European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs adopts report on Generative AI and Copyright calling for transparency rules
European Commission agrees on the proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA)
Reps. Madeleine Dean and Nathaniel Moran introduce the TRAIN Act to protect creators from unauthorised AI training
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
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+
Digital deals — Week 2, 2026
Primary Wave Music acquires a stake in music financing platform RUN
Richard and Ace Burgess launch AudioNumber and Interline Media Group
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
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
Indian Performing Right Society takes legal action against hospitality venues playing unlicensed music
Andy Serrao appointed Chief Creative Officer of Concord Label Group
Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Domain Capital Group acquire Miranda Lambert’s back catalogue of songs
broke records launches a new publishing division led by Brennen Bryant
Sony Music Group partners with investment firm GIC to acquire music catalogues
Edwin Schröter named Chief Executive Officer of the [PIAS] Label Group as Kenny Gates transitions to Executive Chairman
Former BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch appointed Chairman of music service Hyph
Digital music deals — Week 3, 2026
Key figures — Week 3, 2026
Main stories — Week 3, 2026
Calendar — Week 3, 2026
Concord’s Kelly Baden appointed to The MLC’s Operations Advisory Committee
Music creation platform Splice has acquired Kits AI, an AI-powered platform that enables music creators to generate, transform, and refine vocals in their productions. As part...
