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Jieun Kim promoted to President of Warner Music Korea
Warner Music Group has promoted Jieun Kim to the role of President of Warner Music Korea.Based in Seoul, Kim will...
Total revenue up 12.1% YoY to $1.73bn; subscription streaming revenues rose 12.7% YoY
Warner Music Group has issued its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 (calendar Q1 – the...
Believe unveils AZTEC, its first US record label joint venture, with music exec Az Cohen
Paris-headquartered music company Believe has teamed up with music executive Az Cohen to launch a new joint venture record label...
Believe partners with Google to offer AI music creation tool Flow Music to its artists
Believe is partnering with Google to offer the tech giant’s AI music creation platform, Google Flow Music, to artists across...
Sony in advanced talks to buy Blackstone’s Recognition Music for up to $4B, reports Bloomberg
Sony Music Group is closing in on a deal to buy Blackstone‘s Recognition Music Group, whose catalog is home to...
Want to talk about ‘superfans’? Ask Live Nation.
Monetizing “superfans” has been the talk of the recorded music industry for over two years — spawning platform deals, D2C...
A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it
A coalition of 81 cultural and media organizations in France — spanning the music, film, publishing, and press industries —...
From Wine to Diamonds, Every Major Consumer Industry Protects You From Fakes. Why Doesn’t Music?
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes...
Spotify wins motion for arbitration in ‘payola’ lawsuit
A federal judge in New York has sent a lawsuit accusing Spotify of running a “modern payola” to arbitration, dismissing...
Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI training in answer to Sony Music lawsuit
AI music startup Udio has denied Sony Music Entertainment’s copyright infringement claims while acknowledging that it used audio scraped from...
