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South Korea prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Kakao founder over alleged manipulation of SM Entertainment stock
Prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence for Kim Beom-su, the founder of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., over...
Jenni Pfaff joins HYBE America as Chief People and Transformation Officer
Jenni Pfaff has been appointed Chief People and Transformation Officer at HYBE AMERICA, the US division of South Korea-headquartered entertainment...
Amid plans to sue Nvidia and Suno, music platform Jamendo launches AI-powered search
Music licensing platform Jamendo has launched an AI-powered music search feature to help its clients search through a catalog of...
YouTube expands creator promotion tool ‘Hype’ to 39 markets
YouTube has rolled out its “Hype” feature to 39 countries, including the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and India.The...
Apple Music Radio expands beyond iOS with new TuneIn partnership
Apple Music launched its six live radio stations on TuneIn’s platform on Wednesday (August 27), marking the first time that...
BMG’s organic revenue fell 4.4% YoY in H1 2025, as EBITDA margin jumped; underlying streaming revenue up high single-digits
BMG saw its revenue decline by 7.8% YoY to EUR €424 million (USD $507m) in the first half of 2025,...
UK tribunal rejects Blur drummer’s class action lawsuit against PRS For Music over ‘black box’ royalties
A UK judicial tribunal has rejected a proposed class action lawsuit against performance rights organization PRS for Music over how...
beatBread CEO and co-founder Peter Sinclair dies aged 50
BeatBread co-founder and CEO, Peter Sinclair, has died following a short illness. He was 50.Sinclair passed away on Saturday (August...
From Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters record to BMG’s H1 results… 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...
Thomas Coesfeld on BMG’s H1 2025 results, why music streaming ‘remains undervalued’, and a strategy focused on the ‘core business’ of music rights
BMG reported its H1 2025 results earlier today (August 28), with numbers that told a familiar story for the modern...
