Music Business
Member Feature: Unison's Publishing Rights Platform
In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor
Poof Doof Launches Record Label
Jimi the Kween's “All I Need” is the first release through Poof Doof Records.
Poof Doof Launches Record Label: Exclusive
Jimi the Kween's “All I Need” is the first release through Poof Doof Records.
Anthem Entertainment on the Market for Third Time in a Decade
Sources say bids may be in the $500 million to $600 million range.
Chord Music-linked ABS vehicle plans $500M deal, backed by $830M catalog led by Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder rights
Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works Source
Billboard's Music Industry Events Calendar Released
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
Drake says judge in defamation case didn’t properly consider whether “reasonable people” might believe slur in Kendrick’s diss track
Drake still wants Universal Music held liable for defamation over its release of Kendrick Lamar’s “certified pedophile” lyric in diss track ‘Not Like Us’. With defamation cases, context is everything, but Drake now argues the judge who dismissed his defamation lawsuit considered the wrong context
UMG Sues Quince Over Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean Songs in TikTok Posts: ‘Rampant and Brazen’
The case against the ecomm startup is the latest in an industry crackdown on commercial brands accused of using music on social media without paying for it.
Kanye tour cancellations build, as Polish and Swiss shows are pulled
Kanye West’s upcoming tour continues to contract amid ongoing controversies over past antisemitic conduct. A concert in Poland, only announced last week, has already been cancelled after the country’s culture minister criticised the show. A stadium in Switzerland has also declined to host the rapper
Miranda Lambert Signs With MCA, Continues Big Loud Texas Role
Miranda Lambert has signed with label MCA and will continue her role as founder of Big Loud Texas.
Miranda Lambert Aligns With MCA
Miranda Lambert has signed with label MCA and will continue her role as founder of Big Loud Texas.
Nancy Sinatra Condemns Donald Trump's Use of Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' Video
Old Blue Eyes' daughter lamented that only the song's publishers can do anything about the latest unwanted use of a song by the president.
Nancy Sinatra Rages At Donald Trump For Posting Frank Sinatra ‘My Way’ Performance: ‘This Is Sacrilege’
Old Blue Eyes' daughter lamented that only the song's publishers can do anything about the latest unwanted use of a song by the president.
A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya reveals a music-making app called Bop
No need to look puzzled: A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is not, in fact, a vinyl-themed boozer in Tokyo’s youth-culture hotspot. It’s actually a “music software label” founded by Máuhan M. Zonoozy, who used to he head of innovation at Spotify. Although he did come up with the name in one of those bars. What
A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya launches a music-making app called Bop
No need to look puzzled: A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is not, in fact, a vinyl-themed boozer in Tokyo’s youth-culture hotspot. It’s actually a “music software label” founded by Máuhan M. Zonoozy, who used to he head of innovation at Spotify. Although he did come up with the name in one of those bars. What
OpenAI boss Sam Altman’s ‘World’ gets into concert ticketing
Sam Altman is best known as the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, but he’s got another project called ‘World’ that is suddenly directly relevant to the music industry. Sharply summarised by Wired as “Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project” in a recent article, the initiative descri
UMG’s ‘Everything Jazz’ site focuses on sales and curation
Downloads may be well into a long-term decline that shows no signs of a vinyl-style revival, but there are still contexts where they are meaningful for individual artists and labels. Bandcamp is one, and Universal Music Group will be hoping that jazz is another. Specifically the Everything Jazz plat
Live music’s economic impact in Spain was €5.81bn in 2025
The box-office revenues for Spain’s live-music industry grew to €807.2m in 2025, but that’s only part of the picture for the economic impact of the country’s concerts and festivals. Now legal and business-management firm Sympathy for the Lawyer has published a report telling the rest of that story.
Reservoir-backed PopArabia acquires MENA label and distributor Viral Wave
PopArabia, Reservoir Media’s Abu Dhabi-headquartered partner focused on the Middle East and North Africa, has acquired MENA label and digital distribution company Viral Wave. The announcement on Monday (April 20) noted that the acquisition marks “an important milestone in PopArabia’s continued growt
MusicRadar Quiz of the Week #2 published
Featuring all the action from the world of music and the last seven days of MusicRadar…