British neighbouring rights society PPL has paid out a total of £277.7 million (€316.4m) to performers and recording rights holders in 2025, with a final December...
BMG has renewed and expanded its direct music publishing agreement with short format platform TikTok, in a deal that focuses on evolving digital rights. The two...
French veteran music executive Alain Lanceron has been named Chairman Emeritus of Warner Classics & Erato, effective January 1, 2026. Lanceron has led the classical division...
PRS for Music has distributed £274.9 million to rights holders worldwide in it last distribution of the year, up 4% compared to last year. It is...
India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has outlined a proposal for a compulsory blanket license in order to allow artificial intelligence companies...
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google's use of content from web publishers, as well as content uploaded on Google-owned online video-sharing...
Universal Music Group has addressed concerns regarding the proposed $775 million acquisition of independent music company Downtown Music by offering an unspecified remedy to the European...
ICMP, the global trade body representing the global music publishing industry, has welcomed Believe Music Publishing, an affiliate of Paris-based music company Believe, to its global...
beatBread, the funding platform for independent labels and musicians, unveiled that it has provided over $100 million in funding to artists and labels since it launched...
Sony Music Publishing has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with award-winning, multi-platinum selling breakout star BigXthaPlug, a.k.a. Xavier Landum. Originating from Texas, BigXthaPlug covers multiple genres,...
