News Charlotte Stahl, TikTok’s Head of Music Partnerships EMEA, exits Exec joined TikTok in 2020 as Artist Relations Manager for Germany
News Meta partners with iHeartMedia to bring Coldplay concert to VR headsets The free event will launch on Meta Horizon on December 30 at 11AM Pacific time.
News Congressman asks FTC to investigate AllTrack and Pro Music Rights Fitzgerald’s letter focuses on claims that both PROs may be misrepresenting the scope of their music rights portfolios.
News Patrick Moxey’s publishing company resolves long-running legal dispute with Sony Music and Ultra Records The two parties closed out both trademark case and a related copyright infringement complaint that date back to 2012.
News ABBA Voyage has had a $2.7bn economic impact in the UK since 2022 opening, says report In 2025 alone, the concert experience added £660 million ($878m) in UK turnover compared with £1.40 billion ($1.86bn) in the first two years combined.
News Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With a Smile is Vevo’s most watched music video in 2025 with 932m global views; JENNIE records biggest premiere with 33.4m views in first 14 days On Vevo’s premiere charts, South Korean artist JENNIE's Like JENNIE recorded the most views globally in its first 14 days at 33.4 million.
News China’s Modern Sky strikes partnership with Steel Wool Entertainment, including a strategic investment, to expand operations in the US Steel Wool will also assist Modern Sky in supporting independent artists seeking international reach.
News Laura Segura named Executive Director at She Is The Music Segura joins SITM after spending five years at MusiCares, where she led relief initiatives that distributed more than $51 million to music professionals.
News Spotify launches music videos in the US and Canada for Premium users The feature will reach all Premium users in both countries by the end of the month.
News beatBread surpasses $100m in deal funding as company marks its fifth anniversary The catalog of music tied to these deals has accumulated 67.6 billion streams since the company's inception.
News Min Hee-jin plots K-pop group debut via new label with ‘new management model’ months after exit from HYBE Auditions drew an unexpectedly high volume of submissions this week, the Korea Times reported
News Are boybands back? Republic Records and Freddy Wexler unveil ‘the next global phenomenon’ The group was formed through a process where the members selected each other rather than going through traditional casting.
News Judge signals he’ll let Ticketmaster customers proceed as class in Live Nation antitrust lawsuit A group of Ticketmaster customers sued the ticketing giant in 2022 for allegedly engaging in secondary ticketing market manipulation.
News Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman to receive 2026 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honor The invitation-only event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel will recognize the brothers' accomplishments after co-founding Republic Records in 1995.
News Beatdapp launches ‘Trust & Safety Operating System’ to combat fraud beyond music streaming The new platform combines ID verification, AI music detection, account takeover detection, and a recommendation engine into a single platform.