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Universal and Sony cleared to depose ex-Menlo Ventures exec over deleted post: ‘I’ve personally shifted most of my listening to Suno’
In March, MBW pointed to the potential legal significance of Gong's post in an open letter to Suno CEO Mikey Shulman Source...

Live Nation tells court Trump ‘briefly appeared’ at meeting where terms of its DOJ antitrust settlement were finalized
That meeting took place on March 5 and was attended by representatives of Live Nation, Ticketmaster, the DOJ and the Office of the White House Counsel. Source...

Rightsholders behind Elvis Presley’s hits sue Anthropic for more than $48.6M, alleging it scraped lyrics to 274 songs and stripped songwriter credits to train Claude
The owners of songs made famous by Elvis Presley are suing Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude. Their complaint alleges that Anthropic copied the lyrics of 274 songs recorded by Presle...

Mary J. Blige strikes deal with Primary Wave covering her song and recording catalogs
Most of Blige’s studio albums were originally released through MCA and Geffen, labels now part of Universal Music Group. Source...

LEGO Group partners with Daft Punk – starting with a fan-designed set based on the duo’s 2007 Alive tour stage
The design started out as a fan submission on the LEGO Ideas platform and has now been greenlit. Source...

John Mayer launches Sob Rock Records in partnership with Universal’s Mercury
The label shares its name with "Sob Rock," Mayer's last album with Sony Music's Columbia Records, released in 2021. Source...

From Spotify’s giant profits to yet another legal fight for Suno…it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

Position Music hires ex-Big Deal Music and RCA exec Pete Robinson as GM, Creative Nashville
Robinson will report to Position Music Founder and CEO Tyler Bacon and President Mark Chipello. Source...

Former Eminem employee pleads guilty to selling unreleased tracks that were later accessed 8M+ times on streaming platforms
Joseph Strange sold 10 or more audio files of the music to buyers online for approximately $50,000, according to court documents cited by the DOJ. Source...

Seeker Music acquires original and re-recorded versions of JoJo’s first two albums
The deal covers her self-titled 2004 debut, its 2006 follow-up, The High Road, and the versions of both albums she re-recorded and released in 2018. Source...

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