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RSS Nov 25, 2025 12:40pm · Music Business WorldWide

Reservoir launches catalog-buying joint venture with Jamaica’s Skatta Burrell and publisher Abood Music

They also plan to sign and develop Jamaican artists and songwriters Source

RSS Nov 25, 2025 12:11pm · Music Business WorldWide

Warner Music strikes global distribution deal with Ultra Music India

Ultra Music's library spans more than 14,000 tracks across Hindi “Bollywood” film soundtracks, along with regional, folk, and devotional music. Source

RSS Nov 25, 2025 11:26am · Music Business WorldWide

Spotify plans to hike US subscription prices in Q1 2026 (report)

JPMorgan analysts estimated that a $1 monthly increase in the US would add about $500 million to Spotify's annual revenue, the Financial Times reported. Source

RSS Nov 25, 2025 11:00am · Music Business WorldWide

Suno seeks to dismiss key claims in artist lawsuit, wants court focus on AI fair use

The company argued that removing certain claims would let courts focus on whether training AI models on copyrighted music qualifies as fair use. Source

RSS Nov 25, 2025 9:01am · Musically

Report claims Spotify will raise its US prices in Q1 2026

It seems to start earlier every year, doesn’t it? No, not Christmas-music season: rumours of Spotify’s next set of price rises. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 25, 2025 7:55am · Musically

Warner Music India signs exclusive distro deal with Ultra Music

Hindi film fans of a certain vintage will be familiar with the name Ultra and its bright-red, gothic-style logo. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 8:10pm · Music Business WorldWide

One of Suno’s latest investors will be of particular interest to the music industry…

Hallwood Media has invested into Suno after signing ‘artists’ whose music was created on the generative AI platform Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 5:33pm · Music Business WorldWide

Armada strikes catalog deal with UK dance music artist Sonique

The deal includes worldwide rights to Sonique's UK No. 1 hit 'It Feels So Good.' Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 5:29pm · Musically

EC sends UMG its statement of objections to Downtown acquisition

The European Commission has confirmed that it has concerns about Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of Downtown Music. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 5:04pm · Hypebot

Manchester Launches Fund Supporting Grassroots Venues: Could This Work Elsewhere?

Manchester City Council's new fund supports small live music venues in the city. Is this a model that could work in other cities? The post Manchester Launches Fund Supporting Grassroots Venues: Could This Work Elsewhere? appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 4:58pm · Music Business WorldWide

Pacific Music Group, a new Hong Kong-based entertainment company, launched by NE-YO, Sonu Nigam, MC Jin, and former WMG exec Jonathan Serbin

Company to focus on breaking international artists in Asia, and artists from Asia globally Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 4:37pm · Music Business WorldWide

Spinefarm’s Jonas Nachsin on 30 years in rock & metal and working with acts from Slipknot to Sleep Token

MBW's World Leaders series meets Jonas Nachsin, General Manager (Worldwide) of Spinefarm Music Group. Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 3:01pm · Hypebot

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: How AI Affects Artists, Listeners & Our Brains

Episode 277 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart's podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. The post Your Morning Coffee Podcast: How AI Affects Artists, Listeners & Our Brains appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 2:50pm · Musically

How to turn music discovery into fandom: on TikTok and beyond

Going viral on TikTok and other social-media platforms can create big streaming spikes, but do those listeners actually become fans? The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 2:26pm · Hypebot

Ticketmaster caps Olivia Dean resales at face value

Last week Olivia Dean called out Ticketmaster and promoters Live Nation and AEG over their handling of ticket sales for her tour. In response, now Ticketmaster caps Olivia Dean resales at face value. The post Ticketmaster caps Olivia Dean resales at face value appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 1:56pm · Music Business WorldWide

Primary Wave and D2C platform Game My Fan team up on Reactional Music-powered album games

Revenue will be split equally between the platform and artists, while Primary Wave maintains control over release dates, timing, marketing, and pricing. Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 1:45pm · Musically

Meta’s WorldGen system generates 3D worlds from text prompts

While most of Music Ally’s GenAI focus goes into music, we’re keeping a watching brief on what’s happening with AI-generated images, video… and virtual worlds. Meta has a new research project in the latter camp called WorldGen. “Imagine being able to type out a simple prompt like ‘cartoon medieval village’ or ‘sci-fi base station on […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 1:40pm · Music Business WorldWide

UMG receives Statement of Objections from EU regulator over $775m Downtown deal

Statement of Objections issued by the EC represents a formal escalation in the investigation into the transaction Source

RSS Nov 24, 2025 1:40pm · Musically

Bon Iver still loves salmon-pink – now with Pantone approval

If you read our ‘Behind The Campaign’ profile of Bon Iver’s ’Sable, Fable’ album earlier this year, you’ll know how crucial salmon-pink colour was to the ‘Fable’ half of it. Now Iver and his team have taken that to its logical conclusion: an official colour with Pantone. Pantone 1625 C is now called ‘Fable Salmon’, complete with a line […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Nov 24, 2025 1:30pm · Musically

AIMS says its latest AI-search model is 20% more accurate

AIMS is one of the startups using AI to supercharge music search for catalogues. It has just launched its latest model, which it says is a noticeable step up from the previous version. “It delivers up to 20% higher accuracy across a wide set of tests, which translates directly into noticeably better results for sync […] The post is from Music Ally.