February, 2025

IMPALA welcomes EU’s Downtown deal probe; UMG remains ‘confident’ $775M acquisition will close in H2 2025
IMPALA represents 6,000+ independent music companies in Europe Source...

Splice acquires Spitfire Audio for a reported $50m as it bets on AI music creation
Splice was valued at nearly USD $500m in 2021 after securing $55m in funding Source...

StubHub strikes deal to become ATG’s official resale ticket partner for 16 US venues
The partnership will enable fans to buy tickets for events at ATG theaters directly through StubHub Source...

Live events and ticketing company DEAG reports 18% jump in revenue to record high $400m in 2024
The company says it made a 'conscious' decision to increase spending on longer-term investments, even if it meant a shrinking EBITDA Source...

On… breaking down barriers to build bridges in the music business
The following MBW op/ed comes from Dr. Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association Source...

YouTube ad revenues jumped 10.3% in Q1 to nearly $9bn
Alphabet's ad revenues could face 'headwinds' in Q2 from the ongoing tariff war between the US and China Source...

Carlyle nears $464m bond sale backed by music rights from Litmus portfolio (report)
Reported bond sale is backed by rights from artists including Benny Blanco, Keith Urban and Katy Perry Source...

HYBE revenues soared 39% YoY to record $349m in Q1, driven by tours and merch from SEVENTEEN, j-hope, ENHYPEN and other K-Pop stars
HYBE surpassed the 500 billion South Korean won quarterly revenue mark for the first time in the first quarter of 2025. Source...

Henri Lanz appointed Senior International A&R and Creative Advisor of Warner Music Nordics
Lanz worked as Chief Creative Advisor at Sony Music Finland over the past year Source...

Epidemic Sound acquires AI startup Song Sleuth to tackle music’s ‘black box’ problem
The Stockholm-based soundtracking platform is launching a new service called Aentidote aimed at identifying unclaimed and undistributed royalties Source...

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