February, 2025

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...

Rob Stevenson, Matt Signore launch new label ALTER, backed by Firebird
Stevenson and Signore were both previously in leadership roles at 300 Entertainment Source...

Producer Poo Bear launches TTIKR content monetization platform
The mobile-first app allows musicians, filmmakers and multimedia artists to set their own prices for content and deal directly with their fans Source...

Universal Music expands iconic Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon jazz and classical labels into China
Labels launch in China as part of strategic expansion Source...

Reservoir subsidiary PopIndia strikes its first catalog deal with Musicraft Entertainment acquisition
Deal arrives a month after the launch of Reservoir Media's newly established Mumbai subsidiary Source...

Court should reject Drake’s ‘dangerous’ assumption that rap lyrics are factual in case against UMG, scholars argue
Diss tracks 'are understood by audiences not to represent factual assertions about the opposing artist,' the scholars argue Source...

Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019
Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold talks about pricing, facing a potential economic slowdown, and fixing the company's public relations headaches Source...

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