Inside the UMG-backed patent portfolio targeting AI music derivatives: A technical blueprint for the walled garden model?
The music industry is in the grip of an intensifying debate over how AI-generated derivatives of existing music should be ...
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Electronic music industry grew to $15.1 billion in 2025, with tech house leading the Beatport sales
The electronic music industry grew to a $15.1 billion valuation in 2025, according to this year’s IMS Electronic Music Business ...
Sam Hu named Managing Director at Universal Music China
Sam Hu has been appointed Managing Director of Universal Music China and SVP of Universal Music Greater China, effective Wednesday ...
‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’
MBW’s Inspiring Women series profiles female executives who have risen through the ranks of the business, highlighting their career journey ...
New Music Gear Monday: Softube Flow Studio Control Surface
One of the biggest workflow challenges in modern production is the disconnect between the mouse and the music. You have ...
Warner Chappell Music signs Grammy winner Claudia Brant to global publishing deal
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has signed Argentine songwriter Claudia Brant to a global publishing deal, formalizing and expanding an existing ...
Universal Music Group launches Everything Jazz, a new global digital platform for jazz music and culture
Universal Music Group‘s Global Classics & Jazz division has launched Everything Jazz, a new digital platform and online store dedicated ...
New Music Friday: Ludacris, 6LACK & 2 Chainz, Sexyy Red, Yasiin Bey & More
There may be no major rap album this week, but there’s still plenty of great music worth checking out in ...
Inside the V&A East’s ‘The Music is Black: A British Story’ Exhibition
In the depths of lockdown, when Jacqueline Springer read the Victoria & Albert Museum’s advert for the role of Curator ...
As K-pop concert revenues rise, HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP, and YG plot music festival joint venture
K-pop giants HYBE, JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and YG Entertainment are preparing to establish a joint venture to launch a ...
