Common Music rejects Invoice Ackman’s $64B takeover bid
It’s official: Common Music Group has rejected Invoice Ackman’s takeover provide.UMG’s Board of Administrators stated right this moment (Could 29) ...
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Sony Music Publishing promotes ZaZa Kazadi to Senior Director, A&R, UK & Europe
Sony Music Publishing (SMP) has promoted ZaZa Kazadi to Senior Director, A&R, UK & Europe.Kazadi will proceed to be based ...
As ABS offers reshape the music rights panorama, KBRA says it’s rated $12.9B in music royalty-backed bonds since 2020 – however expects issuance to fall 25% in 2026
When David Bowie raised $55 million by securitizing royalties from his again catalog in 1997, the idea was handled as a curiosity.Almost three a ...
Sony Music Publishing wins Pop Writer of the Yr at 2026 BMI Awards… as Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ takes Music of the Yr
Sony Music Publishing has been named the Pop Writer of the Yr on the 2026 BMI Pop Music Awards.The Sony-owned ...
Sony in superior talks to purchase Blackstone’s Recognition Music for as much as $4B, stories Bloomberg
Sony Music Group is closing in on a deal to purchase Blackstone‘s Recognition Music Group, whose catalog is dwelling to ...
Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI coaching in reply to Sony Music lawsuit
AI music startup Udio has denied Sony Music Leisure’s copyright infringement claims whereas acknowledging that it used audio scraped from ...
Common Music Group generated $3.39 billion in Q1, up 8.1% YoY – pushed by BTS, Olivia Dean, Taylor Swift, and extra
Common Music Group generated revenues of EUR €2.9 billion (USD $3.39bn) throughout all of its divisions (together with recorded music, ...
Contained in the UMG-backed patent portfolio focusing on AI music derivatives: A technical blueprint for the walled backyard mannequin?
The music business is within the grip of an intensifying debate over how AI-generated derivatives of present music needs to ...
Warner Chappell Music indicators Grammy winner Claudia Brant to world publishing deal
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has signed Argentine songwriter Claudia Brant to a worldwide publishing deal, formalizing and increasing an current ...
Dialled In Data launches in London targeted on South Asian music in partnership with The Collective, a part of Common Music UK’s Island-EMI
Common Music Group UK’s Island-EMI has partnered with South Asian tradition platform Dialled In to launch Dialled In Data, a ...
