February, 2025

From the ‘fair use’ win for Reuters to ByteDance building an AI music beast… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… Source...

Spotify to launch ‘Music Pro’ service with superfan perks like early-access tickets and AI remix tool… for up to $5.99 more per month (report)
Spotify's long-touted $18 per month superfan tier could be launched this year Source...

UK industry hub Tileyard launches ‘Secret Source’ podcast featuring prominent guests from music, media, and tech
Tileyard has attracted such major music industry players as BPI, Hipgnosis, CD Baby, FUGA, Lilly Allen, and Noel Gallagher Source...

‘We need different approaches and mindsets for different artists at different stages of their growth.’
Karl Walsh, head of Warner Music’s WMX division, on what makes brand deals work, what they can mean for fans and what they can do for artists… Source...

Record companies in India want to join a lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI
News organizations, book publishers, and now music companies want to join a copyright infringement suit against OpenAI being heard by a court in Delhi Source...

HYBE rebrands Japan-headquartered division as YX LABELS
Subsidiary is headquartered in Tokyo and led by CEO Han Hyun-rock Source...

Is DeepSeek training its AI on copyrighted music without permission?
The international trade group for music publishers says DeepSeek replicates the entire lyrics to copyrighted songs Source...

HYBE’s AI voice cloning company Supertone unveils text-to-speech tool that can create a custom voice ‘in just 10 seconds’
Supertone says its tool includes safeguards to prevent it from being used in deepfakes Source...

Warner Music signs global deal with Japanese group PSYCHIC FEVER
PSYCHIC Fever is signed to Warner Music Japan in partnership with 10K Projects in the US Source...

Ole Obermann leaving TikTok for major role at Apple; Tracy Gardner moves into new role at ByteDance
There has been a gigantic leadership shakeup in TikTok/ByteDance's music team. Source...

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