News Raye says ticket scalpers used AI bots to create ‘hundreds of thousands of fake registrations’ as 1.8M sign up for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats Presale registration for the show ran through a sign-up page hosted by fan marketing platform co:brand.
News Viktoria Siniavskaia appointed President EMEA at Believe The appointment is part of what Believe calls its "evolution toward a stronger regional leadership model," the company said.
Interviews ‘When you control your IP, you control your destiny.’ Loud And Live boss and grammy-winning producer turned promoter Nelson Albareda talks venues, brand partnerships, and the economics of Latin touring
News Live Nation moves to acquire majority stake in concert promoter Bizarro Chile, months after buying into Bizarro Peru The deal comes less than nine months after Live Nation agreed to take a majority stake in Bizarro Peru
News Deezer to let users block AI-generated music from search results Deezer is introducing an on/off toggle that will let users exclude fully AI-generated music from their search results
Interviews ‘Independent artists in India deserve the same infrastructure access, royalty transparency, and global reach that Western artists have been exposed to.’ Madverse boss Rohan Nesho Jain on the platform's positioning in the independent space, his predictions for the India's music market, and more…
News Rebecca Allen to exit UMG UK Chief Artist and Strategy Officer role after 27 years at Universal Allen was promoted to the newly formed role of Chief Artist and Strategy Officer at UMG UK in December 2025
News UK’s Copyright Tribunal backs PRS For Music in cinema licensing dispute The Tribunal had approved changes to its cinema tariff, known as Tariff C, including an increase in the royalty rate cinemas pay to use its members' music.
News Songwriters drop ‘alright, alright, alright’ sample lawsuit against Travis Scott and Sony Music The notice of voluntary dismissal does not say whether they reached a settlement with Travis Scott or Sony Music.
News Spotify launches Spotify Technology to sell its internal software tools to other companies, says the brand is ‘becoming the R&D operating system’ Spotify Technology, groups four products – Portal, Confidence, Xirp, and Spotify for Backstage – under one name, with its own website.
News Special Report: Catalog's Unprecedented Surge on Spotify's Charts in 2026 Music Business Worldwide is pleased to present an all-new special analysis report, exclusively for MBW+ subscribers.
News DistroKid confirms it has removed tracks in response to UMG claims The Verge reported that independent artists had been posting on social media about their music being taken down without notice.
News Warner Music sues Ray-Ban and Oakley owner Luxottica over alleged use of 427+ works in social media posts The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner.
News Gunna launches SB THE LABEL in partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group The new label's first three signings are Atlanta artists Casper Bluff, Nechie, and Dracc.
News From Sony Music’s 260,000 deepfake takedowns to Suno’s live music expansion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Meta bans TikTok parent ByteDance from advertising on its apps in the US and six other countries The ban also covers campaigns from third-party advertisers that direct users in those markets to TikTok or to other ByteDance-owned services.
News Suno hires Ticketmaster’s Michael Chua to lead its live music team, including Songkick In the role, Chua will lead the AI music company's live music operations, which include concert discovery platform Songkick.
News Five-time Grammy winner Drake did not submit any of his three 2026 albums for consideration – joining BTS and Stray Kids in sitting out the 2027 awards (report) Sources told Billboard that the rapper did not submit any songs from Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour to the Recording Academy.