Elon Musk's X Corp has filed an antitrust lawsuit filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas against music publishers and their trade organisation the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), accusing them of engaging in an "anticompetitive conduct." "Rather than engage in a competitive process and individually negotiate a license for their catalogues, the Music Publishers colluded through NMPA in a concerted refusal to deal with X independently. The object of ...

The screen industry is expected to see revenues reach $196 billion in Asia-Pacific by 2030, growing at a 2.8% compound annual growth rate between 2025 and 2030, according to Singapore-based research company's Media Partners Asia‘s recent 'Asia-Pacific Video & Broadband 2026 report'. The report provides data about streaming, user-generated and social video, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, connectivity (mobile and fixed broadband) and theatrical exhibition across 14 Asia-Pacific markets. The boost in ...

Label services platform for artists FreshTunes is rolling out a new option for royalty payments worldwide, allowing artists anywhere in the world to receive royalty payouts directly to their Visa or Mastercard bank cards. The service will be operational in Q1 2026 and will be available worldwide at rollout. FreshTunes artists will be able to turn on direct-to-bank-card payments from their FreshTunes account. "This will mean faster, easier payments for music makers in North and South America, Afr...