News Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards SMP songwriters were recognized across 27 of ASCAP's top-performing R&B, hip-hop and gospel songs of the past year.
News The MLC rejects Pandora’s bid to use a horse racing ruling against the mechanical royalties lawsuit Pandora bets on a major horseracing constitutional precedent to strip the MLC of its constitutional authority to sue.
Analysis News From Suno’s latest legal opponent to Influence Media’s $650M+ Anthem bid… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Warner Music launches pilot with indie record stores to test whether fans’ unwanted vinyl can be recycled Participating stores will collect the records for recovery partner Virterras Materials to assess for potential material recycling.
News iHeartMedia cuts radio jobs across US as it targets $50m in annual cost savings (report) According to RadioInsight, nationwide station budget cuts began Tuesday and rolled out through the week.
News Diljit Dosanjh breaks his own record for biggest North American tour by a Punjabi artist with $32M Aura run Live Nation-promoted run sold more than 225,000 tickets, according to the concert giant.
News David McIninch appointed General Manager of Soundmouse, the music cue sheet platform acquired by BMI McIninch will oversee Soundmouse's global operations
News English-language share of US audio streams fell in Q1, says Luminate, as Latin music gained ground driven by megastars like Bad Bunny Luminate said Latin music has "fully shattered" its 'niche' status" in the US
Analysis The Ghost in the Machine Wants a Cut The following MBW op/ed comes from Walter De Brouwer, a generative linguist by training and the co-founder, with Michael Ovitz, of SoundPatrol
News Anthropic, fighting lawsuits over alleged copying of song lyrics, accuses Alibaba of copying Claude to train a rival AI Anthropic says Alibaba-affiliated operators used nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 28.8 million exchanges with its Claude AI model.
News UAE’s MusicNation joins the Human Artistry Campaign as its first Middle East signatory MusicNation said its participation reflects its role in implementing the UAE's vision for the protection and enforcement of musical copyrights.
News Michele Page appointed General Counsel at SoundExchange Michele Page previously held vice president roles at Peloton Interactive and Nielsen.
News Reservoir strikes joint venture with Latin music company TU Publishing Reservoir will serve as the publisher for all current and future writers signed to TU Publishing
News Ryman Hospitality confirms it is exploring options for Grand Ole Opry owner Opry Entertainment Group The Nashville-based REIT said it had engaged Morgan Stanley to evaluate its options after receiving inbound interest from "a range of organizations."
News Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’ Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work
News PPL India reinstated as a copyright society after a 12-year absence The registration was granted by the Government of India, through the office of the Registrar of Copyrights, on June 11
News KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director, India & Middle East at The Orchard Kumar was previously Managing Director, India at the company, a remit that also covered its operations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
News Reactional scores $2.8m European Innovation Council grant to scale personalized music as a monetization layer in gaming Firm's patented Reactional Music Engine lets players personalize in-game music and lets developers build soundtracks that react to gameplay in real time