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
US Copyright Office releases updated copyright registration bulk dataset containing 22 million records
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
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
Kevin Weaver promoted to President of Atlantic Music Group
US creators launch ‘Stealing Isn’t Innovation’ campaign
Primary Wave Music promotes Alexandria “Lexi” Todd to Deputy COO
Duetti secures $200 million in new funding in a round led by Raine Partners
Britten Newbill inks global publishing agreement with Reservoir Media
Netflix closed the year with over 325 million paid subscribers globally, up 8.3% y-o-y
Calendar — Week 2, 2026
Todd Horvath named President and Chief Operating Officer at BMI
Concord invests in The Azoff Company’s record label Giant Music
Swedish classical music label BIS Records has been acquired by Apple and will become part of music streaming service Apple Music Classical and Platoon for Artist,...
