News HarbourView leads $85m investment in AI-powered kids entertainment company Animaj Animaj reports to have a monthly global audience of 242m unique viewers on YouTube
News Suno and Udio hit with class action lawsuits from independent artist Justice is accusing the AI companies of using recordings and works from “thousands of class members” without authorization to train their AI models.
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News Absolute Label Services launches ‘Anthology’ business management portal for independent sector – featuring support from an AI-powered ‘music executive’ Absolute says that its AI chatbot is trained on "vast amounts of industry knowledge, data, and expertise"
News Bruno Mars joins Fortnite Festival as Season 9 ‘icon’ Other artists who have been featured as "icons" on Fortnite include The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, and Sabrina Carpenter
News From Sony’s $2.5bn spent in the past year to UMG’s Patrick Whitesell JV… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Analysis Sony Music spent $2.5bn on 60+ deals in the past year (and 7 more things you should know from Rob Stringer’s latest investor presentation) Rob Stringer, the Chairman of Sony Music Group and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, updated investors on the music company's performance and strategy on Friday morning (June 13).
News US music publishing revenue jumped 13.4% to $7bn in 2024, outpacing the growth rate of recorded music Recovered unpaid royalties accounted for 27% of music publishing revenues last year, the NMPA's David Israelite said
News Sony Music partners with LuxuryKSA to develop Saudi talent The joint venture targets the global expansion of Khaliji pop artists from Saudi Arabia’s music scene.
News Apple Music adds lyrics translation and karaoke features Apple is also launching an AutoMix feature that creates continuous playlists based on previously played songs
News Tencent Music to acquire Ximalaya, one of China’s largest audio platforms, in $2.4bn deal Deal to acquire audio platform confirmed in SEC filing on Tuesday, June 10.
News Apple loses bid for emergency block on App Store payment changes A federal appeals court denied the tech giant’s request to halt court-ordered changes that favor app developers like Epic Games and Spotify
News Musixmatch files motion to dismiss LyricFind’s antitrust lawsuit LyricFind filed a lawsuit in March alleging anticompetitive behavior in the lyrics licensing market
News Believe now valued at close to $2bn, as Denis Ladegaillerie consortium ups bid for remaining shares Upbeat Bidco increases the price of its take-private offer