January, 2025

After brief shutdown, TikTok restores service in the US as Trump offers ‘assurance’ over divest-or-ban law
TikTok is back online in America. Source...

$500m-valued Suno hit with new copyright lawsuit from Germany’s GEMA
GEMA represents the copyrights of around 95,000 members in Germany (composers, lyricists, music publishers) as well as over two million rightsholders worldwide. Source...

Sonos takeover speculation grows, with Spotify or Amazon tipped as potential suitors (report)
Though Apple, Google, and Meta are potential buyers, they are unlikely candidates due to their existing strategies, a new report says Source...

Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban, as China appears to soften stance on selling app
China’s government owns a 1% stake – a so-called ‘golden share‘ – in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance Source...

Germany generated nearly 20bn streams per month on average in 2024
The world's fourth-largest recorded music market generated 236 billion streams in 2024 Source...

‘It’s a great time to be an independent music company – just ask investors.’
The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Chad Blackwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Dream Street Advisors Source...

Global audio streams jumped 14% in 2024 to 4.8 trillion – with pop music the fastest-growing genre in the US
Market research firm Luminate named Taylor Swift the top artist of 2024, as well as the top songwriter Source...

After raising $235m to acquire indie music rights, Duetti hires Netflix exec Sachin Premnath as General Counsel
Premnath advised Netflix on music-related aspects of film and TV deals, and ran international content acquisition for Sony Entertainment Network Source...

FireAid confirms official lineups for Intuit Dome and Kia Forum
The benefit concerts aim to raise funds for communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires Source...

Drake’s deal is up for renegotiation in 2025, and other revelations from his lawsuit against Universal Music
Drake alleges UMG knowingly damaged his reputation and endangered his life through Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Source...

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