2026 MAY 2026

– May 4-10: Departure Festival + Conference, formerly known as Canadian Music Week, at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Canada. – May 5-7: BIME Bogotá taking place at the Universidad Ean in Bogotá, Colombia. – May 11-14: Music Biz 2026 organised by the Music Business Association in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. – May 13-16: The Great Escape in Brighton, England. JUNE 2026 – June 1-6: SXSW London&nb...

$40 billion That's how much Google plans to invest in AI company Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. The Alphabet subsidiary will invest $10 billion now, at a $350 billion valuation for Anthropic, with another $30bn to follow. In addition, Amazon has pledged to invest $5bn in Anthropic and up to an additional $20bn in the future, in addition to the $8bn it has already spent investing in the AI firm. $1 billion That's the value of the US Latin market in 2025, up 4.2% over 2024, according to stats ...

These are some of the stories published by Creative Industries News in the past weeks: COPYRIGHT & REGULATION> WIPO members confirm Daren Tang as Director General for another six-year term> European film and audiovisual organisations call for a specific strand for their sector within the AgoraEU programme> France’s Senate unanimously adopts the bill introducing a presumption of use of cultural content by AI providers> Hollywood creators and actors want the War...