February, 2024

This US musician allegedly generated $10m using bots to rack up fake streams of AI songs. He could face decades in prison for wire fraud and money laundering
The DOJ has charged an individual over the suspected use of AI to generate large amounts of fake music streams Source...

UK competition regulator launches investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sale
Watchdog said that it plans to scrutinize "whether the sale of Oasis tickets by Ticketmaster may have breached consumer protection law". Source...

YouTube is developing tools to detect AI-generated voices and faces in videos
YouTube’s move is part of a growing effort by media platforms to rein in misuse of AI technology Source...

Another injection of optimism for music rights: Warner gets BBB long-term credit rating from Fitch
Warner Music Group has been assigned a first-time Long-Term 'Issuer Default Rating' (IDR) of 'BBB' Source...

Jackie Winkler promoted to SVP and Head of A&R at Island Records
Winkler signed Sabrina Carpenter in 2020 and has closely collaborated with the singer on her US No.1 album, 'Short n’ Sweet' Source...

Live Nation CFO doesn’t expect DOJ antitrust battle to cause any ‘major changes to how we operate…’ and 3 other things we learned from Joe Berchtold’s Bank of America Q&A
“I expect we're going to prevail," Live Nation CFO said Source...

Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ publishing deal with estate of The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek
Ocasek sold more than 20 million albums as part of The Cars Source...

Rimas Publishing launches marketing division led by Chris Hernández
Independent music publisher Rimas Publishing has established a new marketing division led by Christopher Hernández. Hernández previously served as the licensing manager at Rimas Publishing since joi...

Litmus Music acquires Opus, owner of Juice WRLD and Maluma rights, after extending credit facility to $400m
Litmus launched in August 2022 with an initial $500m commitment from Carlyle Global Credit Source...

YouTube is new Headline Sponsor for the Music Business UK Awards, presented by MBW
New main partner announced for revamped and revved up version of the industry's most enjoyable night of the year Source...

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