The Pretoria music scene has been dominated by releases from hip-hop and amapiano artists, however, the Alternative scene is budding…
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Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-15
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Court should reject Drake’s ‘dangerous’ assumption that rap lyrics are factual in case against UMG, scholars argue
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-15
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Reservoir subsidiary PopIndia strikes its first catalog deal with Musicraft Entertainment acquisition
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-15
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Producer Poo Bear launches TTIKR content monetization platform
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-15
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Universal Music expands iconic Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon jazz and classical labels into China
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-15
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Maarten Steinkamp appointed Interim President of Armada Music Group
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Rob Stevenson, Matt Signore launch new label ALTER, backed by Firebird
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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SoundCloud ‘fixes’ AI policy following backlash; CEO Eliah Seton says ‘AI should support artists, not replace them’
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Did Anthropic’s own AI generate a ‘hallucination’ in legal defense against song lyrics copyright case?
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Spotify expands AI DJ feature with voice-based music requests for Premium users
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Bill Ackman resigns from Universal Music Group’s board of directors
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-14
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Music publishers file amended lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, which they say ‘bolsters the case’ over company’s ‘unauthorized use of song lyrics’
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-13
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Jeremy Sirota to exit as Merlin CEO at end of 2025
Source: Music Business Worldwide Published on 2025-05-13