News Anthropic, fighting lawsuits over alleged copying of song lyrics, accuses Alibaba of copying Claude to train a rival AI Anthropic says Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 28.8 million exchanges with its Claude AI model.
News HYBE’s Weverse appoints Zooil Yang as President as superfan platform enters ‘next phase of growth’ Yang most recently served as CEO of AXZ, the Kakao-spun-off company that operates South Korea's Daum portal.
News Spotify to reserve concert tickets for superfans on Premium tier; Live Nation confirmed as launch partner as companies strike multi-year deal Eligible fans will have what Spotify describes as 'a reserved window to purchase before tickets are on sale to the general public'
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 South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment appoints JungHee Ko as Co-CEO alongside Joseph Chang in leadership restructure Ko takes on an additional role as Chief Platform Officer, overseeing a newly created unit responsible for Kakao Entertainment's platform services
News From WMG’s Netflix deal to BMG’s Anthropic lawsuit… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Analysis News HYBE says Weverse hit 12m monthly users last year – and that it’s turning casual fans into superfans The milestone was published in Weverse's new 2025 Fandom Trend Report.
News SM Entertainment targets M&A deals and AI tech integration as K-pop giant outlines ‘NEXT 3.0’ strategy The K-pop powerhouse is also aiming to build Asia's "largest and most respected publishing company" via its Kreation Music Rights (KMR) subsidiary
Analysis On… Suno, Songkick, and a Reddit Revolt The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News Spotify plans to hike US subscription prices in Q1 2026 (report) JPMorgan analysts estimated that a $1 monthly increase in the US would add about $500 million to Spotify's annual revenue, the Financial Times reported.
Analysis On… Spotify’s billion-dollar pricing opportunity The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News From 50,000 AI tracks flooding Deezer daily, to Spotify’s Premium Platinum pilot The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Welcome to Spotify Supremium: Higher-priced ‘Platinum’ subscription tier arrives in India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and UAE In India, Spotify's new 'Premium Platinum' tier is more than twice the price of today's 'Individual' tier
News HYBE’s Weverse superfan platform is growing – and going big in China HYBE's superfan platform Weverse is making significant inroads into China through strategic partnerships with two of the market's digital giants
News HYBE generated over half a billion dollars in Q3, as K-Pop company’s concert revenues surge 231% YoY Weverse had 11.6 million monthly active users, up by +700,000 from the 10.9 million recorded in Q2 202.