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From Deezer’s fight against AI music to Charles Goldstuck’s $500m raise… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek continues share sale streak, cashing out another $28.2M
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek sold another $28.2 million worth of company shares this week, extending a selling pattern that has...
Reservoir expands Indian presence with new subsidiary PopIndia
New York-headquartered independent music company Reservoir is expanding its presence in India with the launch of a new subsidiary dubbed...
Charles Goldstuck’s GoldState raises $500m to buy music rights, with investment from Northleaf Capital and Ares Management
GoldState Music, founded in 2022 by Charles Goldstuck, has raised USD $500 million to acquire more music rights.According to the...
Luminate strikes partnership with South Korea’s KreatorsNetwork, an artist services firm aiming to globalize K-pop labels
Entertainment industry data and research company Luminate has struck a partnership with South Korea’s KreatorsNetwork.The Seoul-headquartered KreatorsNetwork describes itself as a...
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt: AI that is ‘as smart as the smartest artist’ will be here in 3 to 5 years
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the world is three to five years away from “artificial general intelligence” that will...
Denis Ladegaillerie, backed by EQT and TCV, makes move to fully acquire Believe
A consortium led by Believe founder and CEO Denis Ladegaillerie has announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of the...
Tariff-proof, recession-proof music industry will thrive despite global uncertainty, TD Cowen analysts say
Amid the tariff wars and other uncertainties in the global economy, the music industry is proving to be an oasis...
ASCAP, BMI, GMR, and SESAC have their say in US Copyright Office’s PRO inquiry…
The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has the PRO market in its crosshairs.In February, the USCO launched a significant inquiry...
Pex acquired by copyright protection and content monetization company Vobile
Los Angeles-based Pex, an audio content identification platform that tracks and analyzes copyrighted content on digital services, has been acquired.Founded in...
