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Frank Rogers elevated to CEO of Spirit Music
Frank Rogers previously served as Chief Creative Officer of Spirit Music, a role he has held since 2022. Source...

UMG and Sony seek to add over 61k recordings to Suno lawsuit after discovery reveals AI trained on ‘millions’ of their copyrighted tracks
The labels say they are asserting "only a small fraction" of those recordings – 61,026 works – in the proposed second amended complaint. Source...

Sulinna Ong exits Spotify to join U2 management team alongside Irving and Jeffrey Azoff
U2 have appointed Sulinna Ong as a Management Partner, after more than seven years at Spotify, where she most recently served as Global Head of Editorial & Curation, Music Source...

Live Nation challenges US antitrust verdict, as states call for Ticketmaster sale
Company argued in court filings last week that the result was "against the clear weight of the evidence" Source...

Sony Music moves to add more than 30,000 copyrighted recordings to its lawsuit against Udio
Sony Music now alleges that Udio "copied and ingested" 30,442 copyrighted works into its generative AI models. Source...

Kakao’s Melon, Tencent Music, and Line Music to launch unified K-pop chart that pools streaming data from South Korea, China, and Japan
Melon will upload congratulatory video messages from artists including NCT Taeyong, Le Sserafim, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, and AND2BLE ahead of the launch. Source...

Ticketmaster expands into the Philippines through SM Prime partnership
SM Ticketmaster will partner with third-party venues, promoters and other ticketed experiences across concerts, sports and live events. Source...

Stability AI’s Julian Parker, a key researcher behind Stable Audio, joins Spotify’s ‘artist-first AI’ team – days after streamer’s landmark UMG remix deal
Parker's announcement of the move arrived less than 24 hours after Spotify and Universal Music Group unveiled landmark licensing agreements for AI-powered covers and remixes Source...

Has Warner Turned A Corner?
The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source...

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