News Zayn Malik copyright lawsuit faces potential dismissal as Sony Music moves to strike portions (Report)The dismissal motion argues the lawsuit lacks specific examples of similarities between Zayn's 'Better' and the allegedly infringed track.
News TikTok aims for tenfold growth in US e-commerce business to $17.5B, challenging Amazon and Chinese rivals (Report)TikTok sister company Douyin pioneered the combination of short-form video with e-commerce sales in the Chinese market.
News Christina Aguilera inks global representation deal with UTAAguilera, the recipient of seven Grammys, recently launched a residency in Las Vegas' Venetian Resort.
News The UK recorded music market saw 179.6 billion audio streams last year – up 12.8% YoYThe BPI has previously confirmed that there were 159.3 billion audio streams in the UK in 2022
News New York AG sues SiriusXM over alleged ‘trapping’ of consumers in ‘unwanted subscriptions’New York state's top law enforcer alleges SiriusXM is breaking the law by making it difficult to cancel subscriptions.
News Iron Horse SPAC raises $69M in Nasdaq IPO, eyes diverse media and entertainment dealsThe successful IPO comes after the blank-check company withdrew plans for a $100-million IPO in October.
News BLACKPINK members end solo contracts with K-Pop agency YG EntertainmentYG Entertainment's share price dropped 6.6% on the Seoul exchange following the news.
News Anghami’s subscriber base grows 17% in Q3 2023, to 1.73MThe Middle East and North Africa-focused music streaming service has seen ad revenue soar by 28%.
News Social music marketing startup Breakr raises $1.9m in fresh capitalCompany has raised $8.7 million to date and has reportedly paid out $3.5 million to creators
News Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot can now compose songs from text prompts via integration with generative music app SunoCopilot users can now input simple verbal prompts, and Suno will produce a song for them, complete with lyrics, instrumentals and even singing voices.
News LyricFind acquires Rotor Videos and partners with CD Baby, expanding video creation pushThe lyric-licensing company is significantly expanding its video creation tools with the acquisition of Belfast-based Rotor Videos.
News European Music Managers Alliance deepens partnership with YouTube MusicEMMA is an umbrella group of music manager organizations across Europe, representing some 2,000 managers.
News Grimes partner CreateSafe inks AI music creation and distribution partnership with SOUNDS.STUDIOSOUNDS.STUDIO will integrate TRINITI's AI technology into its platform, allowing users to create and distribute music all in one place.
News Will Jennings, lyricist behind ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and ‘Tears in Heaven’, sells catalog to Lance Freed and Fuji MusicThe acquisition was made through an exclusive joint venture between Freed’s new publishing company, All Clear Music, and Fuji Music.
News Spotify and Deezer slam French government’s plans to introduce a ‘music streaming tax’ in the marketBoth Sweden-headquartered Spotify and France-headquartered Deezer have come out against the tax, likely to be 1.75% of streaming revenues