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Why true independence in music has never been more important
The following MBW op/ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founding President of digital distributor and artist & label services company IDOL Source...

John Langford promoted to President, Asia-Pacific for AEG International
Langford will lead the development and execution of AEG’s Asia-Pacific expansion strategy across venues and real estate. Source...

Live Nation files to pause antitrust case for appeal, days after pulling public post calling for DOJ to ‘move on’ and settle
Live Nation Entertainment asks judge to pause the DOJ antitrust case while two legal questions are reviewed by an appeals court. Source...

Salt-N-Pepa file notice of appeal over UMG lawsuit dismissal, with ‘Blurred Lines’ lawyer as counsel
Lawsuit against UMG over the copyrights to their master recordings was dismissed in January Source...

AI-driven kids media firm Animaj strikes global deal with The Orchard’s Magic Star and Sony Music Publishing
Deal sees The Orchard’s kids division handle recordings distribution while Sony Music Publishing administers publishing rights across Animaj’s catalogue. Source...

Atlantic Music Group strikes joint venture with indie label Today Is Vintage
Indie label was founded by Swedish music executive, artist, and entrepreneur, Rebin Shah Source...

Greg Prata promoted to Chief Financial Officer at Sony Music Publishing, as Tom Kelly retires after 35-year career
Prata will remain based in New York and report to SMP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Platt. Source...

Suno hires ex-Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota as Chief Commercial Officer
Sirota will report directly to CEO Mikey Shulman. Source...

AI sample generator Just 4 Noise raises $1M from BADideas.fund, Sound Hub Denmark and more
Just 4 Noise lets producers describe the sound they want and get “individual, unique, royalty-free sounds” that they can drop directly into their DAW. Source...

Apple revives the Apple Music Connect name — this time as a B2B promo platform for labels and distributors
The relaunched Apple Music Connect gives label and distributor teams a single dashboard to manage the parts of a release cycle. Source...