US studios and streaming services reject CRTC’s new obligation to invest 15% of local revenues in Canadian content
Creative sector welcomes the reintroduction of the Protect Working Musicians Act
NO FAKES Act makes its way back in Congress courtesy of a bipartisan group of Senators and House Representatives
Italy’s financial police carry out national raid to dismantle the streaming piracy network behind the CINEMAGOAL app
Thailand picks its WTO and WIPO envoy in Geneva Pimchanok Pitfield as candidate for senior WIPO positions
Universal Music Group renews and expands multi-year licensing agreement with TikTok
Spotify seals new licensing deal with Universal Music Group to enable a tool allowing users to create AI-driven licensed covers and remixes
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
BMI acquires from Orfium music cue sheet platform Soundmouse
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
Ankit Sahni sues US Copyright Office for rejecting the registration of a work created with AI
High Court affirms the need for an IPRS license covering compositions when communicating recordings to the public
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
Universal Music Group’s Board of Directors rejects Pershing Square’s €56bn acquisition proposal
Sony Music’s head of Business Affairs/Legal Counsel Julie Swidler will depart in June
Elton John takes on the new role of President of The Ivors Academy
Colombia’s ALDISCO joins the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN)
Catriona Laing named Chair of UK Music
Zoe Wrenn’s Tamber launches sonic intelligence-powered creative suite
Calendar — Week 19, 2026
Main stories — Week 19, 2026
SIAE’s Matteo Fedeli joins GESAC’s Board as SACEM’s David El Sayegh is re-elected President for a two-year term
NMPA will honour P!NK, songwriter Julian Bunetta, and Recording Academy’s Harvey Mason jr. at its 2026 Annual Meeting
Former British diplomat Catriona Laing has been appointed as the new Chair of UK Music, the organisation regrouping all the stakeholders of the British commercial music...
