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Netflix With Ads Price: Is the $8.99 Tier Worth It in 2026?
Streaming was supposed to save us from cable bills, but now Netflix keeps nudging the price up like, “just one more dollar, please.” So the real question in 2026 is simple: is the ad plan still wo...

A folk musician had her voice cloned by AI – and her recordings claimed by a copyright troll. Welcome to 2026.
Gamma-owned Vydia caught in controversy over musician whose videos were claimed against Source...

Tuma Basa exits YouTube after eight years with Google platform
Basa was previously Global Programming Head of Hip-Hop at Spotify, where he became closely associated with the platform's RapCaviar playlist Source...

Providence-backed ATG Entertainment launches ATG Live, a dedicated concerts, comedy and events division across 18 US venues
"We see tremendous opportunity ahead and are excited to continue expanding our reach while delivering unforgettable experiences for audiences and partners across the U.S." Source...

IMPALA was unhappy about UMG’s purchase of Downtown. Now it says WMG’s Revelator acquisition is ‘bad news for artists, fans, and Europe’s diversity’.
"It is testament to the innovation in the independent sector that Revelator has been bought by Warner," IMPALA said in its statement Source...

Yale Law School scholars back UMG in Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ defamation fight, arguing rapper ‘consented’ to Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics
The Floyd Abrams Institute brief advances an argument that wasn't previously central in the case: that Drake consented to the allegedly defamatory statements, barring his lawsuit under established def...

From WMG swooping for Revelator to UMG’s €500 million share buyback program… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

UMG and Believe settle lawsuit that alleged ‘industrial-scale’ copyright infringement of Universal’s music
Universal Music Group and Believe have settled the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the Paris-headquartered music company and its distribution platform TuneCore in late 2024. A Joint Stipu...

Dialled In Records launches in London focused on South Asian music in partnership with The Collective, part of Universal Music UK’s Island-EMI
Dialled In Records launches with two acts: Pakistan-born producer and DJ Ahadadream, and Excise Dept, an India-based multidisciplinary collective. Source...

Wyclef Jean and Jaeson Ma’s D2C service OpenWav launches Snafu-backed indie artist financing platform
OpenWav says it can pay advances 'anywhere from the low five figures to the high seven figures' Source...

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