News Dialled In Records launches in London focused on South Asian music in partnership with The Collective, part of Universal Music UK’s Island-EMI Dialled In Records launches with two acts: Pakistan-born producer and DJ Ahadadream, and Excise Dept, an India-based multidisciplinary collective.
News Meta touts Instagram as music superfan hub in new Luminate study Musicians who participate in Instagram's Activation program see their streaming numbers jump by roughly 10% in the week an activation launches.
News Rostrum Pacific’s FatBeats acquires physical distro company Traffic Entertainment Group, plus D2C store and label Get On Down The deal brings together three companies with a combined 50 years of experience in vinyl distribution, physical distribution, and premium catalog re-issues.
News Brian Miller appointed Chief Business Officer at TuneCore Miller has served as Chief Revenue Officer at TuneCore for the last two years
News TikTok’s distro service SoundOn cracks down on manipulated audio via ACRCloud partnership to intercept unauthorized tracks ACRCloud’s Derivative Works Detection service uses audio fingerprinting to identify modified works
News SeatGeek launches ChatGPT integration, bringing ticket listings to OpenAI’s chatbot The ticketing platform says it's the first to bring both primary and resale inventory into OpenAI's chatbot.
News HYBE to inject $100M into US subsidiary, HYBE America Capital injection was approved by HYBE's board on March 31
News Elon Musk’s X seizes on Supreme Court’s landmark Cox ruling in bid to derail music publishers’ copyright case X Corp has told a Nashville federal court that last week's ruling renders the publishers' surviving claims defunct.
News RIAA, NMPA, and more file amicus brief backing UMG, Concord and ABKCO in original Anthropic case, arguing AI firm’s unlicensed copying is ‘inexcusable’ Brief urges court to reject Anthropic's fair use defense in case brought by UMPG, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO
News Salt-N-Pepa file appeal brief urging court to revive master recordings case against UMG The latest filing follows the court's dismissal of the duo's lawsuit in January 2026
News CTM Outlander acquires masters catalog of US singer-songwriter Matt Simons Led by CEO André de Raaff, CTM Outlander is a JV between Netherlands-based CTM and US-based Outlander Capital
News Warner Music Group to acquire Revelator; says indie music platform will add ‘firepower’ to WMG’s global operations WMG has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire independent music platform Revelator
News Universal Music Group kicks off €500 million share buyback program The program is capped at 50 million shares and is expected to wrap up by October 1, 2026.
News Dynamite Songs hires Claudia Namukasa as Catalogue Manager and Charlotte Hancock as Rights Acquisition Manager New appointments will support the growth and management of Dynamite’s portfolio of music rights, as the business continues to expand
News Shane Knotts promoted to SVP, Global Royalties at Sony Music Publishing Knotts joined SMP in 1994 as a Royalty Manager and has spent his entire career at the company.