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The streamer will develop “documentary series and films exploring the lives, music and legacies” of WMG’s roster.
Worldwide recorded music revenues reached USD $31.7 billion in 2025, surpassing $30 billion for the first time and marking the industry’s eleventh consecutive year of growth. That figure, revealed ...
BMG Rights Management has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI giant behind the Claude AI chatbot.
Paid subscriptions, totaling EUR €234.4 million ($269 million), represented 69% of Italy’s total streaming revenues in 2025.
IFPI has published its new ‘Global Music Report 2026’ showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% ...
The UK government has backtracked on its position on how artificial intelligence companies should be allowed to use ...
Paris-headquarted Believe has signed a what it says is a “long-term” global publishing administration agreement with iconic ...
To obtain the volume of tracks needed for the scheme to work, Smith turned to AI, using it to generate hundreds of thousands of songs. Those songs were streamed by his bot accounts billions of times, ...
Music technology company AudioSalad has appointed Björn Sandber as its first Head of Commercial Marketing. Continue to ...
Primary Wave partners with estate of Eartha Kitt, acquiring music catalog and name & likeness rights
Deal includes the singer’s 17 studio albums, eight live albums and more than 50 singles, including Santa Baby.
The target artists include Beyoncé, Queen and Harry Styles, the BBC reported, citing Dennis Kooker, president of Sony’s global digital business.
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