European Commission likely to clear UMG’s acquisition of Downtown — Report
WIN calls on EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to “block” the acquisition of Downtown by Universal Music Group
Cyprus Presidency of the EU will support a ‘robust copyright framework’
Moldova officially joins Creative Europe as the European Commission evaluates the impact of the programme on the sector
Korean Association of Newspapers opposes government plans to allow the use of copyrighted material to train AI models
Merlin inks pact with AI music company Udio ensuring ‘fair compensation’
Universal Music Group and NetEase Cloud Music renew multi-year license agreement
BMG combines all licensing units into one new global service, SYNC+
Digital deals — Week 2, 2026
Merlin unveils its new Board as Charlie Lexton starts his mandate as CEO
The New York Times’ Hannah Poferl named Chief Data Officer at Universal Music Group
Ircam Amplify joins Music Fights Fraud
SourceAudio partners with Native Instruments to provide AI datasets
The boards of ADAMI and SCPP agree to a joint data and royalty distribution tool
CISAC launches new service ISWC IPI Context Search to identify creator’s Interested Party Information numbers
Book publishers file motion to join copyright infringement case against Google
NMPA and US music publishers hit by antitrust lawsuit filed by X Corp for ‘anticompetitive conduct’
New York court rejects Salt-N-Pepa’s bid to reclaim rights to their recordings
Indian Performing Right Society takes legal action against hospitality venues playing unlicensed music
Appeals court rules in favour of Paramount in ‘Top Gun’ infringement case
BMG appoints Jasper Niebuhr as the new Managing Director for GSA
Financing platform Pipeline launches with a focus on independent music companies
Billboard’s Hannah Karp named EVP & Chief Communications Officer at WMG
Erik Brataas named Managing Director of peermusic Norway and Head of Northern European Administration
Netflix closed the year with over 325 million paid subscribers globally, up 8.3% y-o-y
Calendar — Week 2, 2026
Bruno Crolot, President of Label & Artist Solutions at Believe, is leaving the company
Notting Hill Music signs Mouth Culture to a global publishing agreement
Berlin-based AI-powered music tagging and search firm Cyanite has acquired AI-based sample platform aptone, in a transaction that will "allow Cyanite to drive international growth and...
