February, 2025

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...

Bill Ackman resigns from Universal Music Group’s board of directors
The surprise news was confirmed this morning (May 14) by UMG via a corporate announcement Source...

Did Anthropic’s own AI generate a ‘hallucination’ in legal defense against song lyrics copyright case?
Anthropic ordered to respond to claims that a data scientist it employed relied on a fictitious academic article Source...

Spotify expands AI DJ feature with voice-based music requests for Premium users
Premium subscribers will be able to verbally customize their listening sessions Source...

SoundCloud ‘fixes’ AI policy following backlash; CEO Eliah Seton says ‘AI should support artists, not replace them’
Policy change was quietly made to SoundCloud's terms and conditions in February 2024 Source...

UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier
Spotify says the total royalty haul from UK artists has more than doubled since 2018 Source...

Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months
Both streaming and physical recorded music sales up single digits, as publishing division posts double-digit bounce in quarter Source...

Maarten Steinkamp appointed Interim President of Armada Music Group
Steinkamp has worked closely with Armada as an interim board consultant for the past several months Source...

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