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Music startup Mogul raises $5M; says it has tracked $1.5B+ in royalties for artists to date
Mogul says the funding will be used to expand its ability to serve "artists, managers, and business managers of all kinds". Source...

Donald Trump and Isaac Hayes estate reach settlement in copyright case over use of ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’
The lawsuit was originally filed in August 2024. Source...

Rise of the Music-Making Machines
Darius Van Arman explores the threat of AI to the music-making community and how independents can best position themselves against the inevitable and rising tide of AI… Source...

Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’
Open letter slams AI music generator Source...

How to Increase Online Payment Approval Rates
Approval rate is often treated as an issuer-only outcome. In practice, it’s a system result: the issuer’s decision, plus what your checkout collects, what your integration sends, how you authentic...

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...