October, 2025

Saumil Mehta joins Ticketmaster as Global President to lead ‘AI transformation’ at the Live Nation-owned company
Mehta will report directly to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. Source...

UK’s Jukebox launches $15m fund to invest in music, culture, tech startups
The fund aims to invest in startups at 'the convergence of music, technology, and culture' Source...

Sacred Bones Records joins Secretly’s All Flowers Group portfolio of labels
The partnership builds on an existing relationship as Sacred Bones has relied on Secretly Distribution to get its releases to market. Source...

IFPI shuts down Y2mate.com and 11 other ‘stream-ripping’ sites in Vietnam
Most domains, including Y2mate.com, now in IFPI’s possession as part of wider anti-piracy campaign Source...

Frank Sinatra name, image and likeness rights acquired by Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (report)
Azoff said at Bloomberg's Screentime conference last week that the company 'recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra estate.' Source...

Warner Music merges Benelux-GSA businesses; Niels Walboomers named President, as Central Europe bosses Doreen Schimk & Fabian Drebes exit
Company combines recorded music businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with those in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria under the Warner Music Central Europe banner Source...

Facing ‘stream-ripping’ allegations from labels, Suno & Udio weigh in on separate case to challenge ruling that makes YouTube downloading illegal
Now that the majors have accused Suno and Udio of stream-ripping, the AI companies are pushing to have the practice declared legal Source...

Disney lands Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ content with 6-episode docuseries and concert film
Both will premiere on December 12, with the docuseries featuring appearances from Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch. Source...

Sir Lucian Grainge on UMG’s AI policy: ‘We will NOT license AI models that use an artist’s voice without their consent.’
Universal Music Group boss says company is 'actively engaged' with nearly a dozen AI companies on new products Source...

Bootleg vinyl from Russia & China… and 3 other things you might have missed from the RIAA’s latest piracy revelations
US recorded music revenues are still around $9 billion per year lower than they were before the age of digital piracy arrived, the RIAA says Source...

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