Australia’s competition authority ACCC launches inquiry into Kobalt Music Group’s acquisition by Primary Wave Music
Commission launches consultation on the modernisation of EU’s copyright framework (yes, it includes AI and the RAAP case)
Bill changing the nomination process for US Librarian of Congress and Register of Copyrights gets Committee approval
South Korea’s government blocks 34 sites suspected of infringing copyright as part of the new ‘urgent blocking’ regulation
IMPALA calls for a coordinated EU industrial strategy for culture
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
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
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
EU Court of Justice gives final win to producer Moses Pelham in his dispute with Kraftwerk over a two-second sample
Material Music Group launches publishing division with Downtown Music Publishing
Chess Club Records picks UMG’s Virgin Music Group for global distribution
Sony Music Publishing promotes ZaZa Kazadi to Senior Director A&R, UK & Europe
Primary Wave Music acquires Aubrey “Po” Powell’s interests in Hipgnosis artwork
Zoe Wrenn’s Tamber launches sonic intelligence-powered creative suite
Calendar — Week 19, 2026
Main stories — Week 19, 2026
Quotes of the week — Week 19, 2026
Key figures — Week 19, 2026
Merlin promotes Jim Mahoney to the new position of Chief Membership Officer
Kobalt launches strategic partnership with Zac Hiller’s LAA Music
PULSE Music Group signs Julia Wolf to a global publishing agreement
BMG has appointed Tim Miles as Executive Vice President, Global SYNC+. Based in London, Miles reports to Chief Strategy Officer Johannes von Schwarzkopf. Miles joins BMG...
