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Spotify rival Anghami receives take-private offer from its controlling shareholder
OSN Streaming is proposing to buy each ordinary share it does not already own in Anghami for $3.39 in cash, which would cost a little over $10 million. Source...

Latin Music star Ricardo Montaner sues Universal Music over masters to five albums
The Argentine-Venezuelan singer filed suit in both the US and Venezuela, alleging that UMG is claiming to own five albums he recorded from 1986 to 1992. Source...

Michael Jackson movie overtakes ‘Oppenheimer’ as biggest biopic ever… with $1 billion in sight
The film now stands as the biggest release in Lionsgate's history, ahead of 2013's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," which grossed $865 million. Source...

Artists First launches Music Division led by Carmen Murray
Murray will help establish and guide the company's music strategy and develop opportunities across music, sports, branding, IP and partnerships. Source...

Live Nation applauds Illinois ban on speculative ticket sales, as state outlaws junk fees, ticket-buying bots
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a new law banning junk fees, ticket-buying bots and the resale of tickets that sellers don't yet possess. Source...

Merlin appoints former Downtown exec Harmen Hemminga as VP, Business Development
Hemminga joins Merlin from Downtown Music, where he most recently served as VP Product & Services Strategy. Source...

UK collection org PPL paid out $108M to performers and recording rightsholders in Q2 2026
Almost 4,500 of those performers and recording rightsholders are receiving a payment from PPL for the first time. Source...

Viberate opens music data to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI bots via official MCP server launch – amid ‘AI-first pivot’ for analytics company
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI agents connect to outside data sources and act on them Source...

TikTok turns Madonna’s Confessions II launch into a global LIVE event, two physical pop-ups, and an in-app fan hub
The centerpiece is the "iHeartRadio and TikTok LIVE Premiere with Madonna," streaming on July 2 from the album's release party in London. Source...

How AI Search Is Changing Publisher Traffic (And What to Do)
For years, the rule was simple: show up on Google’s first page, get the clicks, grow the audience. Publishers built whole businesses on that traffic. Then AI search came in and kicked the table over...