February, 2025

Warner Music Group completes full acquisition of Africa-based music distributor Africori
Company represents more than 7,000 artists. Source...

AP Music Royalties Fund spends $20m+ across trio of deals with Mojam, Ed Drewett and ex-Status Quo members
Switzerland-based company strikes trio of music rights deals Source...

Sony Music Publishing renews global deal with K-Pop specialist The Hello Group Publishing
THG Publishing's roster of songwriters and producers are behind various K-Pop and J-Pop hits Source...

Neil Jacobson’s Hallwood Media inks JV with 9th St, the management company behind Rich Amiri
9th St's roster has amassed over 1.5 billion streams across various DSPs over the past 12 months Source...

Using copyrighted content to train AI without permission is not ‘fair use’, US court rules in Thomson Reuters case
However, the ruling might not apply to the music industry’s lawsuits against generative AI developers Source...

Kevin Ferguson appointed Senior Vice President, Technology at TuneCore
Ferguson previously led the engineering team at BentoBox and has also held leadership roles at Audible and other companies Source...

ByteDance has been building an AI music beast… with a little help from The Beatles and Michael Jackson
ByteDance is fascinated with building music AI technologies... Source...

Sony generated $2.70 billion from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q4, as ATEEZ topped firm’s global sales chart
Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.70 billion in the three months to end of December 2024. That’s according to MBW’s calcula...

Dennis Reese appointed SVP, Radio Marketing and Promotion at Sony Music Nashville
Appointment follows Taylor Lindsey's recent promotion to Chairman and CEO of Sony's Nashville division Source...

BMG rebrands as part of its ‘BMG Next’ strategy – with new symbol, color scheme, and redesigned website
“Our new visual identity isn’t just about aesthetics — it’s a statement of intent," said BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld Source...

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