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Bandcamp bans AI-generated music: ‘We want musicians to keep making music’
Direct-to-fan platform Bandcamp said it will ban artificial intelligence-generated music and audio from its platform including any use of AI...
HYBE cashes out $3.5m worth of shares, riding on BTS comeback
South Korean entertainment giant HYBE plans to sell 5.16 billion South Korean won (approx. USD $3.51m) worth of shares, cashing...
SESAC names Chris Sheehan as VP, International
SESAC Performing Rights has appointed UK-based music veteran Chris Sheehan as Vice President, International.Sheehan joins the performing rights organization after...
Jeff Toig named CEO at Irving Azoff’s GMR, as co-founder Randy Grimmett becomes Executive Chairman
Global Music Rights, Irving Azoff‘s $3.3 billion-valued PRO, has a new CEO. Jeff Toig, previously Chief Business Officer at GMR,...
From GMR’s Jeff Toig to streaming’s quarter of a billion tracks … 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...
Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern to retire at end of 2026
Sarah Trahern, CEO of the Country Music Association (CMA), has announced that she will retire at the end of 2026,...
Kobalt strikes global publishing partnership with India’s Madverse Music
Kobalt has entered into a global publishing partnership with Madverse Music Group, an India-based distribution and publishing company.According to a...
Australia’s recorded music royalty rates for radio play to rise by 38% after tribunal ruling
Owners of sound recording copyrights will see an increase in royalties coming from Australia, following a Copyright Tribunal ruling that...
Derek Cournoyer appointed Head of Strategy, Music Business Affairs at ElevenLabs
Longtime music exec Derek Cournoyer is jumping ship from indie music publisher Kobalt to AI music company ElevenLabs.ElevenLabs said Cournoyer...
Music streaming platforms now host quarter of a BILLION tracks.
There were 253 million music tracks sitting on audio streaming services at the close of 2025.Yep: over quarter of a...
