Lawsuit accusing Drake of stream manipulation via Stake.us paused as judge orders arbitration The ruling means the claims naming Drake will not move forward while the plaintiffs pursue their dispute with Stake in individual arbitration.
Analysis AI and Protecting a Celebrity’s voice through Trademark The following MBW op/ed comes from Music Attorneys Heidy Vaquerano and Cynthia Katz at Fox Rothschild.
News Live Nation generated $7.7B in Q2 revenue, up 9% YoY, driven by a 10% rise in fan attendance Live Nation's Concerts division drew 49 million fans in Q2
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $3.83B in Q2, up 13.3% YoY – driven by Noah Kahan, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake, and Olivia Dean UMG published its fresh set of quarterly results on July 30
Analysis ‘True independents will become rarer and more valuable going into the next decade.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Samantha Moore, President of Rostrum Pacific-owned distributor SpaceHeater.
News Majors, Believe, BMG, Concord, HYBE and more propose chart eligibility rules for AI music Framework would 'establish a clear boundary between human-led creativity and works that are purely synthetic or generated by unauthorized AI models'
News BTS keep chart-topper ‘Arirang’ out of 2027 Grammys race, as group decline to submit music for consideration "We hope music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language," they said, in a statement translated from Korean.
News US consumers are ‘more wary than willing’ to engage with AI in entertainment content, Luminate study finds Finding comes from AI & Media: Audience Attitudes, a report from Luminate Intelligence
News Bad Bunny grossed $467.5M on Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour (report) The total fell 2.5% short of the highest-grossing Latin tour ever regardless of gender: Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour.
News Universal Music Group completes €500 million share buyback program The company has repurchased 26,707,529 of its own shares under the program, UMG said on Monday (July 27)
News UK recorded music exports hit record $1.05B in 2025, up just 0.8% YoY 2025 was the first time the annual total had surpassed £800M, which converts to USD $1.05B
News Qobuz rolls out real-time synced lyrics to all subscribers Qobuz's redesigned player carries visuals that shift with a track's album artwork and keeps a mini-player on screen while users navigate the app.
News Live Nation launches Roblox game that lets players build their own festivals, with CORTIS as the first featured artist The game has already drawn more than 3.5m visits and generated more than 23m in-game performances.
News Instagram now lets users swap the music on published posts and carousels The feature, called Replace Audio, keeps a post's likes, comments, shares and reach in place when the soundtrack is changed.