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Universal Music Group has spent over $500M on its share buyback – with stage one of the process nearly complete
In total, UMG has repurchased 26,073,074 of its own shares since the program began in April, at a cost of EUR €487.7 million Source...

Spotify pushes deeper into music videos with new chart and artist pitching, stepping up its challenge to YouTube
Spotify now counts nearly 100,000 artists in a beta that lets them upload full-length videos themselves. Source...

Canada’s SOCAN names Musical AI as its attribution partner to credit and pay creators whose work shapes AI music
SOCAN will recognize Musical AI as an approved tech partner for attribution services, and the two will explore how the technology can be applied in Canada. Source...

Nick Holmstén and Ash Pournouri officially launch superfan startup Belong – backed by Troy Carter, Chris Zarou and Hans Vestberg
Former Spotify Global Head of Music Nick Holmstén and Avicii's former manager Ash Pournouri launched new company Source...

WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let distro company’s artists track AI use of their music
Warner Music Group acquired Sureel in June Source...

Geotargeting for Marketers: How to Improve Ad Performance and ROI
A local restaurant does not need to advertise lunch specials across an entire country. A regional contractor gains little from leads outside its service area. An online travel company, meanwhile, may ...

90,000 AI tracks flood Deezer daily – passing 50% of all new music uploads for the first time
Deezer says it will take down AI tracks used to inflate streams fraudulently, as well as those that have not been streamed for six months or more Source...

9 Best Dropshipping Product Finder Tools in 2026 (Tested and Ranked)
Most dropshipping stores do not fail because the ads are bad. They fail because someone picked the wrong product on day one and then burned time and money trying to rescue a dud. A dropshipping produc...

Sony Music sues Udio again, asserting over 30,000 recordings a judge barred the major from adding to its original case
The complaint was filed on July 20 in New York Source...

Live Nation faces prospect of UK competition investigation as watchdog lines up industry meetings (report)
The Times reports that the CMA's outreach is understood to be a precursor to a formal probe Source...