Music Business
AFEM Industry Insider Call Offers Practical Strategies
This session is designed to give AFEM members practical ideas they can apply immediately, whether they are shaping artist strategy, developing content plans, or thinking about more durable ways to rea
AFEM Joins Call for Artist Control in AI Music Deals
AFEM has signed the EMMA-led joint industry statement calling for artists and songwriters to retain meaningful consent, control, transparency and fair compensation in AI music deals.
Member Feature: TicketSwap
Our latest Member Feature is now live, featuring Aron Farkas, International Growth Manager at TicketSwap: Europe’s leading ethical secondary ticketing marketplace, bringing fans and experiences togeth
South Korean Copyright Agency Ends Ban on AI-Assisted Music, Launches Framework For Registration, Royalties
The new policy allows AI as a supportive tool, but reserves copyright protections and royalties strictly for human creators.
Vancoo Makes His Where The Heart Is Debut With “I Can Feel It”
Vancoo’s “I Can Feel It” lands on Where The Heart Is with the kind of patient emotional pull that fits the label well. The Moscow-based producer and DJ has been working across Organic House and Downtempo for years, with releases on The Purr, Kosa, Journey Of The Soul, HOROSHO.,
South Korean Copyright Agency Ends Ban on AI-Assisted Music, Launches Framework For Registration, Royalties
The new policy allows AI as a supportive tool, but reserves copyright protections and royalties strictly for human creators.
SM Entertainment revenues rose 15.4% YoY to $233M in Q2, driven by concerts and merch
K-pop company's latest quarterly report was published on Wednesday, August 5 Source
GEMA Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Music Platform Suno in Europe
The European music industry has scored a significant win when it comes to AI and copyright, with a German court siding with collecting society GEMA against Suno. Judges ruled that Suno breached US and
AFEM Industry Insider Call to Focus on Post-Algorithm Strategies
This session is designed to give AFEM members practical ideas they can apply immediately, whether they are shaping artist strategy, developing content plans, or thinking about more durable ways to rea
AFEM Joins EMMA-Led Call for Artist Consent in AI Music Deals
AFEM has signed the EMMA-led joint industry statement calling for artists and songwriters to retain meaningful consent, control, transparency and fair compensation in AI music deals.
TicketSwap Featured in Member Spotlight
Our latest Member Feature is now live, featuring Aron Farkas, International Growth Manager at TicketSwap: Europe’s leading ethical secondary ticketing marketplace, bringing fans and experiences togeth
Suno publishes set of principles showing “support for artistry and creativity”
Suno has published a blog post titled “How We’re Building the Future of Music Responsibly.” The author, Suno co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman, says it shares the company’s “clear set of principles”, ones that are, “always rooted in supporting artistry and creativity.” It’s an attempt to position Sun
IFPI, Sony and UMG take legal action against “parasitic” streaming app Musi
“Is it possible to build a successful music streaming platform without striking licensing deals? Actually, maybe,” we wrote about Musi back in 2024, as we described the success of the music streaming app that looked and felt like a DSP, without having the deals a DSP needs. By October 2024 we had a
Musixmatch’s first customer for its fingerprinting and detection tech is Suno
Back in March we wrote about Musixmatch’s launch of Sentinel – “a real time music copyright detection service designed for user-generated content platforms”. Yesterday, Musixmatch announced Suno as the first customer to adopt it and its music fingerprinting technology. Suno, Musixmatch says, “has in
Marketing round-up: Green Day TV; Ariana Grande gets seedy; $100bn in TikTok shop merch
Can’t get enough Green Day in your life? Good news, because now you can: an official 24/7 stream YouTube called Green Day TV has been launched which gives fans “around-the-clock immersive programming.” The band says that the stream will feature “a continuous stream of Green Day’s music videos, live
What’s the price of a night out in 2026 (and where is the cheapest beer and kebab?)
Music of Our Desire (Mood) is a platform that crawls the web, ticketing platforms and social media to find information on “every concert, not just the big ones.” As a result of all that web-crawling and info-smooshing, Mood has a lot of data – which it’s publishing as a series of reports.
AI music generator Suno found in breach of copyright in Europe
The European music industry has scored a significant win when it comes to AI and copyright, with a German court siding with collecting society GEMA against Suno. Judges ruled that Suno breached US and
Universal and Sony sue Musi app
Universal and Sony are suing Musi, the app that pulls in its music from YouTube rather than having its own deals with the music industry. That approach got Musi kicked out of the Apple App Store, and
Universal and Sony sue rogue music app Musi
Universal and Sony are suing Musi, the app that pulls in its music from YouTube rather than having its own deals with the music industry. That approach got Musi kicked out of the Apple App Store, and now the majors want to hold it liable for copyright infringement in Canada, where the app is based
Meta’s US fines now total $942m in child safety case – with more lawsuits to come
If you market music, you probably use one or more of Meta’s platforms to do it, and the target audience for that marketing will often include young people and teenagers. But now, there is a palpable momentum – in a societal and legal sense – behind actions designed to minimise what is being seen as