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Selling a $3B Spotify stake, Michael Ovitz as Chairman of the Board, and a $100B+ company: Welcome to Bill Ackman’s plan for Universal Music Group.
MBW founder Tim Ingham on telling details within Pershing Square's proposal for a new Universal Music Group Source...

ElevenLabs launches ElevenMusic iOS app, taking on Suno and Udio on mobile
The app went live on the App Store on Wednesday (April 1), following several weeks during which it had been listed ahead of its formal release Source...

Chad Doerge named President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Round Hill Music
The AI fintech and investment banking veteran joins the music rights firm during a period of strategic expansion. Source...

Wireless boss Melvin Benn defends Kanye West booking: ‘We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature.’
Benn's statement comes as the fallout from the booking continues to mount. Source...

Former HYBE execs behind BTS launch global K-pop audition, eyeing 2027 debut for first boy group
The company is in search for members of a boy group it plans to debut in 2027 Source...

Music publishers tell judge X’s antitrust lawsuit is ‘retaliation’ against their 2023 copyright lawsuit
The publishers claim X never attempted to secure an individual license and that X cannot cite an example of a music publisher rejecting such a request. Source...

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square bids to buy Universal Music Group in $64 billion deal
"UMG's stock price has languished due to a combination of issues that are unrelated to the performance of its music business and importantly, all of them can be addressed with this transaction," says ...

Pepsi and Diageo withdraw sponsorship of UK’s Wireless Festival as Kanye West booking sparks backlash
"We have informed the organizers of our concerns, and as it stands, Diageo will not sponsor the 2026 Wireless festival," said a company spokesperson. Source...

A folk musician had her voice cloned by AI – and her recordings claimed by a copyright troll. Welcome to 2026.
Gamma-owned Vydia caught in controversy over musician whose videos were claimed against Source...

Tuma Basa exits YouTube after eight years with Google platform
Basa was previously Global Programming Head of Hip-Hop at Spotify, where he became closely associated with the platform's RapCaviar playlist Source...

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