US Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce the CLEAR Act requiring AI companies to disclose the use of copyrighted works for training models
European music organisations call for an ambitious sectoral approach and a stronger budget within the AgoraEU programme
Germany plans investment quotas for video streaming platforms and broadcasters
National Independent Venue Association of California taps Joe Rinaldi as President
US Department of Justice takes down three popular pirate sites from Bulgaria
Sonoton Music launches an invite-only VIP sample curation service for beatmakers
Simon Hutson appointed Chief Executive Officer at the Copyright Licensing Agency
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+
Mitchell Shymansky joins Create Music Group as Chief Data & Technology Officer
The Official Charts Company launches the Official Classical Chart with BBC Radio 3
Media Press Group partners with ISAN International Agency on AV identifiers
IMRO expands partnership with Audoo
Primary Wave Music acquires a stake in music financing platform RUN
Music publishers file second infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, seeking $3 billion in damages
Record labels and Spotify slap Anna’s Archive with copyright infringement lawsuit for scrapping 86 million music files
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
Commissions of scripted TV shows experienced a rebound in 2025 in the US
Back Blocks Music names Kirby Mathews as Vice President of Publishing
Kobalt signs New Zealand duo Balu Brigada to a global publishing agreement
Sony Music Publishing taps Roslyn Pineda as President, Asia to replace Carol Ng
Alphabet’s revenue exceeded $400bn in 2025 with YouTube income over $60bn
Native Instruments has entered into preliminary insolvency proceedings
Calendar — Week 5, 2026
Quotes of the week — Week 5, 2026
Key figures — Week 5, 2026
peermusic promotes Jody Farber to Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Bill Gorjance
Music-focused fintech start-up HIFI has been acquired by Block, the investment company set up by Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey, which has already invested in music streaming...
