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US District Judge denies Shira Perlmutter’s preliminary injunction motion in Copyright Office dispute

US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled on Wednesday (July 30) that Perlmutter failed to demonstrate irreparable harm ...
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Jake Holmes and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page reach settlement in ‘Dazed and Confused’ copyright dispute

Singer-songwriter Jake Holmes and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page have settled their latest copyright dispute over Dazed ...
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Sony Music launches PARTYNEXTDOOR virtual concert experience in Fortnite

PARTYNEXTDOOR’s larger-than-life avatar performs stylized versions of several tracks, including Break from Toronto, which is ...
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Why Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ might teach your average viewer about songwriting – and even get them thinking about ‘fair pay’

The Los Angeles-headquartered management company represents three writers whose work is highly visible across two priority ...
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From Live Nation’s $646 million Mexico deal to Universal Music Group’s $3.38bn Q2 results… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

This week, Live Nation Entertainment struck a USD $646 million deal to increase its stake in Mexican concert promoter OCESA ...
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Are you watching, Disney? Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ becomes most-viewed original animated film in platform’s history

Netflix ‘s music-led anime movie, KPop Demon Hunters, has become the most-watched original animated film in the platform’s ...
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Spotify subscriber base grew by 8m to 276m in Q2; company posted $460m operating profit

Spotify saw its global Premium Subscriber base grow to 276 million paying users in Q2 – as it achieved strong operating ...
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Learnings from Spotify’s Q2 2025 earnings call… including what the company (didn’t) say about that long-awaited ‘Music Pro’ tier

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Major labels and Merlin back interactive music TV channel ROXi’s debut on US broadcast TV

The service delivers 100 million licensed tracks from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, ...
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Why Primary Wave – and the Marley estate – could be sitting on a goldmine with new Bob Marley show, Hope Road

Larry Mestel gives MBW a peek behind the curtain of his company’s new Vegas show – and the future of ‘name, image, and ...
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TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature has fuelled ‘billions’ of streams. Now it’s linked up with YouTube Music.

YouTube Music joins Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Melon, Anghami and SoundCloud in TikTok’s music-saving ...
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Universal Music Group generated $3.38bn in Q2, up 4.5% YoY – driven by Morgan Wallen, timelesz, Lady Gaga

Universal’s overall Recorded Music revenue for the second quarter of 2025 was €2.224 billion ($2.52bn), up 3.9% YoY at ...