Suno hires Ticketmaster’s Michael Chua to lead its live music team, including Songkick - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide·16h ago
Suno has hired Michael Chua from Ticketmaster as Vice President and General Manager of Suno Live Experiences.
Five-time Grammy winner Drake did not submit any of his three 2026 albums for consideration – joining BTS and Stray Kids in sitting out the 2027 awards (report) - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·16h ago
Drake did not submit any of his three 2026 albums for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards, according to Billboard.
Warner Chappell Chair and CEO Guy Moot joins NMPA Board of Directors - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·16h ago
Guy Moot, Chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music, has joined the Board of Directors of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA).
Live Nation to sell $730M and €600M of bonds to refinance its 6.5% notes due 2027 - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·18h ago
Live Nation Entertainment is selling USD $730 million and EUR €600 million of bonds. The company intends to use the net proceeds to redeem all of its outstanding 6.500% senior secured notes due...
Live Nation hit with class action lawsuits over data breach involving Social Security numbers and health records - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·18h ago
Live Nation has been hit with at least three proposed class action lawsuits over a data breach involving Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, and health records.
Pacific Music Group expands to Tokyo with launch of PMG Japan, signs Japanese rapper JP THE WAVY - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·22h ago
Pacific Music Group (PMG) has launched a Tokyo office, PMG Japan, and signed Japanese rapper JP THE WAVY.
HYBE’s Weverse Con Festival to make its international debut in India in 2027 - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·1d ago
HYBE will stage its Weverse Con Festival in India next year. The South Korean entertainment company announced on Wednesday (October 7) that the event will take place in New Delhi on March 27–28...
EMPIRE Publishing hires Rimas Publishing’s Emilio Morales as SVP, Business Development for Latin America - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·1d ago
EMPIRE Publishing has hired Emilio Morales as SVP, Business Development for Latin America. Morales joins from Rimas Publishing, the San Juan-based company behind the publishing catalog of Bad...
Music streaming fraud inquiry launched by US Copyright Office - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Murray Stassen·1d ago
The US Copyright Office (USCO) has launched a public inquiry into music streaming fraud. The Office published a notice of inquiry in the Federal Register on Wednesday (October 7), seeking...
Kakao Entertainment strikes K-pop partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group to develop artists ‘from the earliest stages’ - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·1d ago
Kakao Entertainment has struck a partnership with Atlantic Music Group (AMG), the Warner Music Group-owned label group.
Tencent Music integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service. Now parent company Tencent is among the biggest backers of the AI company’s $12B+ funding round (report) - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Murray Stassen·1d ago
China-based AI company DeepSeek is close to raising at least RMB 80 billion (USD $12 billion) in a new funding round, with Tencent Holdings among its biggest backers.
ARIA boss tells Australian lawmakers OpenAI and Anthropic are ‘asking Government for a free ride’ on copyright - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·2d ago
The head of Australia’s recorded music industry body has accused OpenAI and Anthropic of “asking Government for a free ride” on copyright.
TikTok brings its global ad network to the US and unveils agentic AI tools - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·2d ago
TikTok has opened its global ad network to campaigns targeting the US and unveiled a set of agentic AI tools for brands.
London’s O2 Arena keeps its name until 2038 as AEG and O2 strike UK’s ‘largest-ever naming rights renewal’ - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·2d ago
AEG and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their naming rights partnership for The O2 in London until 2038.
Michael Smith, man behind $8M AI song and bot streaming fraud, sentenced to 18 months in prison - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·2d ago
Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a streaming fraud scheme that prosecutors say brought him more than USD $8 million in royalties. US District Judge John G.
Google picks Base for Music for its Gemini Startup Forum – as $1.7M-backed French company says it uses AI to predict music marketing ROI - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Murray Stassen·2d ago
Google for Startups will host its Gemini Startup Forum at Google‘s Mountain View headquarters in California next month.
GoDigital Music expands in Asia with Pony Canyon partnership and appointment of Sebastian Mair as President, APAC - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·2d ago
GoDigital Music has appointed Sebastian Mair as President of APAC. At the same time, AdShare, a GoDigital Music company, has signed an agreement with Japanese entertainment company Pony Canyon.
Thomas Rhett launches Fifty-One/Forty-Nine Records with HYBE America’s Blue Highway, in deal he says gives him ‘the opportunity to own’ his body of work - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·2d ago
Thomas Rhett has launched a record label in partnership with Blue Highway Records, the Nashville-based company owned by HYBE America.
Adriana Sein joins Believe as President, Americas - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Murray Stassen·2d ago
Believe has appointed Adriana Sein as President, Americas. Sein most recently served as SVP & Global Head of Artist & Market Development at ADA, Warner Music Group‘s services arm for independent...
The MLC has paid out more than $4.2bn to songwriters and publishers to date – and will begin market share distributions of unmatched and unclaimed royalties in April 2027 - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Murray Stassen·2d ago
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has distributed more than USD $4.2 billion in total royalties to songwriters and publishers since launching operations in January 2021.
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