These are some of the music deals announced in the past weeks: Quincy Jones Investment firm HarbourView Equity Partners has reached an agreement with the Estate of the...
USA SMP's Michael Riggs Sony Music Publishing has promoted Michael Riggs to Senior Vice President, Licensing and Income Tracking, effective immediately. Based in Nashville office, Riggs will continue to report to...
“AI is basically sucking up all human knowledge and throwing it back at us — and charging a price.”By US songwriter and performer David Byrne, one of the...
US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for Chinese company ByteDance to "immediately shut down" its AI-powered video-generation tool Seedance 2.0 and "implement meaningful...
Avex Music Group has signed artist and songwriter Bruno Mars to a global music publishing administration partnership. Under the agreement, Avex Music Group will serve as...
The UK recorded music market generated £1.57 billion in annual revenue in 2025, up 5.0% year-on-year, marking the 11 consecutive years of growth, according to the...
Investment firm HarbourView Equity Partners has reached an agreement with the Estate of the late US composer, producer and performer Quincy Jones, in a deal that...
Recorded music global revenues grew by 9.4% in 2025 to reach $39.5 billion, according to MIDiA Research's "Recorded music market 2025 | Rise of the fan...
Gracenote, the Nielsen-owned metadata and identification services company, has filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York a lawsuit against AI...
Spotify earned for another year the status of "highest-paying retailer globally" with over $11 billion distributed to rights owners in 2025, up by more than 10%...
