Company to acquire assets in Green’s Rattlesnake music publishing catalog, plus his interest in all compositions written by him, as well as certain recordings…

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16.07.2025

Justin Garza talks The Dream Adopters, success and Melanie Fontana & Lindgren’s work on ‘Takedown’ for K-pop Demon Hunters

MBW’s Trailblazers series meets Justin Garza, founder of talent management company…

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16.07.2025

K-Pop group Big Ocean debuted a new single at the UN’s AI summit using HYBE’s Supertone voice cloning tech - Music Business Worldwide

Supertone said it worked on enhancing the band’s English pronunciation, while preserving their vocal tone and style.

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16.07.2025

Orla Lee-Fisher joins Warner as Head of Dual Catalog Strategy, as major steps up M&A activity - Music Business Worldwide

Exec joins WMG to ‘champion’ catalogs represented by WMG across both recorded music and music publishing…

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16.07.2025

Naoki Osada, ex-CEO of Avex USA, launches Nebula17 to break Japanese talent in the US and globally - Music Business Worldwide

Nebula17 is backed by a group of strategic investors…

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16.07.2025

Chartmetric’s new Make Music Equal report tracks gender representation across 1 million artists - Music Business Worldwide

Chartmetric analyzes pronoun data on more than 1 million artists from 230 countries and territories…

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16.07.2025

HYBE says it will appeal police decision not to charge ADOR ex-CEO Min Hee-jin in breach of trust case - Music Business Worldwide

Police in South Korea have declined to file breach of trust charges against Min, as her dispute with K-pop giant HYBE continues.

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15.07.2025

Spotify could exit Turkey amid government probe over ‘provocative’ playlists (report) - Music Business Worldwide

The company is considering all options including “pausing its operations in the market or exiting Turkey altogether,” The Times (UK) reported, citing sources.

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15.07.2025

Concord prepares to issue $1.75bn in bonds, in ABS transaction backed by 1 million music copyrights - Music Business Worldwide

The collateral is ‘a large, seasoned catalog of music royalty streams that is highly diversified by artist, genre and vintage.’

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15.07.2025

EMPIRE launches in Nordic region; hires Iman Hazheer to lead expansion across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland - Music Business Worldwide

Hazheer spent nearly seven years at Spotify, where he led editorial strategy for the Nordics as a Senior Editor…

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15.07.2025

Sony strikes strategic deal with Dominican Republic’s Alofoke Music, acquires portion of label’s catalog - Music Business Worldwide

Label was founded by prominent Dominican Republic-based media personality Santiago “Alofoke” Matías…

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15.07.2025

This app from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man’s new company A20 will let fans chat with AI versions of K-Pop artists - Music Business Worldwide

The app features direct messaging with artists and AI-generated responses from virtual versions of the artists.

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15.07.2025

LyricFind files opposition to Musixmatch motion to dismiss antitrust lawsuit - Music Business Worldwide

LyricFind has filed an antritrust case against Musixmatch’s exclusivity deal with Warner Chappell Music.

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15.07.2025

Warner Music Group is hiring for a Director of AI Automation & Growth - Music Business Worldwide

The role will “identify and prioritize automation opportunities” across Warner Music Group…

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15.07.2025

‘Superfans must be made, not just mined.’ - Music Business Worldwide

The following MBW op/ed comes from Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews…

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12.07.2025

Judge slashes T.I. and Tiny’s award in OMG Girlz copyright infringement case over toy dolls, setting up potential fourth jury trial - Music Business Worldwide

The jury’s awarding of punitive damages was incorrect because it wasn’t proven that toy company MGA’s infringement was “willful,” a judge ruled.

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12.07.2025

From Hipgnosis’ return to Suno’s new Chief Music Officer… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

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12.07.2025

Kobalt inks publishing deal with country songwriter Derrick Southerland, acquires portion of song catalog - Music Business Worldwide

Southerland was nominated for a Grammy, and won several other awards, for his work on Ingrid Andress’ ‘More Hearts Than Mine’.

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11.07.2025

After being sued by Warner for copyright infringement, DSW files lawsuit against UMG, Sony and BMG seeking court protection over music usage in TikTok, Instagram posts - Music Business Worldwide

Legal complaint seeks court protection from copyright infringement claims, after receiving demand letters from the music companies…

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Spotify sees $16 billion wiped off market cap; stock sinks 11.5% as ‘Social Charges’ drag down profit outlook - Music Business Worldwide

Derek Cournoyer promoted to SVP, Global Digital Business at Kobalt - Music Business Worldwide

FireAid defends $100M fund distribution, hits out at ‘misinformation’, amid growing political scrutiny - Music Business Worldwide

Learnings from Spotify’s Q2 2025 earnings call… including what the company (didn’t) say about that long-awaited ‘Music Pro’ tier - Music Business Worldwide

Stability AI is developing a legit ‘opt in’ artist marketplace… amid lawsuits over unauthorized scraping - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify subscriber base grew by 8m to 276m in Q2; company posted $460m operating profit

EVEN partners with Secretly Distribution, enabling artists to unlock direct-to-fan revenue

Live Nation strikes $646 million deal to increase stake in Mexico’s OCESA - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok partners with iHeartRadio on live music competition for artists with at least 50K followers - Music Business Worldwide

From Concord’s $1.76 billion ABS transaction to Universal Music Group’s EU scrutiny… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up - Music Business Worldwide

AEG partners with Because, Combat in new ownership structure for Paris festival We Love Green - Music Business Worldwide

A letter to HYBE shareholders from Music Business Worldwide RE: BTS ‘hiatus’ insider trading convictions

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard join Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu in pulling music from Spotify after Daniel Ek’s military AI investment - Music Business Worldwide

Cyrille Bolloré, son of Vincent, steps down from Universal Music Group board, as Bolloré Group fights French regulator over Vivendi share offer - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok must transfer control to US owner, US commerce secretary says - Music Business Worldwide

Create Music Group’s digital content studio Flighthouse launches sports-focused Fieldhouse - Music Business Worldwide

African music enjoys breakthrough on Shazam’s Global Top 200 Chart - Music Business Worldwide

Why Primary Wave – and the Marley estate – could be sitting on a goldmine with new Bob Marley show, Hope Road - Music Business Worldwide

NewJeans: ‘Telling us to return to ADOR and HYBE is like telling the victim of school bullying to return to the same school and endure it.’ - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok seeking Canada meeting amid looming shutdown (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Symphonic Distribution expands European A&R Client Development team with five new hires - Music Business Worldwide

Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green’s estate strikes music rights deal with Primary Wave

Justin Garza talks The Dream Adopters, success and Melanie Fontana & Lindgren’s work on ‘Takedown’ for K-pop Demon Hunters

K-Pop group Big Ocean debuted a new single at the UN’s AI summit using HYBE’s Supertone voice cloning tech - Music Business Worldwide

Orla Lee-Fisher joins Warner as Head of Dual Catalog Strategy, as major steps up M&A activity - Music Business Worldwide

Naoki Osada, ex-CEO of Avex USA, launches Nebula17 to break Japanese talent in the US and globally - Music Business Worldwide

Chartmetric’s new Make Music Equal report tracks gender representation across 1 million artists - Music Business Worldwide

HYBE says it will appeal police decision not to charge ADOR ex-CEO Min Hee-jin in breach of trust case - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify could exit Turkey amid government probe over ‘provocative’ playlists (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Concord prepares to issue $1.75bn in bonds, in ABS transaction backed by 1 million music copyrights - Music Business Worldwide

EMPIRE launches in Nordic region; hires Iman Hazheer to lead expansion across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland - Music Business Worldwide

Sony strikes strategic deal with Dominican Republic’s Alofoke Music, acquires portion of label’s catalog - Music Business Worldwide

This app from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man’s new company A20 will let fans chat with AI versions of K-Pop artists - Music Business Worldwide

LyricFind files opposition to Musixmatch motion to dismiss antitrust lawsuit - Music Business Worldwide

Warner Music Group is hiring for a Director of AI Automation & Growth - Music Business Worldwide

‘Superfans must be made, not just mined.’ - Music Business Worldwide

Judge slashes T.I. and Tiny’s award in OMG Girlz copyright infringement case over toy dolls, setting up potential fourth jury trial - Music Business Worldwide

From Hipgnosis’ return to Suno’s new Chief Music Officer… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

Kobalt inks publishing deal with country songwriter Derrick Southerland, acquires portion of song catalog - Music Business Worldwide

After being sued by Warner for copyright infringement, DSW files lawsuit against UMG, Sony and BMG seeking court protection over music usage in TikTok, Instagram posts - Music Business Worldwide

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