Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Cutting Edge acquires music catalog of composer John Paesano, including scores from ‘Maze Runner’ and ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
The deal includes music from franchises that have generated over $1.8 billion at the global box office. Source...

BMG to move global HQ to renovated Lumina building in Berlin in 2027
The move puts BMG in the former Galeries Lafayette building just two blocks from its current Berlin offices. Source...

Musical AI raises $4.5m to scale AI attribution tech
The startup’s technology identifies what percentage of a generated output came from which source. Source...

How to Block LLM Bots from Scraping Ad Inventory in 2026
In the rapidly shifting landscape of 2026, publishers and advertisers are facing a new existential threat: the “Great Decoupling.”. Large Language Model (LLM) bots are no longer just indexing the ...

Rostrum Pacific inks direct deals with Spotify, TikTok; appoints Samantha Moore to lead new distro platform SpaceHeater
SpaceHeater will operate through direct relationships with Amazon and Tidal, along with other major digital storefronts. Source...

Sony Music Publishing acquires Big Yellow Dog Music
Company was founded in 1998 by Kerry O’Neil and Carla Wallace and based in Nashville Source...

Hannah Poferl appointed Chief Data Officer at Universal Music Group
Poferl comes to UMG from The New York Times, where she headed the newspaper's data operations Source...

BTS World Tour: The ‘biggest global K-pop tour of all time’ to span 79 shows across 34 regions
The Live Nation-promoted tour will feature a 360-degree, in-the-round stage design. Source...

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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