IMPALA calls for a coordinated EU industrial strategy for culture
European film and audiovisual organisations call for a specific strand for their sector within the AgoraEU programme
WIPO members confirm Daren Tang as Director General for another six-year term
France’s Senate unanimously adopts the bill introducing a presumption of use of cultural content by AI providers
Bill creating a presumption of exploitation of cultural content by AI companies introduced in the French Senate
Qobuz expands library through licensing partnership with Create Music Group
Kobalt and AI-powered music creation platform Udio form strategic partnership
News/Media Alliance signs opt-in AI licensing agreement with Bria
Alfons Karabuda joins the board of Servo’s parent MusicDataLabs Sweden
Symphonic inks opt-in deal for artists to access SourceAudio’s AI music dataset licensing marketplace
Creative Europe-backed Artistic Futures launches to help rights holders detect unclaimed royalties
ICE Services joins the Music Fights Fraud Alliance as a commitment to fraud identification and prevention
Believe joins DDEX as Charter Member
SABAM partners with Audoo to improve music tracking in DJ-led environments
Secretly Distribution acquires data and analytics company Babel Ops
Publishers file putative class action suit against Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for infringing textual works to train AI models
Sony Music wins legal case initiated by the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell over Jimi Hendrix Experience’s rights
Texas opens investigation into streaming services over allegations of payola
EU Court of Justice gives final win to producer Moses Pelham in his dispute with Kraftwerk over a two-second sample
Anthropic files motion claiming that the use of song lyrics to train AI-powered chatbot Claude was ‘transformative’
Blackstone sells Recognition Music Group to Sony Music Publishing
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Deezer grows direct subscribers’ base as revenue drops 1.6% to €131.9m in Q1 2026
PRS for Music names four new Directors to its Members’ Council
Warner Music Korea promotes Chief Financial Officer Jieun Kim to President
Reservoir Media signs songwriter-producer Adam Kapit to a global publishing deal
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