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UMG and Sony seek to add over 61k recordings to Suno lawsuit after discovery reveals AI trained on ‘millions’ of their copyrighted tracks
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have asked a federal court for permission to add more than 61,000 copyrighted...
Sulinna Ong exits Spotify to join U2 management team alongside Irving and Jeffrey Azoff
U2 have appointed Sulinna Ong as a Management Partner, a newly created role that sees her join Irving and Jeffrey...
Live Nation faces calls for another competition investigation as UK lawmakers flag live music market dominance
Live Nation has created a “climate of fear” in the UK live music industry, a House of Commons committee has...
Stability AI’s Julian Parker, a key researcher behind Stable Audio, joins Spotify’s ‘artist-first AI’ team – days after streamer’s landmark UMG remix deal
Julian Parker, one of the senior researchers behind Stability AI‘s Stable Audio family of generative AI music models, has joined...
Has Warner Turned A Corner?
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events...
Spotify backs US bill to outlaw AI deepfakes, joining UMG, Sony, Warner, Google, and OpenAI in growing coalition
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has reintroduced the NO FAKES Act – the bill designed to protect individuals from...
Spotify and Universal Music Group strike landmark deal to let fans create AI covers and remixes – as a paid Premium add-on
Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced licensing agreements enabling fans to create AI-powered covers and remixes of songs from...
The latest Music Business Worldwide Magazine is out now. Read it here.
The latest edition of Music Business Worldwide‘s bi-monthly magazine is out now with digital and physical subscribers.Subscribers to MBW+ can...
Universal Music Group and TikTok strike new multi-year licensing deal — with expanded AI protections for artists and songwriters
Universal Music Group and TikTok have struck a new multi-year global licensing deal.According to a press release, the deal will...
Paul McCartney to host global TikTok LIVE Q&A ahead of new album release
TikTok will host Paul McCartney in a global livestream Q&A on the platform next week, ahead of the release of...
