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Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug8 Sept 2026
HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse has confirmed that data from 422,584 accounts was leaked, a figure the company said was calculated based on account ID units.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug8 Sept 2026
Samantha Juneman named Head of Music at Mattel, arriving from Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group Samantha Juneman has been named Head of Music at Mattel.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug8 Sept 2026
AEG Presents has opened a dedicated office in Germany. The company announced the launch of Berlin-based AEG Presents Germany on Friday (September 4).
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug7 Sept 2026
Tencent Music Entertainment has priced a USD $1 billion bond offering. TME says it intends to use the net proceeds for “general corporate purposes, including refinancing of offshore indebtedness...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug7 Sept 2026
AEG and SeatGeek have both asked a federal judge to reject the antitrust settlement that would let Live Nation keep Ticketmaster.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug7 Sept 2026
Heidi O’Neill has resigned from Spotify‘s Board of Directors. Her resignation took effect on Thursday (September 3), according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission published...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug7 Sept 2026
Spain’s recorded music industry generated wholesale revenues of EUR €181.4 million (USD $212m) in the first half of 2026, up 11.6% YoY.
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani4 Sept 2026
This week, BMG and Concord completed their long-awaited merger, creating a combined music company with Bob Valentine confirmed as CEO.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug3 Sept 2026
Universal Music Group’s hospitality arm is opening a hotel on London’s Denmark Street. UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle (UMHL) and Outernet London announced the partnership on Wednesday (September...
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham3 Sept 2026
HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired David Kershenbaum‘s interest in producer royalties and related rights across a run of master recordings he produced.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham3 Sept 2026
Primary Wave Music has struck a partnership with the estate of Wilson Pickett. The agreement covers a stake in the late soul singer’s music publishing catalog, and will also see Primary Wave share...
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide3 Sept 2026
Swiss private equity firm Ufenau Capital Partners and DEAG founder Peter Schwenkow have unveiled plans to build a European group in the live and family entertainment market.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham2 Sept 2026
The US Government has told a court that AI companies do not break copyright law when they train their models on written work without a license.
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide2 Sept 2026
SM Entertainment, one of South Korea’s largest K-pop companies, has established a joint venture with Tencent Music Entertainment Group in Beijing, named STE.
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani2 Sept 2026
Warner Music Group has appointed Mateusz Smółka as Managing Director of Warner Music Eastern Europe.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug2 Sept 2026
Police in South Korea say they will hand the case against HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors this week.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug2 Sept 2026
A US federal judge has thrown out the copyright theory at the center of the lawsuit that accused Bad Bunny, Drake, and more than 150 other artists of copying the “dembow” rhythm used across...
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham2 Sept 2026
Canada’s SOCAN has sued Suno for copyright infringement. The collecting society filed its statement of claim in the Federal Court of Canada earlier today (September 2).
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani2 Sept 2026
Musixmatch has launched a new product built specifically for record labels. Musixmatch Pro for Labels is a hub designed to help record companies manage, enrich, and “distribute lyrics at scale to...
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham1 Sept 2026
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has today (September 1) released its half-year figures for the recorded music industry in the United States.
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