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Create Music Group forms joint venture with Jonnyshipes’ GoodTalk
The joint venture will employ a 'co-release model,' pairing Create's global infrastructure with GoodTalk's 'selective, development-first approach.' Source...

Sam Hu named Managing Director at Universal Music China
Hu previously held senior roles at UMGC rivals Sony Music Entertainment China and Warner Music China, as well as at domestic player Taihe Music Group. Source...

Warner Chappell launches in India; Jay Mehta to lead recorded music and publishing for WMG in India & neighboring South Asian markets
The new WCM India division will provide songwriters with exclusive access to the wider WMG’s studios within its Mumbai headquarters. Source...

Soccer legend Ronaldinho launches Tu Música record label in partnership with Brazil’s Sua Música Group
New venture, led alongside executives from Sua Música Group and ASJ, plans World Cup-themed debut project. Source...

Bang Si-hyuk, Chair of BTS company HYBE, faces arrest warrant bid from Seoul police in IPO probe (report)
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Commissioner Park Jung-bo told reporters the investigation was "essentially complete." Source...

Drake pushes back on UMG at appeals court, says judge improperly dismissed ‘Not Like Us’ case
Drake's lawyers argued that the judge committed “reversible error” by considering materials outside the complaint and drawing conclusions against the rapper. Source...

In the age of generative AI, it’s high time for artists to organize.
Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone...

Matt Gralen promoted to CEO of Beatport, Helen Sartory upped to President & COO, as longtime Chief Exec Robb McDaniels moves to Executive Chairman role
Gralen previously served as President and CFO, while Sartory was most recently Chief Revenue Officer. Source...

‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’
MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon Source...

Chord Music-linked ABS vehicle plans $500M deal, backed by $830M catalog led by Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder rights
Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works Source...

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