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HYBE AMERICAS launches Latin pop label TRU Records, with SANTOS BRAVOS as its first artist
Alejandro Mejía has been appointed General Manager of TRU Records, overseeing its artistic and business strategy. Source...

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...

Ad Management Partners: What the Stagwell Freestar Deal Means
Ad management partner Freestar, with more than 1,000 publishers, now belongs to Stagwell. See what changes, the concerns and 7 smart questions to ask your partner....

Pause Ads: How Publishers Can Sell Them Programmatically
Pause ads hit a 92% visual attention rate in an Omnicom and Amazon Ads study, and TF1 now sells them programmatically. Here are 7 proven steps to sell yours....

Affiliate Revenue in the AI Search Era: How Publishers Adapt
Affiliate revenue is under pressure as AI Overviews cut commercial CTR to 3.51%, yet 33% of shoppers still check reviews. Here are 7 proven ways to adapt....

Substack for Publishers: What The Ringer’s Move Means for You
Substack for publishers: The Ringer put writers on Substack at $5 to $10 a month. See the numbers, the 10% cut and 7 smart moves before you launch....

AI Crawlers: What Robots.txt Can and Can’t Stop for Publishers
AI crawlers are often not who they claim: 84% of requests claiming to be GPTBot were fake, per Centinel. Here are 7 smart ways publishers can control access....