The proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance has received the green light from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, following an investigation into the deal. The Division has determined, based on the evidence received in its investigation, that the transaction "is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers, including with respect to: (1) streaming video on demand (“SVOD”); (2) linear television; and (3) studio development, pro...

The State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI) from the Republic of Moldova has suspended the activities of collective management organisation AUTORITY, effective from June 11, 2026 for a period of six months. AUTORITY was initially approved as a collective management organisation for the management of copyright in musical and audiovisual works by the AGEPI on March 6, 2023. AGEPI recently conducted an audit of organisation and found some "irregularities."

Following the audit, AGEPI requ...

Germany's competition regulator Bundeskartellamt has cleared the merger of Bertelsmann's music division BMG with Great Mountain Partners-backed music company Concord. The authority ruled that despite being of a significant scale, the merged company will face competition from even larger companies. In its assessment the authority said it took particular account of "the growing importance of the catalogue business, which is expanding especially due to the new digital distribution channels associat...