February, 2025

Matt Ellis appointed Chief Financial Officer of Universal Music Group
Most recently, Ellis served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Verizon Communications Source...

Ed Newton-Rex: Why I’m deleting my SoundCloud account.
This MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained. Source...

UK government faces second House of Lords defeat over AI copyright rules
The latest vote came shortly after more than 400 artists, creative industries workers and executives called on the UK to mandate transparency in AI training Source...

Candice Watkins named President of Capitol Records Nashville and EVP of Capitol Christian Music Group
Capitol Music Group is reorganizing its Nashville divisions by bringing its country and Christian music operations under a unified banner Source...

Universal partners with Apple Music to launch Sound Therapy wellness music collection
Sound Therapy divides its offerings into three categories targeting focus, relaxation, and sleep Source...

Tencent Music’s ‘Super VIP’ tier drives quarterly revenues to $1bn mark as income from streaming subscriptions jumps 16.6%
Company saw an 8.3% YoY increase in number of paying users, reaching 122.9 million in Q1 Source...

Sony Music renews multi-year licensing deal with Tencent Music Entertainment
News was revealed within the Q1 financial filing published Tuesday morning by TME Source...

Sacem’s payouts to composers and publishers rose 12% to nearly $1.5bn in 2024
Sacem’s international revenues jumped 15% YoY, while domestic collections inched up 2% YoY Source...

Music publishers file amended lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, which they say ‘bolsters the case’ over company’s ‘unauthorized use of song lyrics’
Music publishers have refiled their legal complaint against Anthropic, and the AI company has once again moved to have the case dismissed Source...

Jeremy Sirota to exit as Merlin CEO at end of 2025
According to MBW analysis, Merlin's annual revenues reached GBP £1.19 billion (GBP $1.48 billion) as of 2023 Source...

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