Analysis Suno’s revenue opportunity, $1.65bn M&A spending power, and TikTok: 3 things worth knowing from WMG’s latest earnings call Elsewhere on the call, WMG's leadership team discussed TikTok, DSP pricing, and more. Here are three things that stood out.
Analysis Scared Hitless? What the latest stats tell us about the US hits business, and how 'catalog' is gaining market share.
News Pirate Group Anna’s Archive fails to respond to labels’ copyright lawsuit, paving way for default judgment Anna's Archive failed to respond to copyright infringement allegations and appear at a scheduled court hearing.
News Connect Music raises $80m to expand indie artist financing and catalog acquisitions The music rights and technology firm will use the investment to fund catalog acquisitions and expand the company's music licensing operations.
News The MLC and Pandora file competing summary judgment motions in mechanical royalties dispute The MLC argues that features on Pandora's ad-supported service qualify it as an "interactive service" requiring mechanical royalty payments.
News Uncategorized Gallery: Milk & Honey and Reservoir’s pre-GRAMMY ‘Award Season’ party 2026 Held on the rooftop of the Petersen Automotive Museum, revellers included many high-flyers from the global music industry
News Create Music Group strikes $300M investment in Nettwerk Music Group, as Canadian firm executes management buyout The investment will allow the Nettwerk management team to increase its ownership stake while enabling the company to retain its "identity and independence".
News From Warner and Sony’s Q4 results to DistroKid’s potential $2B sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Analysis News WMG generated $1.84bn in calendar Q4; recorded music subscription streaming revenues jump 10.9% YoY Total revenue was up 7.1% YoY at constant currency, with recorded music revenues up 6.6% YoY
News Taylor Swift to premiere ‘Opalite’ music video on Spotify and Apple Music – with YouTube release delayed by two days The video will not be available on YouTube until Super Bowl Sunday (February 8)
News K-pop industry eyes royalties boost as China’s copyright body signs deals with Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music Komca says the deals address "structural problems" that had hindered royalty collection in China.
News Warner and Bain increase JV fund by $200M. Will Red Hot Chili Peppers deal be next? Red Hot Chili Peppers are understood to be shopping their recorded music catalog for a nine-figure sum
News UMG, ABKCO win copyright case against UK filmmaker over docs about The Rolling Stones, other artists US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that Coda Publishing and its directors willfully infringed copyrights owned by the labels.
News Harvey Mason jr. on AI, Grammy eligibility, and why human creativity will always matter The Recording Academy boss took part in a fireside chat with Luminate CEO Rob Jonas ahead of the Grammys in Los Angeles
Analysis News Reservoir posts $45.6m in revenues for calendar Q4, up 8% YoY; confirms deals with Gladys Knight and T.I. Reservoir Media has published its financial results for the three months ended December 31
News Virgin Music Group extends distribution deal with South Africa’s Gallo Records and Content Connect Virgin Music will continue distributing music from Gallo and CCA artists globally, while the South African companies focus on artist development.
News Avex Music Group strikes global distro deal with The Orchard, excluding Japan, China and Korea AMG is the global music division of Japanese entertainment giant Avex
News Amazon Music raises subscription prices in the US and UK US individual plans now cost $12.99 per month, while Prime members pay $11.99.