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
Y Royalties taps KPMG’s Paritosh Dagar as Chief Technology and AI Officer
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
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’
Primary Wave Music partners with Pete Townshend to exploit his name, image, likeness and future creative projects
Library of Congress picks 25 recordings to add to the National Recording Registry
BMG acquires publishing interests in Australian rock band Jet’s catalogue
Björn Bauer to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the combined BMG and Concord
Blackstone sells Recognition Music Group to Sony Music Publishing
Calendar — Week 19, 2026
Main stories — Week 19, 2026
Quotes of the week — Week 19, 2026
Key figures — Week 19, 2026
Deezer grows direct subscribers’ base as revenue drops 1.6% to €131.9m in Q1 2026
CMAT assigns to PPL the collection of her international neighbouring rights
BMG and Concord have announced that Björn Bauer will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the combined company, effective upon...
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The Library of Congress has unveiled the 25 recordings that will join the 700+ items in the National Recording Registry,...
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