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Yale Law School scholars back UMG in Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ defamation fight, arguing rapper ‘consented’ to Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics
Two amicus briefs filed on Friday (April 3) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit have...
Meta touts Instagram as music superfan hub in new Luminate study
A new study commissioned by Meta from analytics firm Luminate positions Instagram as the music industry’s most concentrated superfan environment...
From WMG swooping for Revelator to UMG’s €500 million share buyback program… 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...
UMG and Believe settle lawsuit that alleged ‘industrial-scale’ copyright infringement of Universal’s music
Universal Music Group and Believe have settled the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the Paris-headquartered music company and its distribution...
Wyclef Jean and Jaeson Ma’s D2C service OpenWav launches Snafu-backed indie artist financing platform
OpenWav, a direct-to-fan platform co-founded by Wyclef Jean and 88rising’s Jaeson Ma, has launched a new financing service for independent...
Dialled In Records launches in London focused on South Asian music in partnership with The Collective, part of Universal Music UK’s Island-EMI
Universal Music Group UK’s Island-EMI has partnered with South Asian culture platform Dialled In to launch Dialled In Records, a...
Brian Miller appointed Chief Business Officer at TuneCore
Believe-owned distribution company TuneCore has appointed Brian Miller as Chief Business Officer.According to an announcement on Thursday (April 2), in...
Elon Musk’s X seizes on Supreme Court’s landmark Cox ruling in bid to derail music publishers’ copyright case
Elon Musk’s X Corp is seizing on a landmark US Supreme Court ruling to argue that music publishers’ long-running copyright...
BTS agency HYBE to inject $100M into its US subsidiary, HYBE America
HYBE is pumping $100 million into its US subsidiary, HYBE America Inc., according to a regulatory filing published on Tuesday...
TikTok to let US creators sell personalized videos in-app through its new Cameo partnership
TikTok has partnered with personalized video platform Cameo to allow creators in the US offer personalized video messages directly within...
