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Now Drake launches full-blown defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group – read the filing here
Lawsuit follows Drake's withdrawal of a previous legal petition against UMG and Spotify Source...

While Grammys show goes on, BMG, Downtown, NMPA/Billboard, Friends ’N’ Family and others join in canceling events
The California wildfires have caused a significant disruption to what is one of the music industry's most important networking and celebration weeks Source...

Grand Ole Opry owner expands into music festivals with majority stake in Southern Entertainment
Founded in 2015, Southern Entertainment has produced more than 500 music events Source...

Deezer partners with Sacem to adopt artist-centric payment model for publishing rights in France
The France-headquartered streaming service began rolling artist-centric payments for recorded music in 2023 Source...

The next big music biz acquisition will be $500m-valued Tempo Music, say MBW sources
Deal could be weeks away, we're told – with at least one major music company around the table Source...

Sony Music cancels all Grammy Week events, redirects efforts and funds to wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles
Sony Music is canceling all of its events during Grammy Week and redirecting its efforts and funds to wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. The major becomes the latest to confirm that its Grammy-re...

UK’s plan to make copyright law more AI-friendly raises concerns
Reforms to laws on data mining and scraping could could trigger 'a US tech-led heist of UK copyrighted works' Source...