Analysis News From HYBE’s reported expansion plans to Martin Lorentzon’s Spotify stock cash-outs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Donald Trump sued by US Copyright Office Director over ‘blatantly unlawful’ firing Shira Perlmutter argues the president doesn't have the power to fire employees of the Library of Congress or its sub-department the US Copyright Office
News Italian-language music now part of the ‘$100M+ club’ on Spotify Spanish-language music is also growing rapidly, the streaming platform says in the latest addition to its 'Loud & Clear' report
Analysis News Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17% Germany is among the leading countries in Europe in the popularity of local-language music
News TikTok names SoundCloud as latest streaming platform partner for ‘Add to Music App’ feature SoundCloud is also rolling out 'Move Your Music,' which allows users to transfer their music libraries from other streaming services
News Study suggests ‘noticeable decline’ in artists heading out on tour Chartmetric study points to increasing costs, low ticket sales for some artists and a massive spike in the cost of US visa applications for musicians
News Warner Music Brazil brings back voice of samba legend Cleber Augusto through AI Augusto lost his voice following throat cancer surgery more than two decades ago
News Epic Games prevails in patent infringement case over Travis Scott, Ariana Grande concerts in Fortnite A jury found that neither the Ariana Grande show nor the Travis Scott concert in 'Fortnite' a patent held by Utherverse
News Ed Sheeran urges US Supreme Court to reject appeal of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright case Overruling a lower court’s decision could lead to “rampant” speculative copyright lawsuits, Sheeran’s lawyers argue
News Live Nation begins operating its first venue in Colombia, in partnership with Grupo Páramo The concert giant's strategy of building high-quality venues in underserved markets has taken another step forward
Analysis News From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Anthropic lawyers apologize to court over AI ‘hallucination’ in copyright battle with music publishers Anthropic's lawyers say the Claude chatbot didn't invent a research paper out of thin air, but it did mis-name the paper and its authors
Analysis News Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019 Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold talks about pricing, facing a potential economic slowdown, and fixing the company's public relations headaches
News Court should reject Drake’s ‘dangerous’ assumption that rap lyrics are factual in case against UMG, scholars argue Diss tracks 'are understood by audiences not to represent factual assertions about the opposing artist,' the scholars argue
News UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier Spotify says the total royalty haul from UK artists has more than doubled since 2018