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From Suno???s BMG breakthrough to Live Nation???s counterfeit crackdown??? it???s MBW???s Weekly Round-up
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (391+ words) This week, Suno announced a global licensing deal with BMG, establishing a strategic framework covering BMG’s recorded music and music publishing repertoire. Meanwhile, after striking deals with Universal Music Group and Merlin, Spotify signed an agreement with Kobalt to power…...
California???s 10% ticket resale price cap dies in Senate committee, as StubHub???s state lobbying spend hits $3.4M this year
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1202+ words) California‘s bid to cap live event ticket resale prices at 10% above face value is dead for this legislative session. The California Senate Appropriations Committee held AB 1720 on its suspense file on Thursday (August 13), one day before the deadline for…...
Bill Ackman, who called Universal Music???one of the best businesses we have ever owned???, steers clear of music in Pershing Square stock-buying splurge
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (472+ words) Bill Ackman‘s Pershing Square has disclosed six new stock investments in its first quarterly shareholder letter as a publicly listed company. None of the six is a music company. The new positions in Visa, Mastercard, Netflix, S&P Global,…...
Suno launches Studio 2.0 with MIDI support… and no download limit
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (487+ words) Did you think people only used Suno to make songs for their friends and family – or in the hope of siphoning royalties from the streaming services? Not so: Suno Studio, the company’s browser-based digital audio workstation (DAW), is geared toward…...
Ticketmaster launches connected app in Google???s Gemini, a day after the AI assistant passed 1B monthly users
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (647+ words) Ticketmaster says it has launched an app inside Google‘s Gemini, letting fans search for live events through a conversation with the AI assistant. The Live Nation-owned ticketing company announced the integration on Wednesday (August 12). It landed a day after…...
After Universal and Merlin deals, Spotify inks agreement with Kobalt for AI-powered???fan-made??? covers and remixes
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (772+ words) Spotify has signed a licensing agreement with Kobalt covering its upcoming AI-powered covers and remixes tool. It’s Spotify’s first deal for the tool with a music publisher outside of Universal Music Group. The Kobalt agreement, announced on Thursday (August 13), follows…...
Anghami co-founder Eddy Maroun launches Arabic music IP platform IPNation, targeting $100m with backing from Influence Media Partners
4+ day, 36+ min ago (672+ words) A new investment platform dedicated to Arabic music catalogs and entertainment intellectual property has launched in the United Arab Emirates. IPNation went live on Wednesday (August 12) with an initial commitment from Influence Media Partners, the New York-based rights company supported…...
JYP Entertainment???s Q2 revenues fell 15.1% YoY, net profit down 40.3%, in the gap between Stray Kids??? world tours
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (760+ words) JYP Entertainment‘s revenues and profits both fell in the second quarter of 2026. Net profit fell 40.3% YoY to KRW 21.7 billion ($14.5m), while operating profit dropped 41.4% to KRW 31.0 billion ($20.7m), according to figures the KOSDAQ-listed company published on Wednesday (August 12). JYP attributed the…...
Exceleration Music partners with Christian hip-hop label Reach Records
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (864+ words) Exceleration Music has agreed to a strategic partnership with Reach Records, the Atlanta-based Christian hip-hop label. The deal gives Reach worldwide physical and digital distribution through Redeye Worldwide, the distributor Exceleration acquired in September 2023. Exceleration will provide “flexible capital, infrastructure…...
Suno inks global licensing deal with BMG
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (670+ words) Suno has another feather in its cap. The AI music-making platform has today (August 12) co-announced a new deal with BMG, described in a press release from the music company as a “global alliance that establishes a strategic framework covering BMG’s…...