January, 2025

Hiroki Totoki named new CEO of Sony Group; Kenichiro Yoshida to remain as Chairman
Leadership shakeup to be effective April 1, 2025 Source...

Adam Wilkes and Alex Hill to lead AEG’s international operations, as company realigns management structure
Adam Wilkes named President and CEO of AEG Presents, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Alex Hill named President and CEO, AEG International Source...

Spotify wins ‘bundling’ lawsuit, as court dismisses legal action brought by the MLC
Court grants Spotify's motion to dismiss the lawsuit Source...

Concord acquires publishing catalog of Ed Sheeran collaborator Johnny McDaid
McDaid has also written for the likes of P!nk, Lewis Capaldi, Keith Urban, Shawn Mendes, Zara Larsson, Alicia Keys, and Jung Kook, amongst many others Source...

OpenAI, valued at $157bn and facing multiple copyright infringement lawsuits, says China’s DeepSeek may have used its data to train rival AI model without permission
DeepSeek spent far less money on developing a chatbot than US AI companies, but it may have done so by stealing OpenAI's IP Source...

Influence Media Partners raises $360m in debt financing led by Goldman Sachs
BlackRock acted as a joint placement agent. Source...

Terry McBride on fan communities, TikTok, and building Nettwerk to be a ‘generational’ music company
MBW's Trailblazers series meets Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group Source...

Tuned Global rolls out AI music features via AudioShake partnership
Tuned Global’s clients will now be able to separate songs and generate word-by-word lyric transcriptions Source...

Amazon hikes prices for ‘Music Unlimited’ streaming service in the US, UK and Canada
The update puts Amazon Music Unlimited’s non-Prime rates in line with Spotify, which raised the price of its Premium subscription in the US to $11.99 in June 2024 Source...

US investor group including Employer.com founder, Roblox CEO claims to have secured $20B+ for TikTok purchase bid (report)
Jesse Tinsley said his planned bid has interest from Roblox CEO David Baszucki and Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley, as well as YouTuber MrBeast Source...

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