Music Business
Amazon will invest up to $25bn more in AI company Anthropic
Despite a damaging fallout with the White House – and ongoing lawsuits from music publishers – AI company Anthropic continues to have no problems raising huge amounts of funding from tech giants. Amazon has just invested another $5bn in the company “with up to an additional $20 billion in the future
Music Venue Trust looks to the future with ‘proactive’ investment
UK charity the Music Venue Trust has published its latest report, which sets out its stall as an organisation looking to the future, rather than just fighting fires in the grassroots live sector. “For more than a decade, much of our work has been reactive. We have fought closures, challenged unfair
PopArabia adds distribution with acquisition of Viral Wave
PopArabia has made its name with publishing and label services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but now it is adding distribution too. The company is acquiring label and distributor Viral Wave, which is based in Egypt’s capital Cairo. Its senior commercial manager Rania Ibrahim
UMG and Concord sue fashion startup Quince for music in socials
Repeat after us: individuals can use copyrighted music in their social posts thanks to the licensing deals struck by those platforms… but brands can’t. They need sync licences, although a succession of brands have been sued by labels for ignoring that fact and using their tracks anyway. The latest l
Deezer says that AI-generated tracks are now 44% of its uploads
Deezer has published its latest update on how much AI-generated music is being uploaded to its service. The total now stands at nearly 75,000 tracks a day – 44% of total daily uploads. As a quick recap, this has increased from around10,000 tracks a day in January 2025, when they accounted for around
Matt Gralen promoted to CEO of Beatport, Helen Sartory upped to President & COO, as longtime Chief Exec Robb McDaniels moves to Executive Chairman role
Gralen previously served as President and CFO, while Sartory was most recently Chief Revenue Officer. Source
Greater Music Group aims to rethink the modern label – with AI at its heart
Companies in the music industry are using AI in various ways. But few are doing it quite as ambitiously as Greater Music Group. The post is from Music Ally.
AFEM Features Unison in Member Spotlight
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
Billboard's Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the 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.