Julie Swidler, Sony Music’s EVP Business Affairs and General Counsel, to leave company after 18 years
Julie Swidler, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel at Sony Music, will leave the company at the end of ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Sony Music Publishing promotes ZaZa Kazadi to Senior Director, A&R, UK & Europe
Sony Music Publishing (SMP) has promoted ZaZa Kazadi to Senior Director, A&R, UK & Europe.Kazadi will continue to be based ...
From Sony Music Publishing’s $4 billion catalog deal to Live Nation’s ‘blue dot fever’ rebuttal… 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 ...
Sony Music Publishing wins Pop Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI Awards… as Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ takes Song of the Year
Sony Music Publishing has been named the Pop Publisher of the Year at the 2026 BMI Pop Music Awards.The Sony-owned ...
Sony generated $3.03bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2026, up 19.5% YoY
Sony‘s combined revenues from recorded music and music publishing topped USD $3 billion for a second consecutive quarter in calendar ...
From Tencent Music’s 250K song takedowns to Sony and WMG’s calendar Q1 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
