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Catalog Is Surging On Spotify – Making Frontline Hits An Even Harder Game
The latest Tim's Take from MBW founder, Tim Ingham Source...

Songwriters drop ‘alright, alright, alright’ sample lawsuit against Travis Scott and Sony Music
The notice of voluntary dismissal does not say whether they reached a settlement with Travis Scott or Sony Music. Source...

Spotify launches Spotify Technology to sell its internal software tools to other companies, says the brand is ‘becoming the R&D operating system’
Spotify Technology, groups four products – Portal, Confidence, Xirp, and Spotify for Backstage – under one name, with its own website. Source...

DistroKid confirms it has removed tracks in response to UMG claims
The Verge reported that independent artists had been posting on social media about their music being taken down without notice. Source...

Warner Music sues Ray-Ban and Oakley owner Luxottica over alleged use of 427+ works in social media posts
The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner. Source...

UMG’s Interscope sues Summer Walker for $50M+ after she moves to exit her deal under California’s ‘seven-year rule’; label hopes for ‘amicable resolution’
Walker signed a joint deal with Interscope and Atlanta-based label and management company LVRN in 2017. Source...

Gunna launches SB THE LABEL in partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group
The new label's first three signings are Atlanta artists Casper Bluff, Nechie, and Dracc. Source...

From Sony Music’s 260,000 deepfake takedowns to Suno’s live music expansion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

Meta bans TikTok parent ByteDance from advertising on its apps in the US and six other countries
The ban also covers campaigns from third-party advertisers that direct users in those markets to TikTok or to other ByteDance-owned services. Source...

Spotify renews multi-year licensing deal with Joe Rogan. His last one was reportedly worth $250M.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the deal's terms are similar to those of Rogan's previous Spotify agreement. Source...

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