News You’ve heard of superfan app Weverse. Now the parent company of HYBE’s arch-rival has launched a direct competitor. Meet Berriz. In addition to music fans, Berriz will also cater to fans of drama, film, webtoons, musicals, and other IP
News Apple Music integrates with DJ apps to let subscribers mix their entire music library Launch builds on Apple Music's previous DJ-focused initiatives
News UK collection org PPL’s 2024 revenue jumps 6% to record $384M In 2024, PPL distributed payments to over 172,000 performers and recording rightsholders, with 19,300 receiving royalties for the first time
News Music Nation Partners with SoundExchange to collect and distribute Neighboring Rights in the UAE SoundExchange will provide UAE-based Music Nation with technology, data and industry experience in royalty management
News Vivian Xu named Chief Operating Officer at Universal Music Greater China Vivian Xu was previously Managing Director of Columbia China
News Armada’s BEAT Music Fund buys stake in catalog of DJ and producer Tiga The deal includes rights to “a large portion” of masters from Tiga including hits that have collectively amassed over 33 million Spotify streams
News Silver Lake takes Endeavor private in $25bn deal, rebrands it WME Group The deal marks “the largest private equity sponsor public-to-private investment transaction in over a decade,” said Silver Lake
News Live Nation to pay $20M to settle shareholder lawsuit It comes as Live Nation continues to face an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice and numerous state attorneys general
News StubHub files for IPO in New York, reveals 30% revenue growth in 2024 The online ticket resale platform swung to a net loss of $2.8 million in 2024 as expenses ballooned
News NewJeans announce hiatus after court grants injunction to HYBE-owned ADOR ADOR said it hopes to meet with NewJeans “as soon as possible to discuss the path forward.”
News Warner Music France launches new dance label Adore Music The launch comes amid the continued global growth of dance music, with research showing the genre grew 17% YoY in 2023 to $11.8 billion.
News Drake opposes UMG’s attempt to halt discovery in ‘Not Like Us’ defamation lawsuit New letter from star's lawyers challenges assertions made by Universal Music Group
News The MLC lands on Fast Company’s list of World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 The milestone comes as the Nashville-based organization collected and distributed nearly $3 billion in royalties since its inception
News Tuned Global partners with AI data analytics firm Zetaris to ‘turn streaming data into revenue’ The partnership also seeks to address streaming fraud, which costs the global music industry around $2 billion a year
News Daniel Ek has made $724m so far from selling Spotify shares with latest $28.5m cash-out As of Thursday, Ek ranked 384th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $7.95 billion